If the availability clause is true, then its a HUGE bonus for Indian manufacturers. We can actually operate as a secondary maintenance hub for Dassault to start with. The experience gained for our domestic players will be huge.
Bravo Surya mate! Someone had to understand and clearly re-state this.
The 80-90% guarantee is on support and spares obviously. This may seem bad in comparison to the
MMRCA "
blunderful" requirement that Dassault backs HAL production but it's really anything but!
Indeed, between an impossible commitment forcing the buyer to start looking for loopholes before the
ink on the contract has dried and a supply environment entirely located in India, GoI chose wisely.
Instead of trying to teach HAL to work harder, since the Rafales delivered will be the real McCoy from
Mérignac, Dassault will have to concentrate on supply chain management which their history shows
that they have down pat.
How to is part of ToT, logically, and the results directly impact the IAF.
The important thing is that the training produces a new quality workforce of Bharatis,
( mindset included ).
This may still be hard for many to grasp but
screwdriver ToT has a utility initially ...
- if the
screwdriving activity was hitherto unknown to the local industry;
- if next time/deal, you get taught the next level, say electric
screwdriving,;
- if the trained personnel stays home and can transfer their
screw driving skills
and work attitude to another high tech job or take over from OEM in fine.
End result of excessive MMRCA demands : HAL and Dassault exchanging excuses and fanboys, birdcalls.
End result of what was described above : learning to maintain supply chains, period!
With the added bonus that in the first case, IAF Rafales' availability is a tad better than that of MKIs, in
the second, it will be on par with that of Armée de l'Air.
Oh! And hidden bonus for the taking : Just do the Chinese thing already and make a copy of that supply line.
At some point, why not admit that a copy of a Ferrari with 80% of the OEM quality is still better than a TATA ...
and just flocking run with your loot?
BTW, I wonder how these contract terms if confirmed compare to past ones in the field. If someone follows
the industry side of mil avia procurements, there's a research here. List deals with such high demands from
whichever manufacturer in history and then check results in our Raffy case as they come by those metrics.
I wonder who stands on the podium of all time best fulfilment of fighter orders with full support?
The answer might surprise us!
Great day all and please, do your meditation or take your medication!!!
The last days of such a saga are like the last miles of a giant trek or raid,
elation and fatigue compound one another to make you berserk out, Tay.
. You guys wait for a few more years and the next top line jet "Javier" will be out. Then Rafale would look like a Mig-21 in-front of the "Javier"
(by the way, the "J" of the name Javier is pronounced as the "H")!!
