wikipedia says that one of the variants is the mi 26m which is the upgraded version of mi 26 designed for better performance. spares situation has definitely improved or iaf would not be going for any russian stuff
the following is from globalsecurity
* Mi-26M: Upgrade under development...
did not expect such bullsh** from a senior member.
do innocent kashmiris carry around tons of arms and ammunition and open fire indiscriminately on the army. or do you think the army shot its own jawan just to stage a fake encounter??
it was a planned operation and the army probably had these...
the newer mi 26 come with better serviceability or so some people say... and the poor service of earlier ones was due to lack of spares because of collapse of soviet union.. am pretty sure the russians have improved this condition as their economy has gotten stronger.... spares shouldnt be a...
of course they will... that is the indian way.... testing of lca has been going on for long but work on mk2 has already started...forget mk2 we have also started work on amca without the lca fully complete.
agni II+ not completed and work on agni V started.....am not saying this is wrong...
Astra - good enough??? dude that missile has not even been fully tested. we cant say how good or bad it is before that.
even if it meets all objectives the range of astra(80km) is pretty low. it is said astra mk2 will have range of 130km and maybe that will be comparable to missiles like...
i'm pretty sure EF is offering full tot..... you cant have a partner in a fighter program without it having the full technology of how the plane is built
is this the mayavi ew suite? thought it was still under development...but the article says tejas which is supposed to have mayavi as its ew suite.
if it is mayavi then its brilliant news as this is an amazing ew suite developed with israel and supposed to be for their f 35s too.( if israel...
Sorry for the off topic post but are the chinook and apache deals finalised?? what about the mi 26(which in my books is a far better heavy transport chopper) and mi 28 havoc(wouldnt be surprised if this one loses the tender though)?
as for the mrca..... full support to EUROFIGHTER(wont be...
Is there going to be any weight reduction in lca mk2?? i cant find any such news ...or do they not need to reduce weight considering the more powerful engine?