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As far as I understand this 2052 radar is only for MK1A and Jaguar ( Since that was the condition put as perquisite ie atleast 2 fighters). Neighther M2000 nor Mig 29 will be upgraded with this radar. Also as per my chaiwala sources the one for MK1A will be upgraded 2052 (Not sure if its GaN)...

Hi --I found this useful for this question. Not sure how far this is correct. This is taken for Prasun's blog -- As for EL/M-2052 AESA-MMR, the Jaguar IS/DARIN-3 platforms require it (as I had explained in the previous thread) for performing interleaved operations (weather-monitoring, ground...

Some are mentioned here.... basically FGFA is more advanced and refined version of PAKFA. India to customise Russia's FGFA planes - The Hindu

What I heard from Najam Sethi's talk show is he predicted Indo Pak talks to start and have good progress post Bihar elections. Which made sense to me. Lets wait and see... WRTo Mani I think he lost the plot very badly. what he said looks in simple words as INSANE and people whom ever I know are...

Fighting Maoists is not the job of Paramilitary and CRPF is the right force to deal with them, also there needs to be a political solution to this issue rather than to a use of force. Regarding to Engineering corps - I believe more are needed there, a proper road to border can reduce the...

Well whether he is liked or not isn't the point that I am making the point is every individual in India is following the same path/journey for success irrespective of the religion, Some win and some loose and they do not win/loose because of the religion but because of their individual...

I think change is needed from top to bottom, I mean there needs to be a cohesion in the forces regarding to any goal/capability/resources. And once this is done then a leaner force can achieve desired goals. I believe this news in the right direction India may soon have Chief of Defence Staff |...

Well I believe MP has done this to Mountain strike corps, but I agree there is a lot that needs to be done.

Hi This video probably states about indian muslims : ofcourse most of our Pakistani friends do not like this guy.

I do not think India is flexing its muscles but trying to keep its house in order. Well Pakistanis will feel threatened if there is any news or even if there is no news. Last night was watching a video from Pervez Hoodbhoy and felt sad about ordinary citizens of your country due to wrong...

The next big step for us is with seeker, The current one is a very old tech from russia and prone to jamming/self-defense If we can replace the seeker with ours( Slightly better than current) then it would be amazing. Ofcourse it will take quite some time to reach to current level tech of Mica.

Everybody in Airforce, MOD knows that its meant for low end of the spectrum and fits that bill pretty well. But In india there is a lobby for foreign products and an army of paid news reporters. So we'll keep hearing this garbage from time to time. Its better to ignore and move on.

My understanding is IAF chief knows that he needs 189 Rafales and doing everything in his capacity to get them. But the decision is from Finance and government. I mean all that he is bothered about is that Rafales come in numbers and doesnt care about offset making the actual fighter too...

Let me rephrase my question - Once the license production of MKI is over, can this facility be used for LCA manufacturing, I am speaking from tooling, supply chain etc perspective. earlier plan was to manufacture FGFA and this is nowhere in sight.

I believe people know what they need but there is huge inertia on decision making or decision on sticky items.

Small doubt, Can this facility be used for manufacturing as there is a capacity issue in manufacturing lca. I understand sub systems will be coming from Vendors, but does this facility improve on prod rate.

Yup looks like so, There is an interesting analysis by Prasun on air force force mixture. Lot of it may not make sense but he has some points on requirement of Rafale. So looks like Govt may finally give in and buy more Rafales for required force mix

The max normal duration of the flight is around 1.5 to 2 hours since it will be primarily used for air patrolling and point defense. So this is what I believe they meant. of-course if something like this can be added by 2018 to MK1A then it would always be a pleasant surprise :). I agree with...

Hi, Are you sure about obogs? as I haven't heard about this. When I asked about this they said the fighter is for very short distance and obogs may not add much value. ofcourse this will improve the turnaround time :)

The changes needed for drag reduction are mentioned in the 2nd PDF which I have attached. Now does HAL/ADA is going to make these changes to LCA MK1 was the question and they were not planning for MK1, therefore IAF was not interested in taking many examples of MK1 and were insisting on MK2...