It's pretty obvious you haven't read the 10 posts I bothered to translate or you would have seen that what Dassault is planning is exactly what you want for the MII in India.
Sukhoi Su-30MKI
- Thread starter Ashwin
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PKS has listed them well already. We will be getting newer and longer ranged weapons developed for Pak-Ka also as part of this deal. My estimate was 60 aircraft but PKS is reporting the deal to be for 80 aircraft.
This is very good upgrade package
No wonder we have become very demanding with the Russians in case of PAK FA
Pretty much everything is listed in the Trishul blog.
In other words, the airframe will be the same, but everything else will be changed.
That is very good news indeed
But what is not known is how much time it will take for the First MII Rafale to come out
After the Contract is signed
We will have 36 French Rafales by 2022
The MII Rafale deal will be signed only next year after elections
Nothing very special about it in terms of capabilities. We have the same with Jaguar right now. But this upgrade will bring the MKI to par with Rafale in many ways, with the added benefit that the Super MKI will have greater TWR and more radar range versus the Rafale F3R.
Don't go by PKS's speculations.
Anyway, it will be interesting to see if the MKI will have its airbrake removed, like on the Su-35. That will give it an extra ton of fuel.
And canards too with carbon composite skin... to take it Su-35s standards. This will help keep the entire su30mki fleet relevant upto 2040-45.
Will we go for 18 additional French Rafales or only MII Rafales will be the Next Contract
Or in other words How many Rafales will we have by 2023
Extra internal fuel
Wont that involve massive internal restructuring
That means only newly built planes can have this
We need something to shoot down the PAF AWACS in the first few hours
Whether it is a new radar or new missiles
Once That happens
All F 16s will be grounded
36 only. The current contract did not have options. But we can sign up for a new tranche of 36 because of the IGA.
I'm hoping a contract for 36 jets is signed by 2020, so that the jets can be delivered between 2023 and 2025 from an Indian assembly line before the tender MII hits the ground.
Let's face it, the MII tender will be delayed, with no signature in 2022, and even MCA is set to be delayed. There is no way we will meet squadron requirements by 2032. We will most likely need another contract of 36 Rafales in 2022, which can be delivered from 2025 to 2027. Even if the second tranche is for 54 jets, we will be fine.
My gut feeling says ADA has set an unrealistic date for MCA FOC.
Not necessary. The Mig-29UPG underwent even more internal restructuring than the MKI has to in order to get an extra fuel tank.
K-100.
I believe thats not real.
Is DRDO developing SDR for IAF like IN? Or we are buying Rafael's for Su-30s, Tejas, Jaguar etc, anyone know?
Refusal of France and MBDA to integrate Meteor on SU-30MKIs or LCA has pretty much reduced the chance of large orders for Rafale.
Sir i was asking about what PKS said on his blog
Did IAF signed the contract with Rafael or not? @Ashwin
There is no SDR for navy and SDR for IAF. SDR is communication equipment that uses sound card based processor and uses an antennae to send and receive signals.
The older radios used circuit based filters to amplify, filter and process signals (analog radios). SDR is quite common nowadays. Even you may be using it. The 4G VOLTE is for example, a SDR system.
So, there is no SDR separately for IN & IAF
Is there anything official about that?
I haven't heard about a demand to integrate Meteor on Tejas or MKI. And though I can see why it could be refused on the Su-30, I think integration would be accepted on the Tejas.
