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  1. Rahul Singh

    Lockheed Eyes Tata to Help Land Next Big India Warplane Deal

    Recently IAF was opposing IA's purchase of Apache attack helicopters. Which is purely tank buster. I don't understand why in Hell IAF wants to fly anti tank helicopters when it will always be better if pilot at controls understands men he is supporting from air. In fact attack helicopters should...
  2. Rahul Singh

    Lockheed Eyes Tata to Help Land Next Big India Warplane Deal

    Army needs dedicated attack air crafts like SU-34 and A-10. USAF is retiring their A-10 which have good amount of life life left. Getting two squardons of A-10 will come of great help to Army's Cold Start doctrine. But IAF will oppose any such move. Hell! IAF even wanted control over Naval Air...
  3. Rahul Singh

    Lockheed Eyes Tata to Help Land Next Big India Warplane Deal

    See, they had to change the Radome midway. That must have upset the schedule. They will have to re-test and re-validate MMR first for entire spectrum before conducting anymore AAM tests. It's not just Derby but Python V is also in line. But this is only one of the factors, as i suspect. I...
  4. Rahul Singh

    Lockheed Eyes Tata to Help Land Next Big India Warplane Deal

    No, it's not. BVR testing has already begun. First unguided launch was to test safe separation. Next phase of tests will aim at guided launchs. Then there will be validation trials with PTA as target. Thing is, there is series of tests to carry out and it will spread over entire 2016 and will...
  5. Rahul Singh

    Lockheed Eyes Tata to Help Land Next Big India Warplane Deal

    For start Australia is one coustomer of F/A -18. F/A is only fighter in group to have a dedicated EW version named Growler. F-18 has future in its stealth version program called Advanced Super Hornet. This is where others are far behind. F-18 may not be a good dog fighter. But its A2A sensors...
  6. Rahul Singh

    Lockheed Eyes Tata to Help Land Next Big India Warplane Deal

    No he is not. He is smartest of all. He is keeping everyone (powerful and very influential arms lobby) in false loop while going all out to bring Tejas into service. I am sure he will keep everyone interested untill air clears on MK-2 version. And when MK-2 is ready he will quitely say F**k off...
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