Does the elta 2052 really have more than 1500? Do you have a credible source?

I thought the Elta would fit in the LCA — that makes it hard to believe it can have more than 1500 modules, unless those are very small. Or does the tiny LCA have a larger diameter than Gripen?

Its most probably Isreali marketing… displayed some set and mentioned some other.
An LCA sized radar to have something like 1500 t/r modules is unbelievable. Israel is still behind the US in t/r module capablity, isn’t it?

I think even the Indian A-50Phalcon have the older T/R module based radar and not in the class of the newer MESA like that of Aussies have.

Any correction or addition on the above will be welcomed.

IAF claims there is no Chinese R&D involved in J-20.

http://www.in.com/news/current-affairs/fullstory-air-chief-marshal-pv-naik-questions-ethics-of-5th-generation-project-17485815-80d7d77c1685ef8b5ccd121e3f8f26d7b1f97970-rhp.html

seems like he has not much work to do these days..:p

A more intriguing question I have been asking for years is ‘Why do all Russian aircraft have green wheel hubs’??

Ken

My understanding is that green & light blue are the most contrasting colors for visual inspection and it is probably the reason why they are used.

Just take a look at car assembly and service centres, they will have green flooring. Its because, any object (like screws, nuts etc) will be easy to find in that background and hence preferred by many automotive companies.

Its the same for the ships, many still use the green color for the same and it also helps them to get into notice any rust, craacks etc on the body. It has to be the same reason why wheel hubs are painted in such colors. No pilot would want to land without wheels or loose their wheel when taking of due to “invisible” damage to their wheel hubs.

cicniboy,

did you finally fly the Gripen?

x2 Loke.

I had hopes on MiG-35, but my personal preference aside on this MMRCA debacle, the only one with a niche is the single engine, smaller Gripen. The others just complicate the IAF while providing too much capability overlap. Either cancel the whole damn thing, or go Gripen.

EDIT: I don’t see the Gripen being chosen though :/.

Chill out buddy….. if you are thinking about the absence of the MiG-35.

To remind, RAC-MiG did pull out of the German airshow few years back just to save that money for the development of MiG-29K for Indian Navy. Hope you all remebmber that.

From the reports that I’ve seen, the technical evaluation phase for MMRCA is over with only the result to come.

There are only two MiG-35 flying (961, 964) and If my assumption are correct, they are testing systems and the 961 (which had last time came for show) chose to put the the time testing their Zhuk-AE AESA rather than wasting the precious budget showing off at the AirShow. And thats a good part from the RAC-MiG as the technical evaluation phase is over.

At the same time, I also want to point out that the MMRCA is likely to be a political decision as we heard years ago that the “deal” was already made during the N-agreement with the US.

Funding was not the only reason if so they could have held back projects like the Su 35BM and Su 34 and gone for PAK FA much earlier. The issue is with putting theoretical knowledge onto practice. Now Stealth is not Magic and everyone would catch up one day, but the U.S lead in leading edge technology is for everyone to see.

For example Russian stealth UAV/UCAVs will probably come decades after European/American ones (the U.S one already had its first flight).

Putting theory into practical /practice need money. Is it hard for you to understand it?

From Theory into practical terms means, from “Intelligence” to 2D,3D etc etc and that requires “solid” materials to build, test, improve, retest etc etc….hope you understand what I am trying to convey….all these require funding. Hard cash.

The C-17A has problems too, just the Il-76 with the smaller engines is less effected. In general all named are transports with a secondary tactical capability in war-time only. The same reason, why the An-12s and C-130s survived till today and were not replaced in the tactical role. In SU times it was planned to replace the An-12s and Il-76s by An-70s. 😉

So the solution to the FOD is the turboprops and the ducted propfans like the NK-93!

But I agree with the IL-76, they have smaller dia engine which are also at good hight levels…. no wonder that they make good a/c for “unprepared” strips…

How much did the new Fleet tanker from Italy cost the Indian Navy??

Isn’t South Korea the leader in commercial ship building and far cheaper than European shipyards?