No need to be upset man. I believe that it was deliberately leaked by the AF to send a message to the other side. If the AF want it to be secret, they wouldn't publish in their monthly or quarterly magazines.
Thank God, finally some progress after a long long time. I am happy that the teens are gone and both my favs are still standing. Feel sad for Gripen.
I personally like Eurofighter Typhoon, but as of today Rafale is more multirole than EFT.
Well, if I remember correctly GTRE is not involved in material science research. I guess Defence Material Research Lab (Hyd) and Midhani (Hyd) are involved for material research and they are developing materials for GTRE.
So, technically, they are investing not just 100 crores but a lot more in...
A separate engine has to be designed but that should not be a problem if you are capable of building Fighter aircraft engines. Fighter aircraft engines are much more difficult because they are subjected to severe stresses and varying flight regimes. I guess, fuel efficiency becomes secondary for...
True. But the problem is money. Even if GTRE, or for that matter any Design agency has confidence in itself, they have to convince the Babu's who unfortunately do not understand the strategic significance of developing in house human resources if not the end product.
^^^ Only challenge is that it has to be man rated. Fighter planes have ejection seats but civilian planes ... if anything goes wrong, kaput !!
But seriously, this project can be accomplished especially when we are not building the Engines. The aerodynamics and flight regime are less complicated...
Yeah, but those two failed launches are of GSLV Mk1 and Mk2 which carry atmost 2300kg. GSAT-8, as the article says is 3100kg class, so I guess those failures don't have any influence on GSAT-8 development.
Do you mean a seismic graph ? I would like to learn about and see a yield graph [yield vs what?], if it does exist and if its linear, whats wrong about it ?