Tänkte se om det det här forumet kunde hjälpa till med ett und-behov "jag" har. Jag har fått i uppgift att se vad som, genom öppna källor, går att få fram om ett relativt nytt Ryskt ledningssystem för ytattack. På det här forumet har det ju visat sig finnas en mycket stor fallenhet för att snoka rätt på uppgifter om än det ena och det andra så .. . . .

Systemet jag jobbar med heter Sea Dragon (jag saknar korrekt beteckning, om det ännu finns) och är utvecklat i Ryssland. Troligtvis kommer det att sitta i flygande enheter som Indien har skrivit kontrakt om att köpa av Ryssland. Om Ryssland självt har råd kommer det att sitta i fartyg, flygplan och helikoptrar.

Som sagt systemet heter/kallas Sea Dragon, Multipurpose Radioelectronic Complex for patrol Aircraft.

Systemet består av:
Radar
Electro-optics
Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD)
Acoustic System
Electronic Support Measures.

Inga beteckningar på de ovan ingående delarna finns idag tillgängliga hos oss.

Företag/organisationer förknippade med systemet är:
Leninetz Holding Company (Ry)
Scientific Research Institute of Systems Engineering (Ry)
Advanced Technology Alliance (Ry ?)
Industry Construction Bank (Ry)

Jag vill veta vem/vilka som tillverkar systemet. Vem tillverkar de ingående delarna i systemet ? Vilka underleverentörer finns ? Vilka har visat intresse för systemet ? Är det operativt ? Om inte operativt, när beräknas det vara operativt ? Om det finns tekniska data/prestanda tillgängliga så är det bra men ingen prio. Dessutom, om ni hittar något av intresse så är KÄLLAN av minst lika stor vikt som informationen !!! Vidare är information om ovanstående företag/organisationer av stort intresse.

Jag kör det här i mina spår, men det vore kul, och till mycket stor hjälp, om det finns några här på forumet som är intresserade av att gräva lite.

Hittar ni nåt av intresse skicka gärna infon i ett mail.

Type: Long range maritime patrol aircraft.

Number in Service: ±8

Operational Speed: 347 knots (645 km/h).

Service Ceiling: 32,800 ft. (10,000 meters).

Range: 3887 nautical miles (7200km).

Sensors: 'Wet Eye' search radar, MAD, sonobuoys and ESM.

Weapons: Various torpedoes, mines and depths bombs used for ASW purposes.

Role: Shore-based, long-range ASW recon into the Indian Ocean.

Comments: The Russian Leninets institute and Ilyushin, is set to refit five Il-38 maritime patrol aircraft. Ilyushin will first check & upgrade the airframes and the engines prior to replacing the obsolete Berkut mission system with the Sea Dragon system, designed by Leninets. The fully digital Sea Dragon (Morskoy Zmei) encompasses a new synthetic-aperture/inverse-synthetic-aperture radar located in a canoe fairing on the belly, a high-resolution forward-looking infrared sensor, a low-light TV camera, a new electronic-support-measures system and a magnetic-anomaly detector in the aft section of the aircraft. Sea Dragon is designed to detect & intercept surface vessels and submarines within a range of 150 km, as well as detect mines and carry out surveillance. The suite can also detect airborne targets and can be linked to the Russian Glonass satellite navigation system.

The Il-38s will also be fitted with radio-frequency and infrared sensors, as well as decoys. The addition of the Russian R-73RDM2 (AA-11 Archer) short-range air-to-air missile is also being contemplated. This modernization will allow the Il-38s to remain operational for a further 15 years. These aircraft are expected to be flown from India to St. Petersburg, Russia where the refits are expected to take place.

Hittade samma men lite mer text + nät adressen

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Tu-142.html

Det ryska namet på SEA DRAGON är Morskoy Zmei

Last Updated: 31 March 2004

TUPOLEV TU-142 BEAR-F


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Type: Long Range Maritime Patrol.

Number in Service: ±8

Engine: Four Kuznetsov NK-12MV turboprops each rated at 1479 shp.

Accommodation: Flight crew of 4, with 3 system operators plus 1 tail gunner.

Operational Speed: 500 knots (925 km/h).

Service Ceiling: 45,000 ft. (13,720 metres).

Range: 6775 nautical miles (12,550 km).

Sensors: 'Wet Eye' search & attack radar, MAD, cameras and 75 active & passive sonobuoys.

Weapons: ASW; 12 torpedoes and/or depth bombs.
..............ASV; Two 23mm cannons and possibly the Sea Eagle AShM. Reportedly the Sea Eagle AShM was never successfully integrated onto the Tu-142.

Role: Entered service in April 1988 for long-range surface surveillance and anti-submarine warfare.

Comments: The Tu-142 Bear-F is the maritime reconnaissance/strike version of the Tu-95 Bear which was a Russian nuclear weapons capable bomber and is the fastest and highest flying turboprop aircraft in the world. The aircraft's long range (can fly from Bombay to Johannesburg, South Africa and back without refuelling) combined with its heavy payload of 20,000 lbs. is a valuable asset to the Indian Navy's ASW and MR capability. The aircraft is fondly called the Albatross because of the massive wingspan of the aircraft. Also known as the Sentinel of the Ocean, this aircraft can remain airborne for sixteen hours.

Defense News reported in March 2004 that the Indian Navy had approached Rosoboronexport in November 2003 to upgrade their fleet of Tu-142s for a cost no more than USD $555.5 million. However the proposal put forward by Rosoboronexport to upgrade these aircraft with the Morskoy Zmei (Sea Dragon) multi-mission avionics and electronic warfare suite was rejected. The primary reasons were reportedly system performance issues and an exorbitant price tag, listed at USD $888.9 million by Rosoboronexport.

In January 2004, a team of Indian Naval Aviation pilots visited Russia to evaluate a Sea Dragon-equipped Tu-142 aircraft. However the Sea Dragon suite failed to meet essential parameters and its detection capabilities were found inadequate. In February 2004, the Indian Navy approached Rosoboronexport again to have Israeli firms collaborate with Russian firms to customise a MMA and EW suite. However that proposal was rejected by Rosoboronexport, on the basis that the upgrade would have to be wholly Russian and must include the Sea Dragon suite.

Thus the Indian Navy turned directly towards Israeli firms for the upgrade and Defense News reported in March 2004 that the Ministry of Defence will issue two individual RFPs (requests for proposals) to Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) and Elbit Systems to tailor a MMA and EW suite for their Tu-142 fleet. The RFPs are expected to be issued by the MoD in April 2004 and proposals are expected to be due within three months. This upgrade is expected to wholly revamp the Tu-142 into a modern maritime recon and electronic warfare aircraft.

Defense News reports that the Indian Navy requests new avionics and electronic warfare suites for the detection and interception of surface vessels and submarines within a range of 150 kilometres, as well as the capability to detect mines and carry out long-range and long-endurance surveillance. The upgrade is also expected to enable the aircraft to be linked to the Indian satellite navigation system and be fitted with an observation system that will work in night and day. The primary ambition of the upgrade is to conduct maritime patrol missions and forge a linkage between India's nuclear command center and its futuristic nuclear submarine.

Negotiations were reportedly on with Russia to procure six to eight more Tu-142s from refurbished ex-VVS storage stocks. However with the crash of a pair of IL-38s in October 2002, the Indian Navy is reportedly in tough negotiations with Rosoboronexport to acquire additional IL-38s to overcome the tragic loss and thus acquisition of additional Tu-142s seems unlikely. Interestingly the IL-38s are to be upgraded with the Sea Dragon suite and it would be interesting to compare the capabilities of the Russian warfare suite with its Israeli counterpart, if the Tu-142s are ever to be fitted with them.



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