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Last I heard was "During this test the Kaveri did well, generating 49.2 KiloNewtons (KN) of “dry thrust”, marginally less than its target of 51 KN. But there was a serious shortfall in “wet thrust”; the Kaveri generated just 70.4 KN, well short of the targeted 81 KN." Kaveri engine to fly...

Looks like every news reporting agency has joined the propaganda to enhance their chances of increasing the defence export pie.

We are doing all the three anyway i.e. we are upgrading M2Ks better than UAE's, will be upgrading MKI with AESA provided something operational is available from ruskies and will also be buying FGFAs :).

Well currently this is the best available and may be worth the money compared to unreliable R-77

Googled and found this AIM-120C = 300,000 (Armada Int'l) ~ 386,000 USD (Wikipedia) MICA = 2,160,000 EUR (French National Assembly report, programme unit cost as of 2003) / 1,118,000 EUR (French National Assembly report, production unit cost as of 1999) ASRAAM = 262,000 GBP (Wikipedia) IRIS-T =...

Looking at this configuration anyone would feel it makes better sense to buy this bird for operational purpose and 2 Vs 6 M2K, makes financial sense as well. I am loving this bird.

I believe Euro carnards will cost us almost the same...

Yes makes sense. tx

Also we use the same rule then MKI would cost us 260 to 325 million $ over its life time, considering 400 crore as its flyaway cost. so where are we saving money on MKI and wasting on Rafale. @ Sancho, Abingdonboy

If we use this thumb rule then rough figures could be ( for 30 billion $ ) the lifetime cost could be 240 million $ per plane and if we consider the flyaway cost then it could be 240/3 = 80 million $, which I feel is not bad for this bird. it looks like GOI is dragging its feet looking at 30...

My understanding is its life cycle cost ( 20 - 30 billion) and what people are comparing is flyaway cost which would be much less, A year or 2 back Somewhere I was heard that usually the life cycle costs are around 3 times the flyaway cost for western aircrafts and this would be 4 to 5 times...

PV5 is older airframe which is now integrated with EW suite. LSP 6 is not yet rolled out and will be for AOA tests

Well Thats why I gave source which is ABC for 6 billion Aus Dollars which would be 5.2 Billion US, Even if we consider it to be 3.7 billion then it would cost 154.2 million a pop :) 120 million $ a piece for Rafale looks like a good deal compared to what Aus has paid. ( ofcouse the price would...

Are you sure this is a cost effective solution as your Ally Australia paid $6 billion for 24 copies ( ofcourse it included 10 year running cost + training) which means each Hornet cost whopping 250 million Aus dollars or 218 million US $!!! Source : 7.30 Report - 15/03/2007: Nelson stands by...

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As far as I remember the F22 rcs mentioned (0.3 ) is untreated/coated/ without smart skin. So I believe this is the first step of achieving the lower RCS ( Shape) second step would be some localized modifications/treatments (like edges etc), radar blockers and finally nano paint for radar waves...

To me they look like 250 lb bomb like 250 pound SAP Mk 5 Aerial Bomb | Australian War Memorial so total 1000 lbs, I may be wrong :)

Thanks for the answer, but my understanding is based on article - Broadsword: The Tejas LCA: improving performance with the current F-404 engine Here Mr. Shukla does not consider R73E as part of ordinance i.e. 3.5T. 2. Reduction of Tejas' weight. The LCA’s designers say that the removal of...

Sorry for the typo, question is 9800 + 3500 = 13300 is more than 13000 KG which is MTOW.

LCA brochure says Empty weight is 9800 Kgs and MTOW is 13000 Kgs and also the 3500 Kg ordinance... Somehow its not adding up. Also Envelope is is expanded to 24 deg. but from other sources it says 22 Deg?