India y su industria aeronáutica

[dejece]

Interesante como siempre Champi

[champi]

Safran y HAL crean una empresa conjunta para desarrollar motores de helicópteros: https://www.safran-group.com/pressroom/ ... 2022-07-11

El primer proyecto podría motorizar al IMRH (Indian Multi Role Helicopter):

[yasiw]

El INS Vikrant finaliza la cuarta y última fase de pruebas previas a la incorporación a la Armada India el próximo mes.

https://swarajyamag.com/insta/in-pictures-aircraft-carrier-vikrant-completes-last-phase-of-trials-mig-29k-fighter-seen-on-deck

Interesante la imagen con un Mig29K a bordo.

Enviado desde mi SM-A715F mediante Tapatalk

[champi]

Otro accidente más de MiG-21 con consecuencias trágicas: https://indianexpress.com/article/expla ... %20service.

Seis accidentes en los últimos 20 meses (cinco en 2021 y uno este año).

[Truquichan]

HAL HJT-36 Sitara

[Orel]

Foto peculiarísima al no tener puesto el "embellecedor" del "salpicadero".
También se aprecia el nivel de calidad en los remates de fabricación...

[Vorlon]

En diciembre recibirán el último de los 36 contratados. No podrán quejarse de la rapidez francesa y de cumplir plazos, no como el make in india.

https://alert5.com/2022/11/11/indias-la ... ext-month/


saludos

[Truquichan]

India y Japon realizarán ejercicios conjuntos en enero
India trasladará 4 Su30MKI y soporte para entrenar(se) con los F15 japoneses. Podrían convertirse en los mejores "red team" del mercado. En Asia-Pacífico son la referencia.
https://twitter.com/ElizaR24/status/1605926286051926016

[champi]

Cronografía del LCA: https://medium.com/indra-networks/lca-t ... ce71bce417

1975–76 — LCA was perceived as a replacement for Gnat, with Ajeet having not come up to expectations

1978–79 — A draft Air Staff Target was prepared by Air HQ, HAL and R&D.

1979–82 — AST draft was upgraded from a low cost tactical aircraft to replace Gnat, to a sophisticated high performance state of the art LCA.

1982–84 — A technical team of experts headed by Dr S R Valluri, and then DCAS visited various design firms/manufacturers in Italy, Germany, France, UK and Sweden and later even USA to explore ToT and JVs for their own LCA design studies being conducted, like MBB’s TKF90, Dorniers ND102 or BAe’s P.106 etc.

1983 — OKBs from USSR pitched their design studies for the LCA requirements as well, which apparently met all requirements but were heavier.

1983 — GOI invited the committee to carry out a feasibility study for LCA.

1984 — ADA was created as an autonomous independent agency under SecDef R&D.

1985, January 30 — LCA program was formally launched at the first general body meeting of ADA.

1985 — AST 201 was decided and a formal Air Staff Requirement, ASR 2/85 was issued in October.

1985 — USAF was roped in to help develop FBW FCS. F404 was offered for the program.

1987–11 GE F404s were procured.

1988 — Project Definition Report was completed with help from Dassault-Breguet, and submitted to Air HQ in September. A timeline was formalised with 2 phases. Air HQ sent back a 300 page report back to ADA expressing serious concerns.

1989 — To resolve the issues a high level committee held six meetings b/w May 31 and Aug 29. Scepticism regarding the program had set in.

1989–90 — Phase 1 of the program was underway, with a host of R&D facilities and equipment being procured and developed. 80 work centres were identified and established, with the likes of HAL,NAL, DRDO’s labs, IITs, IISc etc.

1990 — Design had been finalised and frozen.

1991 — A high fidelity 1:6 scaled high speed model with movable control surfaces was fabricated and handed over to ADA in June. Model was then sent to Arnold Engineering Development Center by ADA. Further data was complemented from 1:15 models tested at Calspan, NAL, and 1:6 model sent to TsAGI for external store loads and pressure data.

1992 — ADE/DRDO signed an agreement with Martin Marietta Corporation (Now Lockheed Martin) for assistance in developing quadruplex digital FBW.

1993 — Funding to develop 2 TD aircraft was finally cleared, after a delay of 1 year due to paucity of funds resulting from political and economic crisis at the time.

1995 — TD1 (KH2001) rolled out on 17 November.

1998 — Lockheed Martin withdrew assistance due to American sanctions on India. TD2 (KH2002) rollout.

2001- First TD made its maiden flight with an indigenous quadruplex digital FBW FCS.

2002 — TD2 makes its maiden flight.

2003 — PV1(KH2003) conducts its first flight on 25 November.

2005 — PV2(KH2004) conducts its first flight on 1 December.

2006 — PV3(KH2005) flew for the first time 1 December. PV2 went supersonic with weapons

2007 — LSP1(KH2011) makes its first flight on 25 April with F404-F2J3. PV2 and 3 went sea level trials at INS Rajali. PV1 fired an R73 for the first time in October.

2008 — LSP2(KH2012) makes its first flight on 16 June with F404-IN20. PV3 made the first night sortie.

2009–2 seater PV5(KH-T2009) trainer variant makes its first flight. 1000 sorties had been completed by other frames till now. Production sanctioned.

2010 — LSP3(KH2013) flies for its first time. LSP4(KH2014) in Mk1 standard flies for the first time with MMR, IFF, and CDS. LSP5(KH2015) in IOC standard flies for the first time. 2 seater First Naval prototype NP1(KHN-T3001) rolled out.

2012 — LSP7(KH2017) flies for the first time on 9th March. NP1(KHN-T3001) flies for the first time.

2013 — LSP8(KH2018) final production standard flies for the first time in March.

2014 — Adv Weapon trials completed over LSP3/5/7

2015 — First SP1 was handed to IAF. NP2 flies for the first time

2016 — First LCA sqn becomes operational.

2019 — LCA gets FOC.

2020 — Naval LCA lands and takes off from INS Vikramaditya. Second LCA sqn becomes operational

2022 — LCA Mk1A first flight in May.

[Orel]

The Indian government has approved the acquisition of 70 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF)
In an announcement on 1 March, the government said that the procurement has a value of USD 827.78 million. HAL is required to supply the aircraft over a six-year period. The acquisition also includes associated equipment and training aids such as simulators.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/defe ... -air-force

[champi]

India encarga seis Do-228 por unos €76,42 millones: https://www.defense-aerospace.com/india ... -from-hal/

[champi]

La India disminuirá las compras de material ruso debido a los problemas de los mismos para proveer repuestos y materiales nuevos: https://loksabhadocs.nic.in/lsscommitte ... nce_36.pdf

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2.4 On a query regarding sharp decline in BE projection as compared to the last year’s projection, a representative of Air Force replied:
“Sir, as far as projection is concerned, our projection last year was Rs. 85,000 crore and we finally got allocation of Rs. 57,000 crore which we consumed. This year, the projection itself has been less because of this Russia-Ukraine war as some of our deliveries are not taking place. So, we have already been told that those deliveries will not take place. So, we have taken that part of the component out. There is no point in projecting that. Otherwise, whatever we have been requiring, when we are making payments, it is stage-wise payment, so we take into account any project that we get into, as to what is the stage payment that is likely to take place in that year and based on that we project and we do sometimes make changes even in that because certain things get delayed because of the other countries involved, especially, and till now we have not had any problem in terms of when we needed the money and we did not have. Both, Russia and Ukraine are delivering things to us”.

Further on reduced projection, a representative submitted as under:
“Sir, as far as reduced projection is concerned, some part of it covers spares, …………. But there is a major project …… where the deliveries have been stopped because of the war going on. So, we had a major delivery in this year, which is not going to take place. They have given us in writing that they are not able to deliver it. That is why the major part of projection has been reduced”.
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Es uno de los motivos del recorte que está sufriendo el presupuesto de la Fuerza Aérea India:

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AIR FORCE
Budgetary Provisions
15. While examining Demand Nos. 19 & 20 in respect of the Air Force for the year 2023-24, the Committee find that in Revenue Section, Air Force projected Rs. 68,081.58 crore against which an allocation of Rs. 44,345.58 crore has been made.

The allocation is deficient by Rs. 23,736 crore and approximately 34 per cent lower than the projection. As informed the non-salary expenditure caters to the expenses on stores, ration, transportation, fuel, etc. which are essential for regular training and operational preparedness of the Air Force, therefore, a 34 per cent cut in the allocation would definitely hamper the training and operational preparedness of the Air Force, therefore, to avoid such situation, the Committee desire that during Supplementary Grants and Revised Estimate stages, the allocation as per the projection should be provided to the Air Force.
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17. In the Capital segment case, the Committee find a considerable gap in projections made in the years 2022-23 and 2023-24. In the year 2022-23, the Ministry projected a sum of Rs. 85,322.60 crore, whereas, in the year 2023-24, the projection made is just Rs 58,808.48 crore. It is a known fact that the Capital Budget of a department chiefly provides for expenditure on modernisation, enhancement of force level, infrastructure development etc, a cut of Rs. 26,514.12 crore is a huge sum, though a representative of the Ministry during deliberations has stated that Russia-Ukraine war has affected some of the deliveries, as the country is sourced most of the supplies from indigenous sources, this sum seems to be on the upper side. Therefore, the Committee would like to comprehend the reason behind such a phenomenon and desire that a brief note may be submitted by the time of supplying the action taken replies. The little solace may be found in the financial figures of 2023-24, if it is not compared to any other year, as this year the projection under Capital Head is Rs. 58,808.48 crore and the allocation is just Rs. 539.77 crore short of that. The Committee are of the view that there should be no major gap between the two so that the Air Force can make long and short-term plans to acquire capital assets.

18. The Committee note that RE allocation for the year 2022-23 was Rs. 53,871.17 crore, however, the Air Force was able to spend only Rs. 27,631.50 crore up to December 2022, leaving almost the same amount of Rs. 26,239.67 crore to be spent in the last quarter. In this regard, the Committee want to state that judicious use of money should be made by the Air Force through advanced planning and proactive approach and underspending should be avoided at any cost.
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* 44.345,58 crore = ~ €5.000 millones, con un recorte de unos €2.678 millones.
58.808,48 crore = ~ €6.640 millones, con un recorte de unos €3.000 millones.

Algo más del mismo documento, esta vez sobre adquisiciones:

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Planning and Procurement
2.12 When asked about details of the acquisitions planned for the years 2023-24 and 2024-25 including proposed dates of acquisition, revised schedules and funds expended on the projects, the Ministry, in a written submission, replied as under:
“Planned acquisitions for these years include Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) (HTT40), Medium Power Radar (MPR) (Arudhra), Indoor Free Fall Simulator (Vertical Wind Tunnel), Close in Weapon System (CIWS), Additional Mirage 2000 Aircraft (Twin Seater), Ground Based System (Khoj), High Power Radar (Replacement), Design and development of Foldable Fiber glass Mat (FFM) for rapid Runaway Repair for IAF, Six Additional Dornier-228 Aircraft, AL-31 Aero Engine for Su-30, Wet Lease of Flight Refueling Aircraft (FRA), High Frequency (HF) Trans receiver Static, DR-118 RWR for Su-30 MKI Aircraft, RD-33 Aero Engines for MiG-29 Aircraft, Technical Position (TP) for BrahMos Missile at AF Station Thanjavur and Wind Profiler”.
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Sobre el LCA:

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2.19 About the delay in LCA project, a representative of Air Force deposed to the Committee as follows:
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We were learning our lesson. We cannot call them failures but there are a lot of road blocks. Then, the sanctions came in after our nuclear test. That caused a lot of drawbacks. That is where we started thinking of that we should have most of the technologies inhouse. But the flyby wire system of that aircraft and the entire control law has been written by Indians inhouse. In the avionics, the entire architecture is Indian, and it has been revised once fully. That means what we conceived in the beginning and what we are flying today are two different architectures. The one we are flying today is called federated architecture. If I can use the word, it is, plug and fly. You can integrate any new weapon or any new system much easily now.

So, as far as avionics is concerned, we are very close to where the world is. But, yes, in engine technology, we need a lot to catch up. As far as airframe and other parts are concerned, I think there again we are very close to where the world is, except for some technologies like the actuators and all that, which we are now doing flight testing at the moment. The flight testing is on. By the way, most of us, all three of us, sitting here have been test pilots in LCA programme. So, we know it. It is very close to our hearts. I think he will add on to it.
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Respecto al personal, andan justos:

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Manpower
2.23 The Committee desired to be apprised about the shortage of manpower in Air Force. On the issue, a representative of Air Force submitted as under:
“Sir, the shortage of officers is around 600 against the authorised establishment of around 12,606. The shortage of men as of today is 3 per cent of the authorised cadre, and it would increase around 10 per cent of the authorised in 2026 if we take the proposed accretions into account. About 9500 posts are lying with the Ministry of Finance for approval. If those come in, the shortage will remain between 3 to 5 per cent. So, effectively, that much is the training reserve also which we already keep. So, there would not be a major shortage”.
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[Orel]

India disminuirá las compras de material ruso debido a los problemas de los mismos para proveer repuestos y materiales nuevos:

Lógico y esperable, especialmente por sus necesidades con la invasión de Ucrania y las consecuencias de las sanciones internacionales.
Y no sólo India, todos los usuarios de sistemas rusos.

[Atticus]

Y no sólo India, todos los usuarios de sistemas rusos.

Y el quien se beneficie de eso va a dictar la industria de defensa los proximos veinticinco años. ¿Sera China? ¿Seran "otros"? Los USA seguro que no puesto que quien compraba Ruso ya lo hacia por no comprarles a ellos. Casos de "funambulistas" como la India aparte, claro esta.

[champi]

Jaguar con AESA tras la actualización DARIN-III: https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/1643288348851830784


Se puede apreciar el cambio en el morro para alojar al Elta EL/M-2052.