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CB_Lima

Lembrar que quem ajudou muito o Irã na Guerra do Iraque foi justamente... Israel.

Exato, Israel sempre jogando, o inimigo do seu inimigo é amigo, foi assim com o Irã, já que o Iraque era o principal inimigo sionista na década de 80.

Saudações

[Penguin]

Interessante...o Jaguar indiano passará tb por upgrade...

DATE:14/06/11
SOURCE:Flight International
Delays continue for India’s Mirage, Jaguar upgrades
By Greg Waldron


Programmes to upgrade two key Indian air force types, the Dassault Mirage 2000H and Sepecat Jaguar, continue to be delayed.

The Mirage 2000H upgrade is still being negotiated between the Indian government and Dassault, the air force said. Worth an estimated $2.2 billion, the programme has been pending since India announced its intention to modernise the aircraft in 2004.

A contract is expected to cover upgrades to engines, avionics, navigation systems, mission computers, electronic warfare systems and radars. To be undertaken by Dassault and Thales, the work will bring India's 51 aircraft to the Mirage 2000-9 standard. The service hopes to add 20 years of life to the aircraft, which were introduced between 1985 and 1989.

Indian media frequently attribute the long delays to the deal's cost, which would work out to roughly $41 million per aircraft. The deal was largely expected to be signed during visits by French President Nicholas Sarkozy to India in 2008 and 2010, but neither trip produced an agreement.

Unsurprisingly, the air force is reluctant about giving a ballpark date for the deal's conclusion.

Separately, the air force confirms that a request for proposals to re-engine its Hindustan Aeronautics-produced Jaguar ground-attack aircraft has been formally withdrawn. The document was issued to Honeywell and Rolls-Royce in November 2010, calling for a new engine design. The latter withdrew its bid in February, creating a single bidder situation that is not permissible under Indian procurement policy.

India's Jaguars are now powered by R-R/Turbomeca Adour 811s. The UK company had proposed upgrading these to the Adour 821 standard. The other alternative was Honeywell's F125, which is used on Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation-built F-CK-1 indigenous defence fighter. Honeywell told the Indian air force that the F125 has the extra thrust needed to cope with HAL's upgrades and to increase the aircraft's strike capability.

The air force has yet to announce a new RFP for the Jaguar upgrade.

[Penguin]

India to buy more than 16 C-17 airlifters
IANS Jun 14, 2011, 04.18pm IST
Tags:
P . V . Naik|Osama
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/news ... wsid=14884

NEW DELHI: The IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik told India Strategic defence magazine in an interview that while the government had accorded approval earlier this month to buy 10 aircraft, the air force was now processing a case for six more of these airlifters. At a later date, "we will add some more," he disclosed but did not specify the number.

He said that IAF's existing Soviet-vintage IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft would last approximately another 10 years, and the induction of the C-17 Globemaster IIIs during this period would be a timely replacement. India has less than 20 IL-76 in a dedicated transport role, while there are six midair refuellers designated Il-78, and another three to house the Israeli Phalcon AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control Systems).

The IAF has to replace the old aircraft and also augment its capability and capacity in accordance with the current and emerging security situation in the region in the foreseeable future.

[Penguin]

15 JUN, 2011, 03.57PM IST,ET BUREAU
IAF looks for more C-130J aircrafts
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/news ... wsid=14883


BANGALORE: The Indian Air Force is actively pursuing the purchase of more transport aircrafts, include Lockheed Martin's C-130J Super Hercules, to bolster its strategic lift capabilities, even as it seeks to move an increasing number of troops and military equipment along the Line of Actual Control, which the country shares with China.

"Yes, we would like to have more C-130J and C-17 aircrafts. We will start with the statement of case soon," outgoing Air Chief Marshal PV Naik said during a press briefing held at the IAF's Headquarters Training Command on Wednesday.

The Air Chief's statement comes six months after ET had reported that Lockheed Martin had held talks with New Delhi for a follow-on order for six 130 J Super Hercules aircrafts.

The aircrafts, which are reputed to be the best in its class, were purchased for $962.7 million, and have been customised for Special Forces operations.

Naik, who will be replaced by Air Marshal NAK Browne as the country's Air Chief, also said that any such deal would be negotiated through the Foreign Military Sales route.

The heavy-lifters are seen as critical to the IAF's needs as it looks to replace its Soviet-era IL-76 transport aircraft fleet, which have been dogged by a lack of serviceability and spares, and are also coming to the end of their operational lifespan.

"The IL, which is a 40-tonne plus aircraft, as a fleet has served us very well, but it is aging now. So, one strategy is their up-gradation and overhauling, but they do not have too much life left. The other strategy is the purchase of the C-17 aircrafts, which carries twice the load of an Ilyushin, and has the advantage of landing on shorter air strips," Naik.

[Penguin]

15 JUN, 2011, 08.47PM IST,ET BUREAU
IAF identifies lowest bidder for trainer aircraft tender
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/news ... wsid=14880

"We had shortlisted three companies - the Americans, Swiss and the Koreans. Now we have shortlisted down to the lowest bidder, which is the Swiss vendor, Pilatus. Commercial negotiations are going on. Hopefully, within the next one and a half to two years, we will be able to start the supply of the aircraft," Air Marshal Naik said at a press briefing held at the IAF's Headquarters Training Command.

Other contenders in the running for the globally-issued tender included the American Hawker-Beechcraft T-6C Texas-II, Korean Aerospace's KT-1 and the Pilatus PC-21.

Under the current tender, 75 trainers are to be procured from the vendor. Separately, a further 106 basic trainer aircrafts, named the Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40, will be designed and manufactured by state-owned defence undertaking Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

The IAF's basic trainer aircraft fleet is in perilous state, a situation exacerbated after the grounding of its entire fleet of HPT-32 Deepak trainers in 2009. Over the past few years almost 20 IAF pilots have lost their lives in Deepak crashes that led the Comptroller and Auditor General of India to state that the aircraft was technologically outdated and beset by flight safety hazards.

The outgoing Air Chief also confirmed that the long-delayed Mirage-2000 upgrade is expected to be cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security - the apex body authorised to clear major defence deals - by the end of June or early July.

"The Mirage-2000 upgrade will be going to the CCS after the approval of the Raksha Mantri, which I expect in a week or two. The CCS should then take about a week or two to clear it, after which, the Cost Negotiation Committee will start," Naik said.

The three-year-old deal, expected to be about $2.4 billion, has remained unresolved as New Delhi and France's Dassault Aviation and Thales failed to arrive at a mutually agreeable price to get the job done.

The upgrade is expected to provide the aircraft, which were originally inducted in 1985, with an additional 20-25 years of service. The IAF currently has 51 two-decade-old Mirage aircraft, used for air defence and ground attacks, in three squadrons based in Gwalior.

The IAF is also actively looking to substantially add to its heavy-lift aircraft fleet, and has indicated its willingness to buy six more Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules transporters, after it purchased the original six for close to $1-billion.

"Yes, we would like to have more C-130J and C-17 aircrafts. We will start with the statement of case soon," Naik said.

The aircrafts are critical for the IAF as it moves to bolster its strategic lift capabilities, even as it seeks to shift an increasing number of troops and military equipment along the Line of Actual Control, which the country shares with China. The aircrafts also act as crucial force multipliers by extending the Air Force's strategic reach significantly.

Separately, it has also been looking to replace its Soviet-era IL-76 transport aircraft fleet, which have been dogged by a lack of serviceability and spares, and are also coming to the end of their operational lifespan.

[papagaio]

Não sei se aqui seria o local ideal, mas lá vai:

Gois de papel
A coluna de hoje

Próxima saída

No casamento da filha de Heráclito Fortes, sábado, em Brasília, um grupo que sabe das coisas garantia: Nelson Jobim pediu para deixar o governo, e Dilma solicitou que ficasse mais um pouco.

Fonte: Coluna do Ancelmo Góis do Globo (http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/ancelmo/)

[brasil70]

Não sei se aqui seria o local ideal, mas lá vai:

Gois de papel
A coluna de hoje

Próxima saída

No casamento da filha de Heráclito Fortes, sábado, em Brasília, um grupo que sabe das coisas garantia: Nelson Jobim pediu para deixar o governo, e Dilma solicitou que ficasse mais um pouco.

Fonte: Coluna do Ancelmo Góis do Globo (http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/ancelmo/)

Se for verdade, isso é bom ou ruim?
Se for o caso de o ministro estiver de saida, mesmo com muitos erros e prazos sobre prazos, acho que temos que agradecer pelo trabalho que foi feito, foi o melhor ministro da defesa que já tivemos e concerteza, se podesse teria feito mais.

[Penguin]

PC-7 MkII

AVIATIONWEEK.COM

India Selects Pilatus Basic Trainer

Jun 16, 2011

By Jay Menon jaymenon68@gmail.com
NEW DELHI

India has selected the Swiss Pilatus PC-7 aircraft as its beginning trainer for Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots.

The Swiss aircraft, along with Grob’s G-120 TP, Embraer’s EMB-312 Super Tucano, Finmeccanica’s M-311, Hawker Beechcraft’s T-6C Texan-II and Korean Aerospace’s KT-1 participated in the flight trials last year.

“Of the three short-listed firms from the U.S., Korea and Switzerland, the bid made by Pilatus has emerged the lowest,” says India’s chief of air staff, Air Marshal P.V. Naik.

The total cost for the basic trainer is likely to be around $1 billion. The aircraft are expected to be delivered over the next two years.

“We have started price negotiations with the Swiss vendor for supplying 75 aircraft to train new pilots,” Naik says.

After the Pilatus deal is signed, the IAF is likely to send some of its young pilots to Switzerland for training. “As we need a better trainer aircraft, we hope to induct the PC-7 into our fleet in the next two years for training the new pilots,” Naik says.

The PC-7 turbo trainer is a low-wing tandem-seat training aircraft, capable of all basic training functions including aerobatics, instrument, tactical and night flying.

“Offering a reliable and economic training platform, the docile behavior of the PC-7 Mk. II in the hands of a beginner delivers a confidence-building environment for inexperienced cadets,” the company says. “With its highly cost-efficient Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-25C engine, it provides the lowest engine operating costs of all turboprop trainer aircraft.”

The Swiss vendor has sold about 500 aircraft during the past three decades to 21 air forces worldwide.

Following the grounding of the indigenous HPT-32 Deepak trainers by the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. in 2009, the IAF has been scouting for a basic trainer.

[gribel]

Rapá...só dá India!

[J.Ricardo]

E Embraer não entrou nesta concorrência???

[Carlos Lima]

Tucano... mas

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CB_Lima

[NovaTO]

Será que jánão está na hora de projetar um novo treinador?

O EMB-312 já é "antigão".

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[Luís Henrique]

E aquela estória de fabricar um treinador básico em parceria com a Índia?????

[joao fernando]

E quem quer parceria com o Brasil, que pula fora na hora ah?

Bem, o Tucaninho com painel digital é uma promessa. Mas quem vai comprar? Nossa combalida FAB?

[Penguin]

O Pilatus PC-7 é da decada de 60.
A versão PC-7 MKII é bem mais recente.