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[The Eagle]

Because they get paid by the lobbyists,perhaps ?

Perhaps, means you are not sure but put it on Media..... or the lobby exists then?

waiting for the details.

 

[gslv mk3]

Perhaps, means you are not sure but put it on Media..... or the lobby exists then?

waiting for the details.

It might. We may not know for sure.

 

[MULUBJA]

Indian navy spurns homemade warplane

BENGALURU: India’s navy is in the hunt for a new foreign fighter jet after rejecting an indigenously made aircraft as too heavy, the latest sign of the struggle to get Asian militaries to buy locally to grow their defense industries.
The navy last month invited manufacturers to pitch for 57 planes for its aircraft carriers, a multi-billion dollar order the government had hoped would go to the state-run producers of India’s Tejas, a combat aircraft 33 years in the making.
India, South Korea, Taiwan and other Asian buyers are expected to intensify efforts this year to develop indigenous warplanes, military officials said, due to anxieties that the US may be less engaged in the region under President Donald Trump.
But their hopes of manufacturing state-of-the-art warplanes could still be decades away as countries need more time to master the technology, experts said.
“It has been long on ambition short on success,” Richard A. Bitzinger, senior fellow at Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, said of the drive.
“These things are being done because of techno-nationalism. They are done because these countries perceive of themselves as rising powers.”
As part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make-in-India” campaign, scientists will showcase the Tejas warplane at an air show opening in Bengaluru on Tuesday. But the jet remains a work in progress, with only three in service with the air force.
South Korea, supported by Indonesia, has multi-billion dollar plans to develop a twin-engined KF-X fighter jet, while Taiwan said this month it plans to build 66 jet trainer aircraft that could eventually help it manufacture a combat plane.
Chang Yeoung-keun, an adviser on the KF-X fighter jet project and a professor at Korea Aerospace University, said full development of the plane and its technologies will take decades.
“South Korea needs to develop core technologies of the jets, not just shells,” he said. “I am skeptical. South Korea may be able to develop core technology in 30 to 40 years, but they have to develop them in 10 years, with current fighter jets aging.”
Cleared by the government in 1983, the Indian plane was meant to be the backbone of the air force due for induction in 1994.
Instead, it suffered years of delay with scientists trying to build the world’s most modern light combat aircraft from scratch, including the engine.
In December, the navy chief, Admiral Sunil Lanba, said the sea version of the plane was “not up to the mark” and it could not take off from an aircraft carrier once weapons were loaded.
A source in the navy said that the plane for years has failed flight tests when taking off from a 200-meter carrier deck with weapons on board. That prompted the navy to issue a request last month for information for a foreign fighter to fill the gap, the first stage in a long procurement process.
Boeing Co. has pitched its F-A/18 Hornet, that the US navy flies from its carriers, to the Indian Defense Ministry, including an offer to build it locally.
Sweden’s Saab AB said on Friday it will offer the naval version of its Gripen fighter to the Indian navy.
India’s top defense scientists said they were disappointed by the navy’s decision and that fighter aircraft development was a challenge everywhere, including with the US Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35.
“Look at the F-35, with all the might of the multinational effort, is still evolving,” said a source in the aeronautical development agency which is spearheading the LCA effort.

@Windjammer @MastanKhan
Looks like, someone forgot to update this thread!

TEJA failing to takeoff :o

Indian navy did right thing. Single engine plane is not suitable for aircraft carrier. Nore over, plane need higher thrust for NAVAL variant. HAL and ADA need to do lot more work to make tejas acceptable to navy.

 

[The Eagle]

It might. We may not know for sure.

got it but not sure can be treated as media can be right too hence, official must step-up to confirm and clear the confusion also, will be waiting for @Abingdonboy to confirm the same what he posted.

 

[hussain0216]

Indian navy did right thing. Single engine plane is not suitable for aircraft carrier. Nore over, plane need higher thrust for NAVAL variant. HAL and ADA need to do lot more work to make tejas acceptable to navy.

Sure

 

[Khafee]

^^ Sure its a lie and you need to sue Saudi King.
@Khafee

Oh you evil Pakistanis you have no faith in bharat's Teja bhaiya. You just wait till it is up and flying like the Dhruv in Ecuador.

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

Oh you evil Pakistanis you have no faith in bharat's Teja bhaiya. You just wait till it is up and flying like the Dhruv in Ecuador.

Well analysed and highly articulated post with detailed facts and figures.

Like a "MILITARY PRO"

 

[MULUBJA]

Anusha Ravi ‏@anusharavi10 Feb 13
A foreign correspondent from APN looks at Tejas steal d show at #AeroIndia2017 n asks 'Is tat Indian? It's so fast'

 

[gslv mk3]

Oh you evil Pakistanis you have no faith in bharat's Teja bhaiya. You just wait till it is up and flying like the Dhruv in Ecuador.

There are over 300 Dhruvs in service, but some people love to focus on failures. Oh well.

 

[Khafee]

Well analysed and highly articulated post with detailed facts and figures.

Like a "MILITARY PRO"

There are over 300 Dhruvs in service, but some people love to focus on failures. Oh well.

I thought Ecuador was an export success?

 

[H!TchHiker]

Anusha Ravi ‏@anusharavi10 Feb 13
A foreign correspondent from APN looks at Tejas steal d show at #AeroIndia2017 n asks 'Is tat Indian? It's so fast'

LOL 'Is tat Indian? It's so fast'You are taking it as a compliment.
Was there some racing competition ? Which car got the first position ?

 

[MULUBJA]

LOL 'Is tat Indian? It's so fast'You are taking it as a compliment.
Was there some racing competition ? Which car got the first position ?

Ohh no I am sorry. I must know that some plane which flies like glider are most suitable for air warfare and being fast is a bad quality.

 

[H!TchHiker]

Ohh no I am sorry. I must know that some plane which flies like glider are most suitable for air warfare and being fast is a bad quality.

By the way which aircraft was the fastest in this competition ?

 

[MULUBJA]

By the way which aircraft was the fastest in this competition ?

I will ask them when I go there and let you know.

 

[gslv mk3]

I thought Ecuador was an export success?

Probably a product support disaster