REVEALED: The BAE-HAL Joint ‘Advanced/COMBAT Hawk’

IN THIS VIDEO WE HAVE TRIED TO BREAKDOWN NEW ADVANCED/COMBAT HAWK AIRCRAFT VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS VIDEO ARE BASED ON AN ARTICLE IN LIVEFISTDEFENCE.COM this is the Advanced Hawk. A joint BAE Systems-Hindustan Aeronautics effort that elevates the proven Hawk jet trainer to a significantly more capable aircraft platform, closer in performance — both real and synthetic — to the fighters it trains pilots for. The 50-50 commercial project with equal risk by the two companies, funded internally over 24 months, has culminated with this single demonstrator aircraft that will be revealed for the first time at the Aero India show on Feb 14 outside Bengaluru. The product will be jointly marketed by BAE Systems and HAL to existing and new potential customers across the world, with a projected market for at least 300 airframes over ten years, all or most of which will be built in and exported from India, with several Indian technologies and systems. In details shared exclusively with Livefist, it appears clear that the Advanced Hawk is more than just a fine-tuning of the Hawk, but an upgrade that encompasses perhaps the first deep dive in years into what the Hawk stands for, beyond being just a lead-in fighter trainer. The changes in the Advanced Hawk are significant. For instance, the Advanced Hawk sports HAL-led engineering tweaks to the aircraft’s wing — the addition of an active slat leading edge and an upgraded combat flap — which adds more flying envelope across the spectrum. Other changes, detailed in the schematic below, importantly include increased engine thrust on the Adour Mk.951, a smart weapons capability (which is probably why HAL has designated it the ‘Combat Hawk’ in internal communications), air-refueling and a brand new panoramic multi-display centered glass cockpit. HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL-BAE JOINT ADVANCED HAWK HAL