IAF seeking to acquire more C-130J Super Hercules Transporter
Indian Air Force is looking for an additional batch of six Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules tactical transport aircraft. IAF operates 12 C-130J Super Hercules and the last aircraft delivery was taken in November 2019.
IAF
always wanted to maintain a fleet of 18 aircraft that can be used for Tactical
operations and Transportation and will approach the Ministry of Defence soon
for clearing the third batch.
India
has inducted six C-130J Super Hercule aircraft, which were bought from
the US at the cost of around 6000 crores in 2008 and another 6 in 2013. IAF
lost one C-130J Transporter in a 2014 accident and a replacement of
which was ordered in 2016 that was delivered in 2019.
India’s
Hindon Air Station is home to the IAF’s C-130J fleet and over the years
IAF has augmented its infrastructure to house and operate 18 Tactical
Transporter.
Tail
assembly of the C-130Js are made at Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited
facility in Hyderabad, making it the sole supplier globally.
Rudram-II:
India’s first ALBM taking shape for Trial
Rudram-II
is India’s first Air-launched ballistic missile or ALBM that is now taking
shape to begin its developmental trials as per the information that is coming
in after it completed its captive flight and release flight trials from Sukhoi-30MKI
fighter aircraft successfully.
Rudram-II
ALBM has a range of 350 kilometers that can travel at Mach 4 speeds with a 200 kilogram
warhead towards the ground or sea based target. Rudram II has been seen as weapons
package of upcoming Tejas Mk2 and TEDBF fighter programs, but some reports
suggest that Rudram-IIA is a spinoff of Rudram-II which is under development
for the Indian Navy with additional sea skimming features and enhanced sensors
to locate moving targets in the sea.
DRDO
is also working on the development of Rudram-III ALBM that will be twice the
weight of the Rudram-II and will have a range above 600 kilometers.
Indian
Army Pushes Govt On Urgent Acquisition Of KA-226T Helicopters
Indian
Army is looking to fast-track the acquisition of the Russian KA-226T
helicopters amid border tensions with China in Ladakh.
With
the older Chetak and Cheetah helicopters are almost at the end of their
technical life, India’s chopper arsenal needs urgent upgradation.
The
single engine Cheetah and Chetak helicopters are in a dire need of replacement.
Operational availability of Cheetah and Chetaks along the northern borders with
China and the Siachen glacier Saltoro Ridge region with Pakistan is down to
just 50%.
The
said technical life of these choppers will probably last until 2023. And hence,
the forces desperately need new helicopters.
The
Indian armed forces have been pushing for the acquisition of new light utility
helicopters (LUH) for the past two decades. In 2015, India signed an inter-governmental
agreement with Russia for the acquisition of 200 Kamov KA-226T helicopters
worth $1 billion.
Out
of the total 200 helicopters, 60 were to be imported directly while the
remaining were to be manufactured indigenously at a joint facility at Tumakuru
in Karnataka.
However,
the acquisition is still stuck due to disagreements on the indigenous content.
The homegrown equipment to be manufactured is between 27 to 33 percent, under
the full Transfer of Technology.
Pakistan
hires Leonardo, Paramount Group for aircraft conversion program
Pakistan
has hired an Italian defense company to convert three Embraer Lineage 1000
regional jetliners into long range maritime patrol aircraft for its Navy. The
contract with Leonardo involves the acquisition of two aircraft to join the
single Lineage 1000 already in Pakistan, followed by the design, modification,
installation and integration of an anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol
package.
The
three planes will then be introduced into service as Sea Sultan patrol
aircraft. Follow on contracts are expected to bring the total number of Sea
Sultans to 10, replacing the country’s long-serving P 3C Orion fleet.
Only
Leonardo was shortlisted on a technical basis for the Lineage 1000 conversion.
This was mainly on the basis of the Leonardo SeaSpray radar installed on the RAS
72 Sea Eagle aircraft and Sea King helicopters, and the trusted Italian origin
torpedo release systems already installed on the Pakistan Navy’s anti-submarine
warfare aircraft, and which would certainly be fitted to the Sea Sultan.
J-16H
China’s Next Carrier Based Fighter? World’s Most High-Tech Flanker Derivative
Could Join New Strike Groups
A
number of reports since February have indicated that China may be developing a
navalised variant of the J 16 heavyweight fighter compatible with its navy's
new aircraft carriers - the first of which has made rapid progress towards
completion and deploys electromagnetic catapult launch systems.
Flankers
are in production in both China and Russia, as well as under license in India,
but the J-16 is the only Flanker variant developed with an AESA radar, stealth
coatings and AESA radar guided air to air missiles & PL-XX missiles with
range of over 500 kilometers making them ideal for neutralizing targets such as
enemy airborne early warning and control aircraft and tankers.
China’s
upcoming carriers will be able to accommodate many more fighters than their
predecessors, will use electromagnetic catapult launch systems (EMALS) to allow
them to take off with more weapons and fuel, and will deploy AEW aircraft,
electronic attack jets and drones to support them - all features the country’s
previous carriers lacked.
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