Photos from Rostvertol,:

Looks like the rotors are from composites…Which helo rotors are they??

I think I got the answer for an earlier quote of mine regarding the rotor blades.

In last months Technology Update on RT, the same production was shown at the Mil Moscow Helicopter plant, featuring Aleksey Samusenko (Chief Engineer, Mil Moscow Helicopter plant). In that programme the same blade was shown and they said it is the composite blade of Mi-38. He also mentioned that they are the only ones using this fully automated process for winding (of composite materials) of composite blades.

He also said the blade was tested on Mi-8 prior to the Mi-38 and that a normal Mi-8 could carry 1,000kg (1ton) of extra load just by replacing the old rotors with these blades.

Kaveri-Snecma engine to power AMCA ?

lets wait and watch. But I read some years ago that tech deal was being done with Snecma for the development of Kaveri and that amount for the ToT was in the region of ~!.2billion.

Whats is the full of ARUDHRA, usually all names of Indian systems are short form. Anyone?

Latest aircraft for IAF in Gujarat

FGFA in Gujrat ? Hmm

I dopn’t think India specific a/c will arrive by 2014, its too early. But maybe they will send 1-2 units of the pre-production aircrafts to be based and tested for the production?

1) just 4x 8-round Klinok

2) Sort of. Much like on Talwar class
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Articles/Images/Article13b.jpg

Klinok is dissapointing.

No no, you got me wrong on the turrent. I know it is based on a raised platform. But see the two pictures (new project & the moskit model) and you will see that the turret looks like is placed on a much higher platform. it looks like it is so much raised that the ammo can be loaded directly from the upper deck into the cell.

Copmpletely new design? If you compare the line drawings, the descendancy from Krivak I, II, III, Talwar is quite obvious.

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Yes i do understand it and I mentioned it earlier on this aspect. Probably I should have put a bracket. Will reply later on this one.

Aparently largest aerospace uni world is to open in Gujarat in Ahmedabad

GoI is sleeping or getting bogged down by the Gujarathi fora. Mistakes gets repeating itself.
1) creating the largest or one of the largest refineries in Gujrat.
2) largest private yard (no wonder MoD does not want/is reserved in building Naval ships there)
3) And now aerospace (hope it is seperate from any Nataional significance or strategic value)

Any war on the western front will see the refineries being the target and the whole of North getting cut-off of vital supplies. Many had criticised the refiniers being setup there, but the Reliance political clout finally made their way.
Now if the IN ships & service are shifted there, it would be good for adversary as taking out the yard will mean a heavy blow to the Western Naval fleet ships which may have docked there or are under construction. I think it is the promary reason why MoD is not going ahead with any Naval orders there.

JMT

is that article right? I thought Rybinsk Motor Design Bureau made the Ka-62 engines, not NPO Saturn?
but I’m not surprised by the outcome.. Turbomeca makes good helicopter engines, thats why the Indian’s chose them over Russian engines for their Dhruv.. and why Kamov is doing the same.

India chose turbomecca because they had a tie-up with the French long back with their helicopters and ALH Dhruv had design consultancy with the Europeans. So naturally the engine came along…

I think they used or planned to use the PW engine on the Ka-62. The Ka-226 was earlier fitted with PW engine (if i’m not wrong), but now they are fitted with Turbomecca engine. Kamov might have shifted to Turbomeca with an eye on Indian market considering that HAL got tie-up with Turbomecca. Or do you think Turbomecca makes better engines than PW? 😉

The high order for the engines maybe for the Ka-226 in anticipation to win the Indian tender for LOH.

What I find curious is the number ordered. This is for a helicopter that has zero firm orders so far. Hmmmmmm

I think they are in the process of introducing the Ka-62 in the Indian market. And the high order of Turbomecca engine are in anticipation or due to the confidence in winning the order for almost 200 Ka-226 as LOH.

http://russianplanes.net/images/to43000/042112.jpg
http://russianplanes.net/images/to43000/042113.jpg

I hope Russia produce a AEW variant of Ka-31/mi-8/17 with a similar configuraion – radar panels on the side rather than a rotating one underneath.

nope it is black, not blue green like the Hind
http://missiles.ru/_foto/Chkal_Ka_Mil-08/IMG_0328%20%20CaptureOne.jpg

I was mentioning the other picture that accompanied your posted earlier.