Let us suppose multiple jammers jamming the same target.can we use the combination of internal jammer and radar.
That mid 2030s date is for the Mk-2 although I'm not confident about it w.r.t the FOC , to clarify issues. I'm expecting the Mk-2 to make first flight by 2035 with FOC hopefully in 2040.
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I doubt that will be done by the same platform. If the radar jams in X band, then the internal jammer in the X band is not necessary.
2028 has already been declared by the powers that be will be the new 2022.
It's official , mind it da !
I am talking about internal jammer + radar combo. Even include two aircrafts.
I believe that because of the upcoming election, funding are being redirected from defense-related projects to express road, highway, and rail infrastructure projects.
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A SPJ has only a few dozen TRMs. The point of using a radar for jamming is the high radiated power, the SPJ cannot contribute a lot to the radar in terms of power.
Also, it's still a very new technology, using a radar for jamming, it's not even operational anywhere. Perhaps 2030+. Discovering cooperative use for it is still many years away. Perhaps 2040+.
Even if AMCA flies in 2026, it will only be a TD. The first prototype could fly only in 2028 or beyond. So 2028 indeed. Add 1-2 years to make up for delays.
I'm personally expecting the TD to fly only after 2027.
2023+3+1 = 2027.
Then add 9 years for flight testing for IOC. So 2036. Since the IAF has no intention of clearing production until IOC actually happens, the first Mk1 squadron should enter service only around 2039-40, without counting for delays in the flight testing process. The only good news is the gap between old engine and new engine will be shorter.
I'm personally expecting the TD to fly only after 2027.
2023+3+1 = 2027.
Then add 9 years for flight testing for IOC. So 2036. Since the IAF has no intention of clearing production until IOC actually happens, the first Mk1 squadron should enter service only around 2039-40, without counting for delays in the flight testing process. The only good news is the gap between old engine and new engine will be shorter.
By the time mk1 enters service it will become outdated with current configuration. I believe we should focus on mk2 but it's not even in drawing board yet bcz we don't even know specifications it should have. I think we are back to square one when we started amca program nothing was finalised it took us decades to finalise the design along with sensors after multiple studies and TD projects.
I don't think there will be a big difference between the two in terms of avionics. And the new engine will be a drop fit.
The avionics being designed for AMCA is next gen, it will be current for its time. Even the stuff going into current projects like LCA Mk2 and MKI MLU will remain relevant into the 2040s, never mind AMCA. It's basically a 5.5th gen aircraft, with airframe being the main limitation when compared to 6th gen. LCA Mk2's avionics will be more or less similar to what's on the Rafale and F-35 today.
Avionics is one area where we have done an incredible job of catching up to the West.
The current version of amca is similar to block 3 configuration of f35 by the time it enters service f35 will reach block 6/7 .
And if China attacks tomorrow then Army Navy and IAF should throw Roads, ports, and vande Bharat trains on Chinese Army to defend the country and along with 80 crore free ration recievers....
We successively have Fools, idiots, greedy B@st@rds governing this nation. We had Tharki chacha and now idiot vishwaguru ruling this nation for their own benefits and not for country's benefit....
And the then IAF Chief will say AMCA is 3 Legged Cheetah and then maybe if we have reincarnation of Manohar Parrikar as defence minister who will push AMCA mk1a down the IAF throat.. Great, we have now become Atom Nirbhar and biggest exporters of defence products. ..
Has the 2023-24 Defence Budget even been announced??
No point in jumping to conclusions
Current version of LCA Mk2 is similar to F-35 B3. AMCA is a generation ahead.