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We are not Brazil though!!Brazil is happy with the ToT.
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We are not Brazil though!!Brazil is happy with the ToT.
I don't think they'll give source codes...to integrate Indian weapons in future!!
In this February 16, 2017 file photo, U.S. fighter aircraft F-16 performs on the third day of Aero India 2017 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore, India. | Photo Credit: AP
http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...sh-for-f-16-sale-to-india/article17662863.ece
Noting that the last F-16 for the US Air Force rolled off the production line in Fort Worth in 1999, the two Senators said India remains the only major F-16 prospect customer.
Two top Senators have urged the Trump administration to push for the sale of F-16 fighter jets to India to build its capability to counter security threats and balance China’s growing military power in the Pacific.
Senators Mark Warner from Virginia and John Cornyn from Texa in a joint letter to US Defence Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said, the Trump administration must make the fighter jet acquisition a priority during initial bilateral discussions with India.
India has launched an effort to expand its combat aircraft fleet and the competition has reportedly narrowed down to Lockheed’s F-16 and Saab’s Gripen.
Noting that the last F-16 for the US Air Force rolled off the production line in Fort Worth in 1999, the two Senators said India remains the only major F-16 prospect customer.
“A primary factor in India’s decision will be compliance with Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, which will require establishing some level of local production capacity,” Mr. Warner and Mr. Cornyn wrote.
“Given the strategic significance of India selecting a US aircraft as the mainstay for its future Air Force and the potential for a decision this year, we ask that the administration make the fighter acquisition a priority during initial bilateral discussions,” they said.
Mr. Warner, who is a Democrat and Mr. Cornyn from the Republican Party are the co-chairs of the influential Senate India caucus, the only country specific caucus in the US Senate.
“We urge you to weigh in forcefully with the White House on the strategic significance of this deal, both to America’s defence industrial base and to our growing security partnership with India,” said the letter dated March 23.
Making a strong case for the sale of F-16s to India, the two Senators said this would represent a historic win for America that will deepen the U.S.-India strategic defence relationship and cement cooperation between our two countries for decades to come.
“It would increase interoperability with a key partner and dominant power in South Asia, build India’s capability to counter threat from the north, and balance China’s growing military capability in the Pacific,” they said.
India, they said, increasingly serves as an integral partner in the United States’ security architecture in the volatile South Asia region, helping to protect our joint interests and deter common threats, and has emerged as a critical trading partner, they noted.
As such “it is in our national interest to work with India to progress democratic principles through regional security partnership and burden sharing,” they said.
“To this end, we support the co-production of our legacy F-16 aircraft in India to help sustain the United States’ current fleet of aircraft and aid a critical Indian security need with a proven American product,” Mr. Cornyn and Mr. Warner wrote.
The competition for the fighter jets, they wrote, presents an opportunity to solidify and strengthen the significant gains made in the bilateral U.S.-India defence relationship over the two previous administrations, they said.
In this February 16, 2017 file photo, U.S. fighter aircraft F-16 performs on the third day of Aero India 2017 at Yelahanka air base in Bangalore, India. | Photo Credit: AP
http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...sh-for-f-16-sale-to-india/article17662863.ece
Noting that the last F-16 for the US Air Force rolled off the production line in Fort Worth in 1999, the two Senators said India remains the only major F-16 prospect customer.
Two top Senators have urged the Trump administration to push for the sale of F-16 fighter jets to India to build its capability to counter security threats and balance China’s growing military power in the Pacific.
Senators Mark Warner from Virginia and John Cornyn from Texa in a joint letter to US Defence Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said, the Trump administration must make the fighter jet acquisition a priority during initial bilateral discussions with India.
India has launched an effort to expand its combat aircraft fleet and the competition has reportedly narrowed down to Lockheed’s F-16 and Saab’s Gripen.
Noting that the last F-16 for the US Air Force rolled off the production line in Fort Worth in 1999, the two Senators said India remains the only major F-16 prospect customer.
“A primary factor in India’s decision will be compliance with Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, which will require establishing some level of local production capacity,” Mr. Warner and Mr. Cornyn wrote.
“Given the strategic significance of India selecting a US aircraft as the mainstay for its future Air Force and the potential for a decision this year, we ask that the administration make the fighter acquisition a priority during initial bilateral discussions,” they said.
Mr. Warner, who is a Democrat and Mr. Cornyn from the Republican Party are the co-chairs of the influential Senate India caucus, the only country specific caucus in the US Senate.
“We urge you to weigh in forcefully with the White House on the strategic significance of this deal, both to America’s defence industrial base and to our growing security partnership with India,” said the letter dated March 23.
Making a strong case for the sale of F-16s to India, the two Senators said this would represent a historic win for America that will deepen the U.S.-India strategic defence relationship and cement cooperation between our two countries for decades to come.
“It would increase interoperability with a key partner and dominant power in South Asia, build India’s capability to counter threat from the north, and balance China’s growing military capability in the Pacific,” they said.
India, they said, increasingly serves as an integral partner in the United States’ security architecture in the volatile South Asia region, helping to protect our joint interests and deter common threats, and has emerged as a critical trading partner, they noted.
As such “it is in our national interest to work with India to progress democratic principles through regional security partnership and burden sharing,” they said.
“To this end, we support the co-production of our legacy F-16 aircraft in India to help sustain the United States’ current fleet of aircraft and aid a critical Indian security need with a proven American product,” Mr. Cornyn and Mr. Warner wrote.
The competition for the fighter jets, they wrote, presents an opportunity to solidify and strengthen the significant gains made in the bilateral U.S.-India defence relationship over the two previous administrations, they said.
When will gripen e fly?The plan says a decision will be made 2021.
In a couple of months.When will gripen e fly?
If it had been a off the shelf platform...MOD would've been under pressure to make a decision!
Maybe...can't blame though...it's gonna be a huge order...can't take any chances!!In a couple of months.
First delivery to the Swedish Air Force in 2019.
It seems that even if India is short of fighters, they do not want to make decision
until Gripen E can be delivered ;-)
I don't think they'll give source codes...to integrate Indian weapons in future!!
I think only Israel is cleared to do so!!
Two billion dollars for a surveillance drone is such a waste of money....considering we already have a comparable uav heron!!US aerospace company Lockheed Martin has since pledged to open a production line in India for the F-16s, but the plan was yet to be approved by the new administration.
Both senators urged Mattis and Tillerson “to weigh in forcefully with the White House on the strategic significance of the deal”, arguing the F-16 production line solely relies on international buys, with the last aircraft made for the US in 1999.
“Keeping the F-16 in production will help sustain a fleet of over 1,000 aircraft currently in the Air Force and help preserve thousands of American jobs. It will help maintain 800 high value design and engineering jobs in the US, and extend the only scalable single engine 4th generation fighter aircraft as a significant security cooperation tool for the US,” wrote Cornyn and Warner.
http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...ld-trump-on-defence-deals-with-india-4585409/
Senators John Cornyn and Mark Warner sent letters this week to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defence Secretary James Mattis, urging them to sign off on the F-16 production line in India and approve the export of the Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft, a non-lethal maritime surveillance platform, the Hill online reported on Friday.
“The Guardian is exclusively manufactured in the US, and a potential sale to India is estimated to be valued at over $2 billion across the life of the programme,” the second letter stated.
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Designated MQ-9 Reaper® by its U.S. Air Force and Royal Air Force customers, the turboprop-powered, multi-mission Predator® B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)
Predator B has an endurance of over 27 hours, speeds of 240 KTAS, can operate up to 50,000 feet, and has a 3,850 pound (1746 kilogram) payload capacity that includes 3,000 pounds (1361 kilograms) of external stores. Twice as fast as Predator, the aircraft carries 500% more payload and has nine times the horsepower. It provides a long-endurance, persistent surveillance/strike capability for the war fighter.
Predator B is powered by the flight-certified and proven Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop engine, integrated with Digital Electronic Engine Control (DEEC), which significantly improves engine performance and fuel efficiency, particularly at low altitudes.
Two billion dollars for a surveillance drone is such a waste of money....considering we already have a comparable uav heron!!
I'm talking about heron TP. It has a payload of 2000kg...deal for 10 of them already signed!Heron is Medium Altitude Long Endurance UAV .
With a wingspan of 16.6 m, the Heron has a maximum take-off weight of 1,250 kg and payload of 250 kg.
Rustom-2 has a wingspan of 21 m, a payload of 350 kg and a planned endurance of more than 24 hours. It takes off and lands using a conventional undercarriage.