Rafale DH/EH of Indian Air Force : News and Discussions

Ku band seeker is AESA and 99% fighters in the world do not have ESM to detect a KU band transmitter nor do they have jammers for this band. The jammers are equipped to jam frequencies in 1Ghz to 18Ghz. Ku band is way beyond that. Plus with a very short wavelength, KU band seelers have far superior target discrimination and near optical quality radar image. These guys in Hyderabad are doing a job which is known to very few in the world.
Even Rafale does not have ESM to detect KU band. Ask @Picdelamirand-oil? F4 will have it.


SPECTRA on F3 could handle the band 0.6 - 18 Gz on F3R this has been increased to 0.6 - 40 Gz and for F4 it will be increased to 0.6 - 300 Gz.
ISE for India improve the low band also.
 
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Ku band seeker is AESA and 99% fighters in the world do not have ESM to detect a KU band transmitter nor do they have jammers for this band. The jammers are equipped to jam frequencies in 1Ghz to 18Ghz. Ku band is way beyond that. Plus with a very short wavelength, KU band seelers have far superior target discrimination and near optical quality radar image. These guys in Hyderabad are doing a job which is known to very few in the world.
Even Rafale does not have ESM to detect KU band. Ask @Picdelamirand-oil? F4 will have it.

Ku band is 12-18GHz. So all current aircraft jammers have the ability to jam this frequency. What you are referring to is the K and Ka band which go from 18-40GHz.

You got confused with NATO K band. which is 20-40GHz.
 
Ku band is 12-18GHz. So all current aircraft jammers have the ability to jam this frequency. What you are referring to is the K and Ka band which go from 18-40GHz.

You got confused with NATO K band. which is 20-40GHz.
I think you got confused. I referred to new designation and that is the NATO one. KU means-Kilo Band Under as it has two parts, KU and KA. Ka means-Kilo band above.
 
I think you got confused. I referred to new designation and that is the NATO one. KU means-Kilo Band Under as it has two parts, KU and KA. Ka means-Kilo band above.

Ku, K and Ka are IEEE bands. Anyway, Astra's seeker is in the IEEE standards Ku band, ie, between 12 and 18GHz.

Under NATO's old name, there was no K band, only Ku and Ka, and in that Ka was 11GHz to 20GHz.
 
Ku, K and Ka are IEEE bands. Anyway, Astra's seeker is in the IEEE standards Ku band, ie, between 12 and 18GHz.

Under NATO's old name, there was no K band, only Ku and Ka, and in that Ka was 11GHz to 20GHz.
Please don't mind it, but you seem to be wrong here. I am very sure of what I posted. Infect one of the reason why Astra is nearly immune to jamming is its near perfect radar imaging which cant be fooled by chaff.
 
Please don't mind it, but you seem to be wrong here. I am very sure of what I posted. Infect one of the reason why Astra is nearly immune to jamming is its near perfect radar imaging which cant be fooled by chaff.

You can check it yourself through industry contacts. The Astra's seeker was scaled down from the one used on the AAD, so it's pretty old tech.

Only ATGMs and ARMs carry mmW seekers. The new NGARM will have an mmW seeker.
 
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Meteor does not have two-way data link on Rafale.
only french missiles are not DL, because french air force don't need it (AF don't think long range BVR is the alpha and omega of the air combat. that's why France only ordered 100 units of Meteor, preferring for the future a versatile MICA NG, with greater NEZ versus MICA, but far less than Meteor one).
Meteor on Gripen, EF are two way DL. It is possible for Rafale on export.
 
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Please don't mind it, but you seem to be wrong here. I am very sure of what I posted. Infect one of the reason why Astra is nearly immune to jamming is its near perfect radar imaging which cant be fooled by chaff.

Apparently astra uses passive radiation homing to counter spoofing and jamming.
 
Not directly related, still interesting. During its yearly results conference, Trappier precised that one more Construction Hall is being built (that would be a third one) in Nagpur, and that indian parts for Falcon 2000 are now certified. Asked about indian decision tempo, he answered "it could be any moment or next year". There is a 2 years gap around 2022/24 deliveries, for india??? (production is still at rate 2, about 22 planes a year)
 
Not directly related, still interesting. During its yearly results conference, Trappier precised that one more Construction Hall is being built (that would be a third one) in Nagpur, and that indian parts for Falcon 2000 are now certified. Asked about indian decision tempo, he answered "it could be any moment or next year". There is a 2 years gap around 2022/24 deliveries, for india??? (production is still at rate 2, about 22 planes a year)

you mean another 36?
 
Either another batch (between 36 and 48) or first batches of a Make in India larger contract. No clue. Butthe fact that parts and portions made in india are now certified is -to me- a very positive sign.
 
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Either another batch (between 36 and 48) or first batches of a Make in India larger contract. No clue. Butthe fact that parts and portions made in india are now certified is -to me- a very positive sign.
Oil prices have dropped and will remain low for another year till US does something funny to shore up the price to help shale oilers. This coupled with bumper crop in India, clearly means some new orders for weapons.