I have no issues with private participation, if it is done just like the naval shipyards, it indeed would be a great change, ABG, Pipavav, WIS, all shipyards have had proven their credentials as shipbuilders, but tomorrow if you say Amul will be building Amur Class Submarines, then it causes concerns just like reliance building rafales, who hasn't built a aerospace rivet in it's entire life.
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Lets not have scope creep in the discussion, I have never said that you don't learn from ToT, you do. MKI has given Indian establishment very important lessons in newer technology, Mig21 airframes had series of fit gauges for all it's airframe components, I knew of mechanics who were even called in as consultants after retirement for hammering the right profile as they knew it like back of thier hands, that gave wat to CMM and LMM validations on the MKI, similarly MKI line brought asia's second largest CNC complex in Asia to HAL Nashik.
Scope of the MKI project was to build 200 MKI's, that is what project was for, all three phases of the project dealt with the same. I have been part of multiple ToT projects both in India and in Global MNC's, and in most cases ToT projects will leave some bad taste in PPD engineering team, but it is a cost saving measure, especially if it is a intra-organisational ToT. Were lessons learnt in MKI production used in LCA tejas - NO because, it was not designed by HAL.
What would have been different if HAL- ARDC had developed the Tejas, most likely lessons from Jaguar and MKI would have ben implemented in the design and the production of the aircraft. That is my hunch, that is how every designer works... they go back to the basics, and HAL's basics lie within it its manufacturing experience of the Mg21,23'27's Jags, Ajt's and MKI's
