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State-of-the-Art Radio Systems to Transform India's Su-30MKI Fighters
State-of-the-Art Radio Systems to Transform India's Su-30MKI Fighters
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The Su-30MKIs, the backbone of the Indian Air Force's (IAF) fighter jet fleet, is undergoing a whopping $7.7 billion upgrade carried out by the Hindustan... 19.07.2024, Sputnik India
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The integration of Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems into the Electronic Warfare (EW) suites of India's Su-30MKIs will provide them with much more firepower, transforming them into true modern war machines, defenсe experts have said.Su-30MKI is certainly the bastion of the IAF at present and is a very versatile, powerful aviation platform; upgrading the fighter's communication capabilities in the battlefield scenario will further enhance its combat prowess, according to former DRDO scientist Ravi Gupta.Besides, DRDO has done pioneering work in the domain of Electronic Warfare, he emphasised. He believes that when such kind of suites are required to be integrated with Su-30MKIs, the organization will make it happen in a short time frame, moreover, this modernisation will make the aircraft all the more potent.On the other hand, following India's Balakot strike, during Pakistan's Operation Swift Retort in 2019, India lost a MiG-21 because the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jammed voice communication between radar control and the jet's pilot, former IAF pilot and military expert Vijainder K. Thakur pointed out in a conversation with Sputnik India.Following the post-Balakot incident, the Indian Air Force bought the state-of-the-art radio systems from Israel for its Mirage fleet, the expert noted.Therefore, the SDRs became one of critical components for India's warplanes, including the Su-30MKIs, and the IAF appears keen to integrate them into its existing and future aircraft.According to the Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD), "a key factor in SDRs is that software programmability allows easy changes of the radio's fundamental characteristics such as modulation types, operating frequencies, bandwidths, multiple access schemes, source and channel coding/decoding methods, spreading/de-spreading techniques and encryption/decryption algorithms."Additionally, the traditional hardware-centric radios require hardware changes to modify these fundamental characteristics, the ministry noted. Multiple types of radio equipment can be replaced with multi-mode, multi-band, multi-role SDR's of suitable form factors, according to the cabinet.
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State-of-the-Art Radio Systems to Transform India's Su-30MKI Fighters
The Su-30MKIs, the backbone of the Indian Air Force's (IAF) fighter jet fleet, is undergoing a whopping $7.7 billion upgrade carried out by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) with the support of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The integration of Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems into the Electronic Warfare (EW) suites of India's Su-30MKIs will provide them with much more firepower, transforming them into true modern war machines, defenсe experts have said.
Su-30MKI is certainly the bastion of the IAF at present and is a very versatile,
powerful aviation platform; upgrading the fighter's communication capabilities in the battlefield scenario will further enhance its combat prowess, according to former DRDO scientist
Ravi Gupta."DRDO has worked in this area in the past and has standardised many such items associated with Su-30MKIs, including the SDR, which is the mainstay of the warplane's communication system," Gupta told Sputnik India.
Besides, DRDO has done pioneering work in the domain of Electronic Warfare, he emphasised. He believes that when such kind of suites are required to be integrated with Su-30MKIs, the organization will make it happen in a short time frame, moreover, this modernisation will make the aircraft all the more potent.
On the other hand, following India's Balakot strike, during Pakistan's
Operation Swift Retort in 2019, India lost a MiG-21 because the
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jammed voice communication between radar control and the jet's pilot, former IAF pilot and military expert
Vijainder K. Thakur pointed out in a conversation with
Sputnik India."SDR supports multiple waveforms, greater system security, and better communication survivability in a clear and secure mode to meet the IAF's operational requirements. They also support enhanced data transmission capability, enhanced voice clarity, and data transmission accuracy in spectrally noisy environments," Thakur explained.
Following the post-Balakot incident, the Indian Air Force bought the state-of-the-art radio systems from Israel for its Mirage fleet, the expert noted.
Therefore, the SDRs became one of critical components for India's warplanes, including the Su-30MKIs, and the IAF appears keen to integrate them into its existing and future aircraft.
According to the Indian
Ministry of Defense (MoD), "a key factor in SDRs is that software programmability allows easy changes of the radio's fundamental characteristics such as modulation types, operating frequencies, bandwidths,
multiple access schemes, source and channel coding/decoding methods, spreading/de-spreading techniques and encryption/decryption algorithms."
Additionally, the traditional hardware-centric radios require hardware changes to modify these fundamental characteristics, the ministry noted. Multiple types of radio equipment can be replaced with multi-mode, multi-band, multi-role SDR's of suitable form factors, according to the cabinet.
