Tejas Mk2 (Medium Weight Fighter) - News and discussions
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AFAIK its just a blueprint as of now. Even HAL is promising 29-30 time frame for delivery, and not even god can predict HAL's timeli with atmost accuracy. So post 2030, even Rafake F3r won't be a silver bullet. And you are expecting mk2 to be magicraft which wont have a spectra type EW suit or a radar with anti jamming capabilities.
This fellow didn't get the sarcasm
Anyways, seriously:
1. MK2 will have SPECTRA type integrated EW suite.
2. It'll have GaN AESA radar with EA capability.
It isn't supposed to be silver bullet but rather IAF's workhorse. AMCA MK2 would be that for us along with FUFA/Ghatak.
No, you'd need a magiware for that, and it's not that easy to get - even the US can't do it.
Pls provide what made you to think that nk2 will have spectra type EW & radar with EA capability will be incorporated in mk2?This fellow didn't get the sarcasm
Anyways, seriously:
1. MK2 will have SPECTRA type integrated EW suite.
2. It'll have GaN AESA radar with EA capability.
It isn't supposed to be silver bullet but rather IAF's workhorse. AMCA MK2 would be that for us along with FUFA/Ghatak.
Our scientists fully understand how SPECTRA works. Our solution will not be any less worse.
By SPECTRA type EW, I mean it'll have fully internal Unified Electronic Warfare Suite that will do ECM/ESM/Geo-location just like the above.
Most AESA radars are fully capable of EA. F-35's APG-81/Barracuda combo jammed APG-77 of Raptor. Tejas MK2 will have GaN based AESA radar which will be a generation more advance than APG-81. So, in-built EW/EA function is a given.
This image is only for representation, but this is what is planned. You can see that even the transmitters are integrated into the airframe and not podded like that of MKI/MK1A.
Source of the image and a great read on EW: Electronic Warfare -Trends – Time For India to Become Atamnirbhar
^^ in this regard, the test rig for LCA mk2 radar mentioned this , as we knew already. So all these are going to be part of the system likely from the beginning. @Rajput Lion
ps: there are few more info but can not be posted in open.
ps: there are few more info but can not be posted in open.
EDIT; Above one they mention only airborne radar test rig, so unsure if specific mk2 or in general. Anyway it should be Uttam variant.
Other work also ongoing for mk2
Other work also ongoing for mk2
Mk2 related tenders are now common sight. Below is work for DAIR , dynamic aviation integration rig , where ADA provided avionics are to be added to mk2.
other test rigs are also being created, like
other test rigs are also being created, like