Indian Air Force To Buy 126 Multi-Role Planes

gf0012-aust · April 27th, 2005

I was under the impression that Canada was going to try and piggy back off the RAAF HUG upgrades so as to save development costs etc...

highsea · April 27th, 2005

The CF-18 HUG is about the same, though I don't think they have to do the center barrel replacements. This is the list according to Boeing's ECP 583:

AN/APG-73 Radar
AN/APX-111 IFF
Collins AN/ARC-210 RT-1556/ARC VHF/UHF Radio
AN/AYK-14 XN-8 Mission Computer (2)
AN/AYQ-9 Stores Management System
A new GPS/INS (not sure which one)
AIM-120 to replace AIM-7
Link 16
JHMCS+AIM-9X/IRIS-T
Navigation Systems/Northrup Grumman MFD's (the same ones that will go in the RAAF F-18's).

Edit to add: I just had another look at the CF-18 refits- apparently there were 5 center barrel replacements that were finished up last year. -CM