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What are the reasons cited for such a dismal percentage of available serviceable aircraft.

No, Its not that simple. Otherwise, most of the blades for defect investigation goes to NAL, bangalore AFAIK, then NAL should be approach by all R&D centers of HAL for blade technology and they should have become master in the technology for blade fabrication both compressors and turbine for...

This is an unreliable news article and sounds more of a cover-up of some sort, for the following reasons. 1. Type of blades are not mentioned mentioned, if it the Compressor blades or Turbine Blades. 2. The resale for a fabricated/machined Ti alloy blade or a single crystal casted Ni-V alloy is...

After reading "The power of promise" by MV Ramanna, my perception of Nuclear Power Generation in India have changed. What ever said and done, the cost of generating, running these reactors, finding fuels, processing fuel, processing spent fuel etc etc is too great. DAE, AEC and NPCIL quote that...

Do you know how much a HAL officer earns? Do you know how much unionize the system is?? A middle lvl management in HAL gets paid the entry lvl of a commission officer and with lesser benefits then a NCO. The appraisals are peanuts at best. If HAL start proper appraisals and the system is...

su30mki total load of fuel is 9.2 tons so i don think mig 29k will have 10 tons. 5.5 ton sounds more correct IMHO

Well, if LCA gets inducted to the IAF, I am sure I'll be getting my PRP (bonus) by end of this year or beginning of next year. That good for me lol. BTW, if LCA is said to be quadruplex, are all the control surfaces quadruplex?? SU30MKI, though we call it a quadruplex, some of the control...

Its at sela pass, 13700 feets ASL.

My take on this, firstly the political interference and trade union blackmails should be minimised and managements should be given more autonomy. Secondly, defence institutions must become more competent, that i think is happening big time in India both vertical and horizontal. I am sure many...

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Very interesting picture. This picture taken recently.