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KFX is a poor copy of the F-22. If your 200 "engineers" could only create a poor copy of the F-22 with sub-optimal RCS, then your designers are wasting their time.
Singapore is a leading country in aero engines because of Seletar Aerospace Park, where around 100 companies operate and where an entire ecosystem has sprung up. Yes, Rolls Royce also collaborates with Singapore to develop technologies.
For example, its Corporate R&D Lab on Manufacturing & Repair, Electric Power and Control, Materials Support and Computational Engineering is the first one of its kind. Over 120 aerospace R&D projects have been carried out to date. By the way, Safran, General Electric and Pratt and Whitney are present in Singapore too. As you may know, these companies are merely OEMs and source from suppliers downstream. And then, you have all of Airbus, Boeing, Embraer and Bombardier collaborating on R&D.
There is no difficulty in designing an airframe, anyway. Here's a spaceplane prototype designed, developed and tested by Singapore in 2014.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-airbus-defence-space-tests-spaceplane-ve-400050/
Let's not talk about plans because it's not certain how many of those plans will materialize. Speaking of electronic components and data links, do you think Singapore has not done so?
First C 103 design is not similar like F 22, it becomes like F 22 (C 109 design) after Lockheed Martin join the program. It is a mature design and every body are agree on after testing it in wind tunnel, but it is still not 100 % similar. Even Chinese stealth is similar like F 35 so why it takes so long for them to design it if copying is that easy?
If Singapore is so great in designing airframe why dont Singapore design and manufacture its own aircraft and not using Airbus design. Even your government admit that in aircraft design Singapore is still not really that good. There is a reason why South Korean chooses Indonesia to be partner over Singaporean who has bigger defense budget and airspace know how and aerospace industry as you mentioned. South Korea and Singaporean are both US ally as well. But they choose Indonesia.
If you are so great in aerospace engine why there is no Singaporean company who can design and build turbo jet/turbo fan ?, even there is no Singaporean company who can manufacture component and part of turbojet/turbofan. And dont tell me that all of foreign aerospace companies in aero engine in Singapore are Singaporean company, they are foreign companies who are there to support your MRO industries which is I have to admit has become the biggest in South East Asia. I also need to ask you whether there is Singaporean company who can make industrial turbine ?
LoL if designing airframe is not that difficult so why PT Dirgantara Indonesia become the only aerospace company in South East Asia who can produce its own made aircraft under its name.
Talking about plan, yup of course it is there since the plane hasnt been mass produced (InshaALLAH in 2025-2026) but our indigenous cockpit instrument have already been used in our Hawk 200 fighter. Our IFF has also been used in our indigenous radar.
Previously Indonesian agency also design Stealth fighter by its own.
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