Bangladesh Air Force

[Gyp 111]

Pilot of L-39ZA Albatros

 

[jahidus2005]

just get bulk missile or self pro pored anti craft missile this will make sure no aircraft can fly over if their is a war lol

 

[Zabaniyah]

just get bulk missile or self pro pored anti craft missile this will make sure no aircraft can fly over if their is a war lol

Not if the enemy has a SEAD or DEAD doctrine.

 

[Talha Mateen]

Why not BD develop their own Heavy Industry and Aeronautical complex and license produced Super Mushak, K-8s and JF-17s along with Pak-China UAVs.

 

[TopCat]

Why not BD develop their own Heavy Industry and Aeronautical complex and license produced Super Mushak, K-8s and JF-17s along with Pak-China UAVs.

They already started working on it with a first indigenous aircraft by 2021.

 

[Talha Mateen]

They already started working on it with a first indigenous aircraft by 2021.

really with whom?

 

[Bilal9]

Why not BD develop their own Heavy Industry and Aeronautical complex and license produced Super Mushak, K-8s and JF-17s along with Pak-China UAVs.

Talha - Bangladesh already has plenty of industrial activity that could be termed 'Heavy Industry' more than appropriate for a country its size and stage of development.

Civil Construction sector - Construction of very large bridges, auditoriums, public venues and high-rise buildings

Industrial Construction sector - Construction of power generation & chemical plants, extensive shipbuilding sector.

As some of these are more capital intensive or sometimes require more advanced resources, facilities or management, those come from overseas. However aerospace products and defense armaments are not a sector that Bangladesh has targeted because production of such items as exports does not guarantee profitability.

That being said production of small armament like smaller unguided rockets, howitzers, small drones, BMP parts, Tank Parts, 6X6 and 8X8 trucks, engine assembly have continued for a couple of decades. These are for armed-forces self-sufficiency purposes. And like Iajdani mentioned - we have a nascent aerospace industry too but mainly to supplement arms bought overseas.

It is purely a question of economics and value addition I'm afraid.

 

[Ideas_R_Bulletproof]

Why not BD develop their own Heavy Industry and Aeronautical complex and license produced Super Mushak, K-8s and JF-17s along with Pak-China UAVs.

the current focus is more on shipbuilding.... Bangladesh aims to become one of the bigger players in the shipbuilding market in the coming decades.... warship construction is also gaining ground fast....
the Air Force has a goal of producing its own basic trainer..... and UAVs are already under development, but currently they're kept away from publicity, just like many other projects....

 

[Bilal9]

the current focus is more on shipbuilding.... Bangladesh aims to become one of the bigger players in the shipbuilding market in the coming decades.... warship construction is also gaining ground fast....
the Air Force has a goal of producing its own basic trainer..... and UAVs are already under development, but currently they're kept away from publicity, just like many other projects....

Here's an old blurb from Jane's sometime back. Interestingly - the report says that drones are to be made for non-defense usage only, which is a good thing in my opinion.

Bangladesh Navy builds UAVs, drones for surveillance, targeting trials - IHS Jane's 360

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

They already started working on it with a first indigenous aircraft by 2021.

Really? please share more ... does BD even produce a simple missile even under license?

 

[Bilal9]

Really? please share more ... does BD even produce a simple missile even under license?

Would it make you feel better if it didn't? Thik Hai - then so be it.

Bhookhey Nangey will remain in that situation I guess...

But joking aside - countries have different yardsticks for progress.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Would it make you feel better if it didn't? Thik Hai - then so be it.

Bhookhey Nangey will remain in that situation I guess...

But joking aside - countries have different yardsticks for progress.

That was a genuine question..

 

[tntcfive]

Really? please share more ... does BD even produce a simple missile even under license?

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

???

 

[tntcfive]

Really? please share more ... does BD even produce a simple missile even under license?