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Tejas to cost 42 Million USD a piece to IAF

On a side note - do you represent Denel industries from SA ?



Good to know ! But that doesnt mean anything. Does it ! I suggest you to read book from Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar .
i am speaking about scope and deliverable for a project.
 
i am speaking about scope and deliverable for a project.

Good ! How can you really scope - if you never had experience before ! We all can create fancy project timelines ! But one issue comes and the entire chart goes out of the door !
Unforeseen events
Just an annecdote - LCA team were testing FBW in Lockheed Martin facility in 1999 ; Next day after nuc sanctions , they were shown the door ! They had to virtually write the code all over again. This single incident had a ramification of almost 5 years.
Inexperience events
Flutter issues due to AM pairing caused team to abandon our CCM; No one could have predicted this ; There were so many issues that one would never know till you actually do the stuff.

You should know i if you represent Denel industry. First step is the hardest step. Hereon - evolution will be much faster.
 
I worked in this industry for your info.
In your industry people do amazing work and can't tell anyone about it and that is the irony. You can't brag about your life's work.
My son was offered an apprenticeship at QinetiQ , but their secrecy clauses are very strict. He declined , saying that if I can't brag about my good work, then no point in doing it, and I don't blame him.
 
:) i never asked for any recognition either. you will not believe it how that idea came. Even the night when this ephinany happened i still remember. The reason i smile always - my counterparts are my actual real friends in Rafael.
work is work, friendship is friendship.
But Rafael is Israeli company?
Raptor is South African weapon?
 
We ll see when something happens...These are just speculation only without any Teja on ground
 
Do these cost figures really mean anything. You can reduce cost extensively by manufacturing more. If they make 200 Tejas, it would be something like 30-35 million a piece. If they make 40 of them, it will be 65-70 million a piece. Single B2 bomber costs around 2 billion dollars, since only 8 were made. F35 costs 100 million, since around 2000 will be manufactured. You can only know the true cost per aircraft once the entire program is over and no more of the jet will be manufactured, or if you have a clear idea about how many you are going to procure.
 
Do these cost figures really mean anything. You can reduce cost extensively by manufacturing more. If they make 200 Tejas, it would be something like 30-35 million a piece. If they make 40 of them, it will be 65-70 million a piece. Single B2 bomber costs around 2 billion dollars, since only 8 were made. F35 costs 100 million, since around 2000 will be manufactured. You can only know the true cost per aircraft once the entire program is over and no more of the jet will be manufactured, or if you have a clear idea about how many you are going to procure.

These are actually manufacturing costs not program costs.
 

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