AMCA is the twinkle in the eye, MII component will finalized keeping in mind the transfers to AMCA. Screwdriver jobs will not be acceptable - DA can ill afford to part with crown jewels while Boing and LM have plenty on the plate to share hence my partiality to them.
On your step up thing, I repeat : Dassault will concentrate on Rafale MII.
It's best for both that they do!
On your good cop bad cop, yes, of course it is obvious but beyond scheme
are personalities. I could explain in details but just know that I have been
part of politics and a board and can spot talent reasonably. The guy is not
a top player in any case.
On that quote : I still believe India should not do everything with France for
reasons of autonomy / independence, reliability all covered by diff. sourcing.
BUT I disagree with your reasoning : Dassault led the nEUROn exactly to
show its project mastery applied to international programs. But all partners
in that endeavour were selected because they could tackle their part alone.
Swedes and Italians apart, CASA, RUAG and HAI each played on its forte
to sub-produce an essential segment. There was little if no risk on tech.
New design, safe industrialization, crafty management made it work.
How is that not what you claim? Well, I'll tell you ... there is no RUAG in India!
So I repeat, Dassault will work on future projects with development to boot
because it is what they do and are in fact good at. Education as in teaching ...
not so much!
As for screwdriver jobs, it's an image, past its use by now IMHoO. If you
don't see the value in JVs which are brought to Western standards of work
with a culture of achievement, I can't usefully explain further. Cultural adap-
tation will run both ways or it won't succeed. But getting to home standards
by those JVs will raise a whole lot of workers that have the right mindset
to screw any driver you want!
The way collaboration happens depends on age of parties, industrial-wise.
6 y-o kid :
Daddy, help me with my paper plane! A. -
Dad is busy, darling!
but Dad will holler at the 16 y-o : _
Hey, come here and give me a hand.
And it's the same dad and kid in both cases too. It's a matter of stages of life.
Another Dad may be great with young ones less, with young adults!
Face reality and get the best out of the Dad you have?
We don't choose our family.
Anyway, gotta go riding
, have a great day man, Tay.
P.S. At Stephen, the price was wrong in that article but thnx for tag nonetheless.
