"A French navy Rafale F-3 fighter aircraft launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). Harry S. Truman is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S...
France offers EUR 1 billion to revive India's combat jet engine project
France has offered to invest EUR 1 billion to revive India's combat jet engine project, proposing a joint development plan that could see the stalled 'Kaveri' gas turbine powering indigenousTejas fighters by 2020.
The...
France offers EUR 1 billion to revive India's combat jet engine project
France has offered to invest EUR 1 billion to revive India's combat jet engine project, proposing a joint development plan that could see the stalled 'Kaveri' gas turbine powering indigenousTejas fighters by 2020.
The...
IAF likely to get fully-loaded Tejas version it wants by 2020
The Flying Daggers, the first squadron of the Tejas indigenous light combat aircraft, which currently comprises two jets, will touch its full strength of 20 by 2018.
Though it has been inducted, the Tejas is not completely...
Why the BrahMos armed Sukhoi is bad news for India’s enemies
The successful trial of the modified Su-30MKI carrying the supersonic BrahMos-A cruise missile takes India a step closer to acquiring a devastating deep strike weapon.
India has signalled its intent to strike enemy targets with...
India likely to test launch new missile tomorrow
India is likely to test launch a new surface-to-air missile developed jointly with Israel, from a defence base off the Odisha coast on Wednesday.
“Preparation for the maiden test has reached the final stage and if weather permits, it will be...
I hope your misunderstandings have been cleared.
Parrikar know what's good for IAF, so does IAF. And inducting more types into the fleet when they're currently trying to reduce the same, with multi-role platforms rather than role-specific platforms, should have given you a clue.
Gripen-E is...
Competing lines? What are you taking about? The private company's production line is not competing with HAL's line, rather augmenting it such that more jets can be delivered per year. Also its not HAL's decision whether to hand over part of the production of Tejas to pvt players, its MoD.
If it...
I went through some documents again. What Thales/Dassault is suggesting is that the GaN modules can be miniaturized thereby using them to integrate arrays spread over the surface of the airframe (front, conformal, wings, rear etc) to give a 360deg view without any blind spots (Interestingly what...
Is it your own conjecture or do you have any substantial evidence that ADA/HAL might be working on it?
Made a few changes to your figures. Let's see if it makes better sense.
IAF
Tejas Mk-1 = 20+20
Tejas Mk-1A = 108 (HAL + MII)
Tejas Mk-2 = 144 (HAL + MII)
Rafale = 36 + 90MII
Total = 418...
Yes, more Rafales are coming apart from from the 36 being currently negotiated. The second production line for twin engined fighter that MP has hinted is the 90+36 Rafales to be MII by a private prod line (which can take over AMCA production once Rafale orders are finished).
Im still not...
In the first quote you said from ASH, F-16 and Gripen, one is guaranteed. You also said that MP talked about the two new production line to be set up in India.Yet you fail to consider both Rafales or LCA Mk-2 as MP's choice for the same.
Again you assume that IAF will not go for more Tejas...
Well, we're just going in circles because of your inexplicable obsession with Gripen!
I ask you for a quote or proof of your claims and you renege. Then you contradict your own statements. I think you're the one who doesn't understand.
Priority? Yes. But outright cancellation of a program...
Show me quote where he declares the name of any of those three jets as the finalist for the 2nd production line.
Exactly! the lobbying will stop IF they are invited for negotiations. Parrikar has already said the jet has been 'more or less' finalized (i feel like i'm going in circles here!)...
I still don't understand why you're fighting for a fighter that's never coming to IAF, there's no indication whatsoever about any kinds of talks or deals with SAAB for Gripen other than their desperate attempts at lauding Gripen at every corner to sway the Indian public.
As i've already...