a very good news. this is the right approach. credit should go to parikar???
one the biggest challenges in engine development is lack of full fledged but customizable supersonic platform. With Tejas being wholeheartedly welcomed by IAFnow, that needed platform is tejas. offcourse HAL still need...
HAL/ADA has to tackle both challenges ie. engine development and fighter development in parallel. Given the complexity involved in engine development that are powerful enough to power supersonic jet engine, we should de-link it from fighter development which it self is very challenging.
IMHO...
that is good.
As per Bloomberg report India will export arms worth of 200 Mil USD this FY, doubling is two years. Here is the content
India is seeking to boost arms exports 20-fold in a decade to $3 billion, a push that if successful would transform one of the world’s biggest importers into a...
See underlying the logic of having a smaller interceptor instead of heavier air-dominance fighter in air force is that it is cheaper. but it in this case whole logic goes for a toss as your light weight interceptor is 4 times costly to your heavier more powerful fighter. Indian air forces is...
I think tejas envelope will open up further as developers gets comfortable with its performance. so from 8G to 9G and certain improved agility. btw it is already a world beater :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:
also the short takeoff was amazing on the first day. is it me or its short take off is even shorter to that of F-16 and gripen??
I found this graph to very predictive in actual combat scenario. can someone rate tejas in this graph?