For all we know they already evaluated the above option and rejected it. The article does mention explicitly that Embraer has been working on it for the past 3 years, and from the Indian side, it would have been NAL and ADA for the aero config. with CABs as the coordinator.
The DRDO Mag article on the AEW&C shown at the Singapore air show, also contains the same picture you posted first with the single piece support for the AEW&C.
The structural tests on the AAAU using both the single and dual pylon options are yet to be done. Both options appear to be acceptable from an aero POV but structural validation needs to be done to select the overall better option.
Probably known to most but I recently learned that LRDE is working on developing a small (<15kg) SAR payload for UAV applications.
And now some news:
FARNBOROUGH 2008: India’s HCL joins EADS top team
Indian engineering services provider HCL Technologies is here to trumpet credentials established by its recent selection as a Tier 1 supplier by European aerospace conglomerate EADS.
On the eve of the show EADS named HCL as one of just 28 preferred suppliers out of an existing pool of more than two thousand.
“This is a further example of the growing strategic relationship between the aerospace industry and India,” says Rajeev Sawhney, the company’s president for Europe. “With the breadth and depth of our aerospace engineering expertise, we have been at the forefront in developing that relationship.”
EADS currently spends about €2 billion a year on engineering services such as research, modelling, flight physics and design. HCL supplies EADS with product engineering and technical publication services via the group’s design centre in Bangalore.
HCL Technologies works from locations in 18 countries and serves a number of sectors besides aerospace, including financial services, retail and consumer, life sciences and healthcare, telecoms, and media and entertainment.
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