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印度空軍昇級其舊式攻擊機
本帖最後由 MightyDragon 於 2012-9-23 10:16 AM 編輯印度對舊物仍是滿懐愛心：此上世紀六十至七十年代的產品，照常理推算是不值得為這舊舊的中型攻擊機再花錢作全面的翻新！又加自動式駕駛、全新的玻璃式座艙連改良的操控桿、電傳飛控、強化升級的引擎、反輻射飛彈、干擾和對抗裝備等使這舊式攻擊機的駕駛員有更理想舒適的駕駛環境和增加面對敵機時的生存機會，是否從各次的摔機意外中終於明白訓練新駕駛員所花的遠遠大於用在昇級舊飛所需的金額？
SOURCE: DAILY MAIL UK
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has lit the afterburners to make its Jaguars fighting fit for modern warfare and increase their service life.
The Jaguars, the only aircraft with the IAF capable of carrying nuclear weapons other than the Mirage-2000s, are being fitted with autopilots, next generation avionics and lethal armaments under an ambitious modernisation programme that will see the fighters flying well after 2030.
Nearly 120 Jaguars are being modernised. So far, the IAF has procured autopilots for 55 Jaguars and talks for 95 more, which includes spare autopilots, are underway, according to information shared by the government in Parliament.
The upgradation of the Ambala-based fighter jets, in service for more than four decades, is being carried out by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a cost of more than Rs 3,000 crore.
Autopilots would lessen pilot workload, freeing them from physically flying the jet during long flights though, in an ultimate test of IAF top guns, six Jaguars flew all the way to Alaska for a joint exercise with the US Air Force in 2004.
The government is also reviving a plan to re-engine the aircraft with a more powerful powerplant. The IAF feels the Jaguars, powered by Rolls Royce Adour-811 turbofan engines, are underpowered, and wants a more powerful engine for the fighters.
But its hunt for a new power-plant has not been easy. In 2010, its bid for more than 250 turbofans for the Jaguars could not take off as one of the contenders - Rolls Royce, which offered its upgraded Adour MK-821 engine - backed out leaving only Honeywell's F124IN engine in the fray.
The Indian government prefers to avoid single-vendor bids in military acquisitions.
The Jaguar's cockpit is going to completely transform. It's going to turn all glass. There will be digital MFDs (multifunction displays) replacing the traditional analog gauges and dials, and pilots will have fly-by-wire controls.
Aircraft are only one aspect of modernisation
By Manoj Joshi
Speaking to the media in June 2012 after the passing out parade at the Dundigal Air Force Academy, Hyderabad, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said the key year for the IAF's modernisation projects would be 2022.
'All the contracts which are signed during the 11th plan… will be executed till 2017. At least 65 to 70 per cent of modernisation will be accomplished by 2017, and the rest by 2022,' he told PTI.
A key aspect of the modernisation would be the increase in the numerical strength of the air force from 34 to 42 squadrons.
But this would involve a huge effort in terms of training more pilots, technicians and creating the infrastructure to utilise the platforms.
According to Air Chief Marshal (retd) S. Krishnaswamy, a key imperative is to make the best use of things we already have.
'We must meet international standards in keeping our aircraft/helicopters, weapons, weapon systems, surveillance systems, sensors, communication network and operational infrastructure that are already in the inventory in a high state of readiness.
'The inability to obtain spares or keep machines online should not be an excuse to import new. Obsolete ones must be retired strictly as per plans,' he added.
The situation with regard to the IAF is not good, and has yet to bottom out before it begins to improve.
Further, despite its poor shape, the IAF remains the one segment of our armed forces where we retain a clear edge over Pakistan because of the Su- 30MKI, and the poorer condition of the Fiza'ya (Pakistan Air Force).
Why it is absolutely necessary that we meet targets is that the PLA Air Force's modernisation drive is on schedule and in another five years we will confront a genuinely modern and numerically significant adversary to the north.
The Chinese have acquired Su-30MK from the Russians and have developed or are developing a number of fighters themselves, including the fifth generation J-20.
The IAF's hopes rest on the acquisition of the Rafale and the fifth generation fighter (FGFA) it is developing with Russia.
And so, the combat environment in India's northern borders will be the most advanced anywhere, with aircraft requiring the latest in terms of AESA radars, long-range precision strike weapons, beyond visual range missiles and so on.
To beef up numbers, India will field upgraded Mirage 2000s, Jaguars, Mig- 29s and Mig-27s, in addition to the domestically developed LCA Tejas in both its Mark I and Mark II versions.
But aircraft are only one aspect of the modernisation project. Remember, that with a technologically inferior air force, India bested Pakistan in the 1965 war with that country. That was because of training and morale.
According to Krishnaswamy, it is vital to have 'availability of adequate number of fully trained operational and technical crew to maintain and operate 24x7'.
Today, training is in a shambles. The air force is still scrambling to acquire a basic trainer, the Swiss Pilatus PC-7, because the indigenously developed HPT-32 was grounded in 2009.
It lacks an intermediate jet trainer, since the HAL's HJT-36 remains under development, and does not have a useful lead-in fighter trainer....<div class='locked'><em>瀏覽完整內容，請先 <a href='member.php?mod=register'>註冊</a> 或 <a href='javascript:;' onclick="lsSubmit()">登入會員</a></em></div><div></div> 光看這戰機載彈量真是夠足了 改版也無不可 可以越改越新 更進步精進 這是什麼飛機?怎麼沒看過? 印度不肯山寨SU系戰機，LCA又不成氣候，能掌握在手里的“國產貨”，真的不多了；翻新老機，可以為印度空軍提供一批可靠、熟練的替補力量，畢竟印度擺弄這些老機已經很久了，經驗比其他機種要豐富的多 這是印度的國產2代？前面為正文，后面省略3000字，以防違規被扣分數，謝謝！<br><br><br><br><br><div></div> 哪是印度國產機阿是英法兩國合作的美洲豹攻擊機 是不是老式的美洲虎啊 這台個人不確定,不知道是不昰su-25阿
有必要這樣改嗎?
去買新戰機不是更好..... 美洲豹??還是美洲虎攻擊機好老舊的飛機,蠻期待印度會有什麼新機出現!?<br><br><br><br><br><div></div> 印度是個莫名其妙的國家.不知該怎麼說它了
幸虧印度人口.國土.天然資源都夠多.不然........ 這個現在只有印度使用 而印度的確是有自製JAGUAR 難道是想從中~
學到作戰機的技巧???{:44:}
印度人的想法~令人猜不到????{:36:} 加強國防軍備，不是每一個國家都會做的事嗎
圖中這架戰機應該是美洲虎
記得是英、法合作下的產物
在當時是極好用的攻擊機
印度這批戰機應該飛行時數不高
所以拿來更新改良應比新購機划算<br><br><br><br><br><div></div>
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