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Continuing my tweets on #MAKS2019 The Ka-52M attack helicopter featured as part of both static and aerial display. The Ka-52M variant has been upgraded based on the experience of Russian forces during their Syrian campaign. 
The Ka-52M features upgraded electro-optics facilitating extended target detection & identification range. The helicopter will be armed with the new 25-km range Item 305 missile developed for the Mi-28NM attack helicopter.
The Ka-52 features a millimeter wave radar for obstacle avoidance, nap of the earth flying and target detection. The Item 305 missile uses a combination of inertial navigation & multispectral homing. Mi-28NM & Ka-52M stand off capability now exceeds that of the AH-64.
I still have a lot of #MAKS2019 photographs that I have yet to post. I hope I am able to post them all before #DEFEXPO20
Russia unveiled the Mi-38 at the biennial show in August. Later, the helicopter made its international debut at the Dubai airshow.
Russia unveiled the Mi-38 at the biennial show in August. Later, the helicopter made its international debut at the Dubai airshow.
Performance & size of the Mi-38 range midway between the Mi-8/Mi-17 & the Mi-26. The helicopter can carry 36 passengers & was designed & built with focus on passenger safety and comfort, Russia is likely to target the VIP transport market with the helicopter.
Production is underway; the first two Mi-38 helicopters will joint Special flight squad "Russia" in 2020. Additional details at the paywall link sites.google.com/site/idpsentin…
RuAF #Su30SM at #MAKS2019 Russia has already integrated #Su35 IRBIS-E Radar & AL-41F-C1 engine on a Su-30 airframe with the Su-30SM, which represents a convergence of the two platforms independently developed from the Su-27, aimed at mitigating logistics & maintenance overheads.
The Sukhoi S-70 #Okhotnik UCAV model at #MAKS2019 with stealthy exhaust and the recent announcement by Russian MoD that Okhotniks would be deployed in the East & West of the country by 2024 are significant pointers to Russian thinking on the future of air combat
Giving optionally manned stealth fighters a pass, Russia appears to be embracing unmanned stealth (#Okhotnik) for striking targets in heavily contested airspace & the combination of stealth & EW (#Su57) for defending homeland airspace.
The tight integration of the two platforms under the flying wingman concept makes their combination deadly. Penetrating Raptors would need to pause after first spotting #Su57, to ensure their own presence hasn't been picked by #Okhotniks & relayed to the Su-57s!
#Mi28UB a Mi-28N derivative with dual controls seen with 2 KMGU-2 mine dispenser pods on pylons. The @IAF_MCC chose the more expensive Apache AH-64E over the Mi-29N because of the former better network centricity & likely govt prodding? Mi-28UB details at sites.google.com/site/idpsentin…
The KAB-250LG-EH Laser Guided Bomb, designed to destroy non hardened targets such as railway yards, warehouses and ammunition dumps was a notable display at the #TMC pavilion during #MAKS2019 #MAKS19 signally the widespread adoption of PGMs by the RuAF
KAB-250LG-EH development has been completed and the PGM is currently undergoing trials with production likely to start in 2020. #MAKS2019 #MAKS19 You may peruse additional details on the KAB-250 family at sites.google.com/site/idpsentin…
The unveiling of the Mi-24P-1M #Mi24P1M attack helicopter by UAC & KRET at #MAKS2019 #MAKS19 could trigger introspection on the part of @IAF_MCC in view of the budgetary constraints that stand in the way of further AH-64E procurement.
The #Mi24P1M was developed to Russian MoD specs based on the Syrian campaign experience and KRET plugs the new Mi-24/Mi-35 variant as a 'real digital' attack helicopter with 90 percent of its hardware and systems replaced or upgraded. Details at sites.google.com/site/idpsentin…
The fore sensor suite on the Su-57 comprising elements of N036 AESA radar and 101KS Atoll Electro-Optical (EO) system which is designed not just for situational awareness but also for air/ground target engagements and automatic landing.
I will post more photos and information on this thread from #MAKS2019 #MAKS19 but for more details on Atoll & N036 AESA sensors IDP Sentinel members can visit the link at sites.google.com/site/idpsentin… Non members, please consider becoming members :-)
The RVV-BD air-to-air missile on display at the Tactical Missile Corporation pavilion at #MAKS2019 had 'Beware from shock' written on its warhead in Russian! Who says the Russians don't have a sense of humor!
The missile can engage targets up to 200 km away flying from 15m to 25km AGL using inertial guidance with data link for initial vectoring and active homing with 8g maneuvering capability during end game. Launch weight is 510-kg, warhead weight 50-kg. For use on MiG, Su variants
The active seeker of the dual pulse missile can lock onto a fighter aircraft target at 30-km in look up mode, and at 10-km in look down mode seeing the target in ground clutter. SSKP is between 0.6 to 0.8. More at sites.google.com/site/idpsentin…
Any professional photographer would tell you that this is a pedestrian click by a novice, but I believe this picture, showing two Su-30SM aircraft in formation at #MAKS19 #MAKS2019 on August 28, 2019, is the most amazing picture that I have ever clicked!
Su-47 Berkut, Tu-22 Blinder, Atlant (Myasishchev 3M modified to carry Buran parts, MiG-31
There will be a disruption of IDP Sentinel service during my visit to Moscow (Aug 24 to Sep 3) to cover #MAKS2019, visit Monino Air Force Museum, Cosmonautics Center & Star City. I would appreciate help in monitoring defense procurement projects news (progress & initiation)
Any IDP Sentinel member who is willing to help is requested to email me news links relevant to IDP Sentinel during the period of my absence. Others, who would like to help please DM links to such news. I will catch up with IDP Sentinel updates on my return.
To those who help, as appreciation, I will provide access to my HR photos of the Su-57 which is scheduled to give its first flight display at #MAKS2019
