Indian Armed Forces

[Kunal Biswas]

Type: AEW helicopter.

Known Serial Numbers: IN-561
...............................IN-562
...............................IN-563
...............................IN-564
...............................IN-565
...............................IN-566
...............................IN-567
...............................IN-568
...............................IN-569

Powerplant: Two Klimov TV3-117VMAR turboshafts each rated at 1633 kW (2200 hp).

Maximum Speed: 135 knots (155 mph; 250 km/h).

Service Ceiling: 3500 meters (11,483 feet).

Range: 324 nautical miles (600 km).

Patrol Endurance: 2.5 hours.

Comments: In August 1999, the Indian Navy placed a firm order for four Ka-31 helicopters and a contract for an additional five was signed in February 2001. Total value of all nine helicopters is estimated at US $207 million. The first Ka-31 for the Indian Navy made its debut flight on 16 May 2001 and the first two of nine Ka-31 helicopters completed tests at the Kamov's Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow. The first batch of four aircraft was officially inducted into the Indian Naval Air Arm in April 2003 and the second batch arrived by the end of 2004. In Indian Navy service, these helicopters operate not only from aircraft carriers, destroyers and frigates but also from shore bases as well. Due to its limitations in terms of endurance, the helicopter will be fitted with a helicopter-to-helicopter in-flight refuelling capability. Also known as the Ka-29 RLD, the Ka-31 is a further development of the Ka-27 anti-submarine warfare helicopter. The Ka-31's wider fuselage - when compared to the cramped interior of the Ka-27/28 - offers greater accommodation space.
The Ka-31 is fitted with the E-801M Oko (Eye) airborne electronic warfare radar which features a 6x1 meter planar array mounted beneath the fuselage. The radar is folded and stowed beneath the aircraft's fuselage before being lowered into a vertical position, to allow 360º mechanical scanning of the radar once every ten seconds. The radar can simultaneously track up to 40 airborne or surface threats, and can detect fighter-sized aircraft from a range of 100 - 200 km (depending on the size of the target) and surface ships at a horizon of 200 km from an altitude of 9840 feet. Developed by the NIIRT (Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Institut Radiotekhniki) Radio Scientific-Research Institute in Nizhny Novgorod, the radar antenna weighs 200 kg (441 lbs). The co-ordinates, speed and heading of a target gathered by the radar are transmitted via an encoded radio data-link channel to a ship-borne or shore-based command post.
This encoded radio data-link channel will introduce airborne network centric warfare to the Indian Navy, due to its advanced real-time capability. The secure data-link and onboard communication systems have a range of 150 km, at altitudes between 4950 and 11,000 feet. The Indian Navy's Ka-31s are also being fitted out with the Abris GPS featuring a 12-channel receiver. The GPS is designed & developed by Kronstadt - a firm in St. Petersburg, Russia. Abris will provide all satellite navigation data. Other Kronstadt systems featured in the Ka-31 helicopter will include navigational equipment for digital terrain maps, ground-proximity warning, obstacle approach warning, auto-navigation of pre-programmed routes, flight stabilization and auto homing onto and landing at the parent carrier/base and information concerning the helicopter's tactical situation.

[Kunal Biswas]

Type: Advanced multi-role light helicopter.

Flight Crew: Two.

Length: 15.87 meters.

Main Rotor Diameter: 13.20 meters.

Height: 4.98 meters.

Weights: Empty - 2502 kg (5515 lbs.)
............Maximum - 5500 kg (12,125 lbs.)
Useful Load: 2600 kg (5731 lbs.)

Speed: Maximum - 290 km/h (180 mph)
..........Max. cruising speed 253 km/h (157 mph)

Service Ceiling: 5990 metres (19,680 feet)

Range: With 1500 kg (3300 lbs.) payload - 216 nautical miles (414 km; 249 miles).
..........With max. fuel & 20 min. reserves - 431 nautical miles (810 km; 497 miles).

Fuel Capacity: 1100 kg (2425 lbs.)

Armament: The Naval Dhruv has cabin side pylons for torpedoes, depth charges or anti-ship missiles.
Maximum External Stores Load: 1500 kg. (3307 lb.)

Self Defence: RWR; jammer and chaff/flare dispensers.

[fulcrum_shift]

Another rare catch ! .enjoy

[soutikghosh]

Indian Army Equipments from various "Know Your Army" events around the country

ZU-23-2 Shilka



Mordernised T-72M1 AJEYA





BEL Developed Man Portable BS Radar



AT-5 KONKRUS



BOFORS FH-77B HOWITZERS



155mm Soltam OFB upgraded M-46 Artillery "MEPHISTO"



130mm M-46 Artillery




TATRA -RV



TATRA RMS



TATRA-HET

[flankerpilot]

All pics courtesy of BRF

[facundo]

The program is canceled purchase Hawks ?????

Here I read that if

http://desarrolloydefensa.blogspot.c...r-aviones.html

[VAMAN]

I don't think purchase of Hawk could be canceled. India is also licence building the Hawk aircraft in India itself. By the way very nice pictures in this thread, keep it up.

[VAMAN]

Thanks to Supplanter

Cadets from the Indian Army take part in their passing out parade in the southern Indian city of Chennai March 21, 2009. A total of 151 cadets, including 40 women cadets were commissioned as officers in the Indian Army on Saturday after they completed their training at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai. (*******)

India's President Pratibha Patil (C, standing) reviews a guard of honour during the passing out parade of army officers in the southern Indian city of Chennai March 21, 2009. A total of 151 cadets, including 40 women cadets were commissioned as officers in the Indian Army on Saturday after they completed their training at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai. (*******)

[fulcrum_shift]

I don't think purchase of Hawk could be canceled. India is also licence building the Hawk aircraft in India itself. By the way very nice pictures in this thread, keep it up.

HAL WILL be manufacturing the 66 Hawks ... The Follow on Order for Additional 40 HAWKS was canceled due to the spare parts issue

PS: ( this deal took 20yrs to go thru ) ..

[fulcrum_shift]

IAF plans for additional Hawks jet trainers shelved

New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) Upset over problems relating to spares supply for British 'Hawks' Advanced Jet Trainers (AJTs), India has shelved plans to place follow-on orders for the aircraft and instead floated new tenders to supplement its trainer fleet.
Indian Air Force (IAF) sources said here today that the new tenders -- Request for Proposals (RFP) in Defence parlance -- were issued about a month ago to six global aircraft manufacturers.

Surprisingly, United Kingdom-based Hawks manufacturer BAE Systems finds a place among the six companies which had received the fresh tenders. But it was being approached for an upgraded version of the AJTs, sources said.

Others trainers that the IAF has shown interest in and sent the tender papers to were Italy's Alenia for the M-346, Korean T-50s, the Chez L-159, Russian YAK-130 and MiG AT Trainer, sources said.

After a procurement process that lasted nearly 20 years, India finally entered a contract for the delivery of 66 Hawks trainers with BAE in 2004. The contract had an in-built provision for a follow-on order for 40 more aircraft.

But the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) had been finding it difficult to maintain the production lines for the aircraft at its facility due to considerable delays in spares supplies, sources said.

The move of the IAF to go in for a new brand of trainer aircraft came as a surprise, as it had originally planned to have a single type of trainers in the fleet to train future fighter pilots. PTI

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/n...p?newsid=10696

[Panchito12]

Orange flight suits? Is this something peculiar to a testing establishment? I've seen IAF pilots in both green and blue flight gear, but never in orange.

[fulcrum_shift]

The Orange Suits are for Maritime Missions .. obviously this Pilot and this SQN are a part of the IAF's Maritime Operations

The Orange Color is For visual Aid In case of SAR

[flankerpilot]

@ Vaman , must you post pictures of that "president" ?

She is an embarrasement to this country.

[Panchito12]

The Orange Suits are for Maritime Missions .. obviously this Pilot and this SQN are a part of the IAF's Maritime Operations

The Orange Color is For visual Aid In case of SAR

That's interesting. Not even the USN or US Coast Guard do that...perhaps it's because if you somehow get shot down over land that orange suit is going to stick out a wee bit.

[flankerpilot]

Cockpit of Indian LCA (Tejas) jet