Army's Future Main Battle Tank (FMBT) project likely to be delayed

[Black Widow]

Can't agree more.Every nation use to build theier capability in that same manner.Even DRDO had told this idea to IA.But that DGMF Vishal Bharadwaj just rejected it in the basis that Arjun was 'obsolete' and so there is no point to stick to it.
God help indian army.

you are wrong my dear... DRDO is not paternal property (Baap ka maal) of Indian Army, DRDO is a company, IA should learn basic corporate behavior rather than acting insane... In normal corporate practice Requirement is freezed, development starts and product delivered on time. Any enhancement is incorporated in next version. How a developer can work if you keep changing your requirement???

Arjuna was never a bad platform, It was sabotaged by agents in favor of T90... Before DRDO put Black Box in Arjuna, every thing was wrong, once they put Black Box, Arjuna was capable to challenge T90....

"The Army wrote in the report that during the "accelerated user-cum-reliability trials" in 2008, the Arjun "was found to have failure of power packs, low accuracy and consistency, failure of hydropneumatic suspension units, shearing of top rollers and chipping of gun barrels".[20] Sabotage was suspected, but the Army rejected that any sabotage happened during the trials.[10][52] A later report published by the Government of India during the induction ceremony of the Arjun tank, confirms the success of the trial. "An independent evaluation of the tank by a reputed tank manufacturer found that the MBT Arjun is an excellent tank with very good mobility and fire power characteristics."[53] DRDO installed an instrument to function as a black box in the Arjun, following attempts to "sabotage" its engine."

 

[Black Widow]

They put Sand in Arjuna Fuel tank.. They sabotaged Arjuna engine so that they can order T90 and they can make money and sex...Changing requirement is a strategy to de-moralize the Indian scientists and brand there product as failed product....

A K Antony is battling against these dalals. He has won many wars, but battle is not won yet.. IOC and LSP is a concept to confine these dalals.. After IOC and LSP the system proves its credibility , and further enhancement make better product...

 

[Dash]

I am still very unsure as to what Army needs for FMBT. Most armies are moving out of the contemporary tank design to NLOS. I dont if we ever have NLOS tanks.