Normally SA 315 and SA 316 arent equipped with any self protection equipment.

But SA 316s of the navy are equipped with KITE esm system developed by DLRL
And a upgraded and weaponised version of the SA 315 known has the Lancer has chaff/flare dispensing system.

Either Pharaon-M or acc to PiBu

the W004 radar system in the long tail boom between the jet engines. This surveys the area behind the aircraft for enemy aircraft.

http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRHEFT/FRHeft07/FRH0704/FR0704b.htm

Anyone confirm/correct me?

i’m not gonna bother watching any thing of the olympic games either,

Me neither!

Dont know if this was posted here:

New Delhi. The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) should be inducted in 2016.

Air Chief Marshal F H Major told India Strategic that discussions to finalise the technical specifications of the Indo-Russian project were on, and that its induction should begin “from 2017 onwards.”

India and Russia had agreed to co-develop the FGFA and an agreement was signed in this regard when Indian Defence Minister A K Antony had visited Moscow in October last year.

The Air Chief said: “FGFA’s development is expected to take up till 2016 and induction (should be) from 2017 onwards.”

Thats because they were. Past pictures of the JF17 have not shown anything like that level of smoke.

The smoke varies according to throttle setting.

In face, none of the pictures I have seen of the production version JF17 are showing exhaust smoke at all.

What more, people who have seen the flypast live have reported that there was no smoke until just before the planes started its ‘split’ manuver.

But speaking in general terms RD-33 engines are smokier by comparison to others.

I have also been following this process for a looooooong time :rolleyes: (I too can be flippant!)

lol!I think you totally got it wrong there..that wasnt directed at you..my allergy(if you may) is/was to the extremely long period that any defence venture in India takes.How long has been since all this mrca circus started ..4 yrs-5 yrs ..most probably much longer than that.

I can asume that you are using very selective viewing when you are going through these press reports. OK a release from an American news sources is going to be very positive but so are those from Russian and European sources.

If you only looked at American press reports then you would think that an American mannufacturer had all but won the competition but if you read only Russian reports you would easily take a different opinion.

Well as i said previously my opinions are based on the efforts of those organisation as perceived from press releases etc.For eg.There was no EF or rafale at Aero-India 2007 but there were the Mig, Gripen zooming around..and also the US birds with their pilots waving indian flags from the cockpits!

As I said before I and many other people would be Surprised if Boeing or Lockmart won the deal if you want lists I would place it like this:

Well I would be surprised too.And my list wasnt for the probability of each being selected rather than the PR effort these guys are putting in.

I suggest you wait for the decision before crowing over a (highly unlikely)victory that an American manufacturer has as of yet not got!

I really dont get what got you so much ticked off ..but nobody is crowing over anything.

From what I can see Dassault and EADS have done far better so far in trying to push their products

Well..I am not sure if that is the case.After following this for a loooooong time:rolleyes: it appears to me that be it having regular press releases , anouncing JVs , appearing for airshows etc. US companies are trying the hardest in the PR dept.In fact if I were to make a list for the effort:D it would be like this:
1.LM
2.Boeing
(close competition among 1 & 2)
3.Mig
4.SaaB
5.EADS
6.Dassault.
In the end it will(or should) depend only upon the proposals given by each co. and subsequent evaluation but I think always being in front of the eyes helps!

There was a report on DN saying IN has ordered a tanker with an italian shipyard.And this report here says:

The future also holds interesting prospects for the company as Fincantieri has presented offers regarding two programmes on which work is in progress: the company won the international tender called in 2005 by the Indian Navy for the construction of a Fleet Tanker and in 2006 it presented an offer for the construction of another oceanographic vessel. Moreover, Fincantieri is closely following the programmes of the Indian Navy for a new contract to build a new class of frigate of approximately 5,000 tonne displacement and a supply vessel (LPD) of 15,000-20,000 tonnes.