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L'Inde: l'autre Puissance d'Asie




Les articles réguliers sur la Chine et ses avancées dans l’aéronautique civile et militaire ne doivent pas nous faire oublier que l’Asie compte d’autres puissances pour qui l’aéronautique est vitale.

C’est le cas du plus grand compétiteur asiatique de la Chine : l’Inde. Ce pays-continent dispose des capacités scientifiques et industrielles pour développer comme lui ses capacités de frappe.

Tout d’abord dans le domaine balistique l’Inde souhaite décupler ses capacités et sa volonté s’exprime dans les projets hautement symboliques que sont les missiles BRAHMOS et AGNI ; mais l’Inde a développé son propre chasseur, tout comme la Chine, et prépare la relève !

Grâce à l’apport technologique Russe, une joint venture a été créée entre les deux pays pour la mise au point et la commercialisation du missile de croisière BRAHMOS qui peut être de trois versions : sol-sol ou terre-mer, mer-mer ou air-mer (depuis un Su-30MKI). Une variante sous-marine est en cours de développement. Dans sa version navale, le BRAHMOS est supersonique (Mach 2, a une trajectoire rasante et une portée max de 300km (à comparer avec les capacités de l’exocet : missile subsonique Mach 0,9 et 180km de portée seulement). Récemment l’Inde a décidé d’investir 250 millions US$ pour développer une version du missile pouvant voler à Mach 5. On le voit ce missile donnera à la marine indienne et à ses forces armées en général des capacités de loin supérieures à ce que dispose toues les marines européennes et chinoise !

Le missile AGNI consiste lui en un missile balistique à capacité nucléaire (notez que le BRAHMOS pourrait être équipé lui aussi) initiale, de conception nationale. Il existe en trois versions : AGNI 1 DE 2500km de portée ; l’AGNI 2 de 3000km de portée théorique, et l’AGNI 3 (en développement) de 5000 km de portée à terme. Ces missiles représentent avec le missile de théâtre PRITHVI les vecteurs de la dissuasion nucléaire indienne.

Mais l’Inde ne sera jamais une puissance aéronautique complète si elle ne développe pas son aéronautique militaire, et le dernier appel d’offre international pour acquérir un chasseur de dernière génération (9 milliards US$) pourrait bien être le dernier du genre, et voir les russes remporter le marché assez logiquement. En effet l’Inde et la Russie veulent développer en commun un chasseur de 5ème génération : c’est l’objet de l’accord signé à Moscou en octobre 2007 pour le projet PAK FA (Future Tactical Aviation Aircraft Complex).

Contrairement au F-22 RAPTOR US le projet russo-indien prévoit un avion tant furtif qu’hyper manœuvrable via des tuyères mobiles développées pour le Su-27, ainsi qu’un radar et des missiles à longues portées. A noter que le radar disposera de capacité de brouillage (existant déjà sur des Mig 29 et qui pourrait exister sur le RAFALE cette information n’ayant jamais été confirmée). Le mariage entre le génie aéronautique russe et le génie électronique et informatique indien devrait donner un résultat très intéressant.

Mais ce projet en commun ne signifie pas que l’Inde ne sait pas construire de chasseur de manière autonome : elle a en effet développé par elle-même le LCA (LIGHT COMBAT AIRCRAFT) . La décision de développer ce projet fut prise en 1983 pour remplacer les Mig-21 et les caractéristiques techniques sont fixées en 1990. Le projet recevra l’appui de constructeurs européens comme DASSAULT, SAAB, et BAE, et son design montre que les ingénieurs indiens se sont inspirés du mirage 2000 et du F-18 pour les entrées d’air.

L’appareil sera à terme équipé d’un réacteur de conception nationale KAVERI GTX-35VS double flux de 8,5 tonnes de poussée (SNECMA SAFRAN fournissant les filtres et les régulateurs). Le radar doppler multi-cible est développé par HAL avec l’aide d’industriels étrangers, tout comme l’avionique (THOMSON-CSF aujourd’hui THALES) et une centrale inertielle fournie par l’américain HONEYWELL.

L’avion sera équipé de missile russe R-73 VYMPEL et du missile de conception nationale ASTRA.

Initialement prévu pour entrer en service en 1995 le LCA a fait son premier vol en 2001. Malgré le retard du projet et les difficultés de son développement, cet appareil donne aux industries indiennes des compétences et une expérience certaine au moins égale à ce que la Chine peut faire.

On le voit là encore, l’Inde entend développer ses compétences pour faire face à la Chine mais aussi pour s’installer pleinement à la table des grandes puissances. Notons que la Russie s’installe comme un acteur moteur de l’essor indien dans l’aéronautique.

Caractéristiques du LCA :

Envergure : 8,2 mètres

Longueur : 13,2 mètres

Hauteur : 4,4 mètres

Surface alaire : 37,5 m²

Masse à vide : 5,5 tonnes

Masse maximale : 12,5 tonnes

Motorisation :

Prototype : 1 General Electric F404-GE-F2J3

Avions de série : 1 TSEA GTX-35VS

Vitesse maxi : Mach 1.6

Plafond : 15 000 mètres

Rayon d'action : 1 000 km

Armement fixe : 1 canon GSH-23 de 23 mm alimenté par 220 obus.

Capacité carburant : 3 000 litres

Facteur de charges : +9 / -3 G

Charge utile : 4 tonnes

L’Inde a développé une base industrielle reposant sur de nombreux acteurs, tant institutionnels que privés, lesquels sont encadrés par des instituts publics qui fédèrent leurs avancées. Ces acteurs ont en général acquis leur expérience en important en Inde des produits étrangers. Pour en savoir plus je vous renvoie sur ce site très bien fait : http://www.siatiaero.com/siatimembers.asp[img][/img]

le renforcment du partenariat stratégique avec la Russie

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India set to discuss overhaul of Su-30 fighter jets with Russia

NEW DELHI, October 9 (RIA Novosti) - India will discuss the modernization of the Russian-made Su-30MKI aircraft in service with its air force during an upcoming military-technical cooperation meeting in Moscow, the country's Defense Ministry said on Friday.
The Indian Air Force currently has 105 Su-30MKIs mainly deployed at airbases close to the Chinese border.
"The aircraft, contracted in 1996, are due for overhaul shortly and Russia has offered an upgrade of the aircraft with incorporation of the latest technologies during the major overhaul," the ministry said in a statement.
The IAF originally ordered 50 Su-30MKI aircraft from Russia in 1996 and an additional 40 planes in 2007. India's Hindustani Aeronautics (HAL) was also contracted to build 140 aircraft in India between 2003 and 2017 under a licensed production agreement.
India previously said it was satisfied with the performance of Russian Su-30MKI fighters and has recently expressed interest in buying another 50 Su-30MKIs.
The 9th meeting of the Russia-India Inter-Governmental Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation will be held on October 14-15 in Moscow and will be chaired by Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his Indian counterpart A. K. Antony.
The main focus of discussions during the meeting will be the extension of the existing bilateral agreement on military-technical cooperation for another 10 years, from 2011 to 2020.
Russian-Indian intergovernmental commission sessions are held annually and alternate between New Delhi and Moscow.
The current cooperation program until 2010 comprises about 200 joint projects, including the modernization of the Vikramaditya aircraft carrier (formerly the Admiral Gorshkov) for the Indian navy, the transfer of technology for the licensed assembly of T-90 tanks in India, the production of BrahMos missiles and the purchase of Smerch MLRS by India.

ben c'est confirmé :

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L'Inde va signer un accord avec la Russie sur l'achat d'un porte-avion la semaine prochaine


L'Inde va signer un accord avec la Russie pour acquérir le porte-avion Amiral Gorshkov pendant la visite du ministre de la Défense, A.K. Antony, à Moscou la semaine prochaine, ont rapporté vendredi des sources du ministère de la Défense.

« Bien que l'annonce n'a pas été rendue officielle, les deux pays signeront l'accord pour l'achat de l'amiral Gorshkov quand M. Antony visitera la Russie dans le cadre de sa tournée le 13 octobre. La Russie a demandé 2,9 milliards de dollars américains pour cet accord. De toute façon, l'accord final devrait être signé cette fois-ci », ont indiqué les sources.

Outre la signature de l'accord, Moscou et New Delhi discuteront des projets comme le développement des avions de combat de cinquième génération, des chars T-90 et des questions liées aux missiles supersoniques BrahMos.

« Toutes les questions seront abordées par le ministre de la Défense avec son homologue russe pendant la visite », selon les sources.

L'Amiral Gorshkov est un porte-avion modifié de type Kiev de la marine russe, nommé à l'origine Baku.

En 2004, la Russie a accepté de vendre l'Amiral Gorshkov à l' Inde, mais les modalités de paiement sont toujours discutées.

Depuis 2009, la Russie modernise le navire en démontant tous les armements du pont avant pour faire de la place à une piste de décollage courte.

Le porte-avion sera nommé INS Vikramaditya quand il sera indien.



Source: xinhua

indian style

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L’Inde pourrait tester en décembre la version sous-marine du missile de croisière supersonique BrahMos

L’Inde prévoit de tester prochainement le missile de croisière supersonique BrahMos, d’une portée de 290 km, depuis une plateforme sous-marine au large de la côte d’Orissa.


Le lancement est prévu pour la mi-décembre et prouvera la capacité de lancer depuis un sous-marin en plongée le missile BrahMos, ont indiqué des sources du ministère indien de la défense.
Le lancement d’essai du BrahMos sera probablement effectué depuis un ponton depuis le centre d’essai de Balasore. Le même ponton avait été utilisé pour effectuer le lancement d’essai, au début de l’année, du missile nucléaire K-15 Shaurya, ont indiqué les sources.
Le ponton devra être adapté pour le BrahMos, qui a un diamètre plus faible que le K-15, ont précisé les sources.
La version sous-marine du missile de croisière supersonique aura les mêmes capacités que les autres. Il pourra frapper des cibles à terre et en mer, ont ajouté les sources.
La Russie et l’Inde travaille déjà à la version hypersonique du missile, qui vole déjà actuellement à Mach 2.8 (930 m/s, 3.350 km/h).
Source :: Zee News

reese a écrit:

Fremo a écrit:

Ils ont pays 1MM$ alors que le contrats est de 2.9MM$ pour un PA trés veille dont la coque ne peut pas étre réparer, alors que le PA italien tout neuf a couté 1.4MM$

si la coque ne peut pas etre reparée tu crois vraiment que les Indiens seraient bete au point de la racheter a un tel prix ? et il est difficile de comparer un STOBAR lourdement modifié ( ce qui peut en partie expliquer les surcouts successifs ) de plus de 40 000 tonnes a un Porte-Aeronef quasiment 02 fois moins lourd

selon la presse indienne Après la signature du contrat, une vérification détaillée des équipements et de l’état de la coque, des systèmes et du câblage a révélé qu’ils ne pourraient pas être réparés, et qu’ils devraient par conséquent être remplacés par de nouveaux, explique le vice-amiral S P S Cheema ce qui explique le cout élevé du contrat, alors que l'Achat du Kitty aurait était moin chére, sachant aussi que le contrat est basé sur un examen visuelle

les consequences d'un eventuel echange nucleaire indo-pakistanais

http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/southasia.asp

defilé indo tibetain

Boeing fait son offre / Chinook et Apache a l'Inde

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Boeing Submits Proposals to India for Apache and Chinook Helicopters
	ST. LOUIS --- The Boeing Company submitted two proposals to the Indian Air Force this week, offering the AH-64D Apache and the CH-47F Chinook for India's attack and heavy-lift helicopter competitions. "Boeing believes the Apache and Chinook helicopters are the most capable and cost-effective rotorcraft to meet India's defense and transport requirements," said Vivek Lall, vice president and India country head for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. "The Apache will be a capable and lethal defender of India's troops and assets, while the Chinook will answer many of the country's military and humanitarian needs." India is seeking 22 attack helicopters and 15 transport helicopters and has not set a date to announce the winning proposals. The combat-proven AH-64D Apache Longbow is the newest version of the Apache and a candidate to fulfill the attack helicopter and reconnaissance requirements of numerous armed forces worldwide. The CH-47 Chinook helicopter is the world's standard for providing heavy-lift and high-altitude transportation for a multitude of missions, with a proven track record of military, humanitarian, disaster-relief, search-and-rescue and firefighting missions on six continents in all climates and conditions. If selected, Boeing will build the Apache helicopters at its rotorcraft facility in Mesa, Ariz., and the Chinook helicopters at its rotorcraft center in Ridley Park, Pa. Suggested production rates and delivery schedules have not been announced. A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide.

(Source: Boeing Co.; issued Oct. 23, 2009)

Crash d'un autre avion Mig 27 flogger. C'est le neuviemecrash de l'IAF cette année et elle est pas encore finie...
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20091023/156570283.html

INS Vikramaditya

un Video en russe sur la modernisation de ce navire ( ex-Admiral Gorshkov):

Biensur il y a une certaine ressemblance avec le PA chinois vue qu'ils sont issu du méme type de PA russe
et voilà les futurs PA qui vont entrer en service pour la prochaine décennie :

Spoiler:

L'upgarde des Shilka indienne :

Spoiler:

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The Indian Airforce is Going Shopping
An international dogfight begins over India’s skies for the $10 billion IAF deal



The Indian Air Force (IAF) is going shopping for aircraft. The budget is a cool $10 billion, and manufacturers across the world are racing to bag the contract. The aircraft in question are the Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA). Field trials for the contract, in which all the parameters that the manufactures have claimed are put to test, have begun in Bangalore and the action will soon shift to the deserts of Rajasthan and Leh, where the six contenders will be put through their paces.
The aircraft will beef up future strike capability of the force, whose fighter strength has been dwindling. Estimates are that fighter squadrons have gone down from about 39 (each with 12-18 aircraft) and may reach 27 in a few years, bringing it to the level of the Pakistani Air Force.

No matter which manufacturer bags the contract though, India is likely to benefit in more ways than one. The contract has a huge commercial implication for Indian industry. According to India’s offset policy, the manufacturer that wins the contract will have to either re-invest at least 50 percent of the contract value in India, or source the same amount through Indian industry.

The foreign vendors have already begun forming associations with 25 to 30 local manufacturers, who will get active as soon as the order is placed. Of the 126 aircraft order, only the first 18 or so will be made by the global supplier, the rest will be assembled and later built completely in India. Most like Boeing, Lockheed-Martin and Saab have begun forming joint ventures and incubating smaller ventures in preparation for the deal. The foreign vendors are also required to transfer technological knowledge to the Indian aerospace industry.

At the core, the six aircraft can be divided into two categories by weight. The light weight, flyaway single-engined aircraft and the heavier twin-engined machines. The Americans, Swedes, Russians and the French are all locked in a battle to sell India machines that cost between $55 million to $70 million. The big question really is: Will the Americans be able to storm the Indian defence business through this deal?

Source :: Business.in

Bonne augure! c'est le Typhoon qui est sur le schéma explicatif

Je sors

Raptor a écrit:

Bonne augure! c'est le Typhoon qui est sur le schéma explicatif

Je sors

plutôt le Super Hornet est plus favoris :

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Super Hornet favourite in Indian and Brazilian tenders

The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is well placed to fulfil both the Indian and Brazilian fighter requirements, the company and its industry partners said on 28 October.

Boeing and its Team Super Hornet partners – Raytheon and General Electric (GE) – presented a broad-ranging review of the F/A-18E/F's position in both the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) Medium-Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) programme for 163 aircraft plus 63 options and the Brazilian Air Force's F-X2 tender for the first 36 of what is projected to be a total of 120 fighters.

Boeing stated that two major factors make the Super Hornet competitive in both markets: the first one being that the economies of scale that result from both the aircraft and its major subsystems are still hot (active) production lines and hence have steadily reduced the unit cost of the aircraft; the other is that the modular nature of the aircraft's sensors and propulsion system permit technology insertion that dramatically increases performance at minimal expense.

"The history of the F/A-18E/F's development has now seen a negative slope in terms of cost and a positive slope in terms of capability. For this reason we feel for the first time we are competing on even terms with the [Lockheed Martin] F-16 in terms of price," stated Boeing Military Aircraft IDS President Chris Chadwick.

Raytheon representatives, who also briefed during the New Delhi conference, emphasised that "Raytheon provided the first AESA [active electronically scanned array] radar sets to both the USAF [US Air Force] and USN [US Navy]", and that the company continues to leverage technological improvements across its product lines in improving the Super Hornet's AN/APG-79 radar.

Source :: Janes

super hornett pour l'aviation indienne c'est un super deal

Seguleh I a écrit:

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la malediction continue

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'One killed' in Indian military chopper crash

SRINAGAR, India — An Indian military helicopter crashed into a river in a southern district of disputed Kashmir Friday, killing one person, police said.

"An Indian air force Mi-17 helicopter has crashed in Doda district," a police spokesman said, adding one person was killed and three others on board are still missing.

"Both army and police rescue teams have reached the spot," he said.

Police said the chopper had taken off 15 minutes before the crash from the state winter capital Jammu and was on its way to Doda town.

The crash happened around 1pm (0730 GMT) on the fast-flowing glacier-fed river Chenab.

In July this year, a Hindu pilgrim was killed and five others hurt when a helicopter carrying worshippers to a Himalayan shrine crashed in Kashmir.

India's ageing air fleet is plagued by crashes.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...N9wWYPrl2Kk-hQ

être pilote chez l'IAF c'est le metier le plus risqué du monde!

Voila une autre des grandes contradiction indienne.

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Indian Army may turn to 1950s-vintage artillery

The Indian Army's artillery directorate is considering the acquisition of additional Soviet-designed 130 mm M-46 field guns, developed in the 1950s, from surplus stocks within the former Soviet republics to augment its severely depleted firepower.

Official sources said delays and constant postponement in acquiring new howitzers to replace and supplement the 410 Bofors 155 mm/39 cal guns procured in the late 1980s had promoted this possibility in a bid to plug the army's artillery shortfall.

India was the largest export customer for M-46 artillery pieces, with an estimated 800 purchased from the late 1960s onwards and employed during the 1971 war with Pakistan.

Thereafter, under the Field Artillery Rationalisation Plan finalised in the late 1980s, the army aimed by 2020-25 to acquire a mix of around 3,200 to 3,600 155 mm/52 cal and 155 mm/39 cal towed, wheeled, tracked and light howitzers for 180 of around 220 artillery regiments. The new guns were intended to replace the six different calibres the artillery currently deploys.

http://www.janes.com/news/defence/jdw/jdw091030_3_n.shtml

Et moi qui attendais l'Archer chez eux.. C'est siderant.

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India on way to become global military power: Experts Agencies
Posted: Nov 05, 2009
Washington : Moving itself from an era of "non-aligned" to "poly-alignment" India has emerged as a regional military power and is inching towards becoming a global one, a US military think-tank has said.
The paper "India's Strategic Defence Transformation: Expanding Global Relationship" by Brian Hedrick of Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) of US Army Department of Defence, was released on Thursday, takes a global view of India's rise as a regional and future global military power.
"India's defence establishment is undergoing an unprecedented transformation as it modernises its military, seeks strategic partnerships with the United States and other nations, and expands its influence in the Indian Ocean and beyond," writes Douglas Lovelace, Director SSI.
"This transformation includes a shift from an emphasis on the former Soviet Union as the primary supplier of defence articles to a western base of supply and an increasing emphasis on bilateral exercises and training with many of the global powers," he said.
Military Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia at the State Department, Hedrick, who has served earlier in the US missions in India and Bangladesh, said that India's interests have changed over the past decade or more, taking it from a path of nonalignment and non-commitment to having specific strategic interests on a path of "poly-alignment".
"Since 2000, India has increased the number of countries with which it has defence-specific agreements from seven to 26 by the end of 2008.
Bilateral and multilateral exercises are also an increasing feature of India's expanding defence relations as it seeks to find new technologies to transform its military from Cold War era weapons to 21st century capabilities through such opportunities.
Through this new policy, one of the goals of New Delhi is to become a regional power across the Indian Ocean basin and secure agreements from partners in this region that support this goal, while building up expeditionary capabilities in its navy and air force, it says.
"At the same time, it continues to modernize its army to deal with potential threats from its immediate neighbours and internal insurgency groups, and to fulfil its goal of being a global leader in UN peacekeeping," the paper says.
India is also developing "strategic partnerships" with countries perceived as leaders of a global, multipolar order and seeking modern military capabilities from many of those countries.
This includes modern weapon systems as well as the technology and licensed production associated with those weapon systems, it said.
New Delhi wants to secure or maintain ties with smaller countries globally, many of which are members of the NAM, that can provide support in international fora as well as provide potential markets for its own emerging defence industry, said Hedrick, a graduate of the Indian Defense Services Staff College and the US Army Command and General Staff College.
Hedrick said many of the recent changes in India's global defence relationships represent a vast departure from past policy and practices.
Given that the Congress Party and its United Progressive Alliance coalition received a strong electoral mandate on its re-election in May 2009, these changes are likely to continue and perhaps will see bold moves to further develop and deepen strategic relationships around the world, he noted.
The report says there is new opportunity for tens of billions of US dollars in defence-related sales to India.
"Because many of the US defence technologies have important applications in domestic counterterrorism, these sales also expand opportunities well beyond the two defence establishments into law enforcement and border control issues," it said.
However, the report cautioned that as an extension of its NAM policy, India will continue to view its relationship with the United States through the lens of multilateralism, preference for a multipolar global power structure, and the impact on its bilateral relations with other countries.
"India will continue to forge new defence relationships around the world, increasingly with a view to exporting defence material from its own developing industry.
However, it will likely begin to shift its energy towards deepening many of the relationships it has established to date," it said.
Also India will increasingly assert itself as a regional power in the Indian Ocean.
"Occasionally India's interests may diverge with US (such as Indian support to Mauritius' claim to Diego Garcia105), creating potential irritants in the relationship," it said.
Further, India will likely emphasise balance in its defence relations, especially with the larger powers of the United States, Russia, the EU, UK, and Israel.
This balance will often be reflected in defence procurement decisions, as these are enduring symbols of the bilateral relationship.
"Most bilateral and multilateral military exercises will not be affected with considerations of balance, with the exception of larger, more visible exercises," it said.

Source :: Expressindia

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DATE:06/11/09
SOURCE:Flight International
PICTURE: Indian air force receives last UK-built Hawk AJT
By Craig Hoyle

The Indian air force has received its last of 24 UK-built Hawk 132 advanced jet trainers, following a ferry flight made from the BAE Systems Warton site in Lancashire to its Bidar air base.

Aircraft HT001 was the first Hawk to be manufactured for India at BAE's Brough facility in Yorkshire. It first flew in December 2006 and had subsequently been used to support development activities for the 132-standard aircraft. It was also used during the training of Indian air force instructors in the UK.

The aircraft - which BAE says is the 860th Hawk to have been delivered - was flown to Bidar by company test pilots.

"Hawk has brought a step-change in pilot training capabilities for the Indian air force," says Michael Christie, senior vice-president India for BAE's Military Air Solutions business unit. The flight-development programme for the Hawk 132 was completed on schedule and to budget, he adds.

Indian company Hindustan Aeronautics is in the process of assembling a further 42 Hawks for the nation's air force. The service lost one of its new aircraft to an accident in April 2008, when its crew was forced to eject following an aborted take-off at Bidar.