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It’s by far the best looking Indian designed helicopter it is perfectly proportioned and sleek

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Good to see you back, what a wild and frankly fruitless ride it has been. 5 years back the DAC (defence acquisition council) cleared 16(+8 follow on clause) S-70B-7 for the Indian Navy and in 2021 the first (of 24) MH-60R are to land on Indian shores this after a MRH process that began in the...

It’s true that they do prefer to make some progress no matter how flawed it may be. Under CONgress we had to go long periods of stagnation and radio silence. I also think this govt likes to hedge their bets, they have a best case scenario (domestic project) but line up imported buys as a...

DAC had cleared 16 S70B deal in 2015 FYI Let us see how this goes. 24 helos of 123 unit requirement, day late and a dollar short

Hope everyone can appreciate that even in a best case scenario these helos won’t come for 5-6 years and 24 units isn’t even 20% of the IN’s NMRH requirement. Same route that was to be taken with Russia Ka-226 after RSH deal was cancelled in 2014, it’s 2018 now and still no bloody deal has been...

Sadly, in India the requirements of the armed forces does not carry much weight; they have no power to make procurement decsions, that it entirely in the hands of the civilians and so you see this kind of mis-matched thinking and delays as a result. That said, the new govt seems to be taking...

I share your disappointment and frustration @Rikbo88 , it is just what you say; unbelievable and inexcusable but alas not surprising. The S-70B deal found itself in an unfavourable position as the govts changed and with them priorities and policies. The orginal NMRH deal was begun by the...

12 ton helos are too big and heavy to operate off most ships in the IN other than destroyers, carriers, FSS and LHD and hence the 10 ton NMRH (which have the same footprint as the Sea Kings) is needed too as most warships in the IN can operate them.

That's no excuse really bro because the importance of these assets cannot be overstated. The IN is usually on top of their game but in this area they are more than a little disappointing- to say the least. To be honest, if the NMRH (10 ton) was started today it would be manadtory from day 1 to...

For some reason, the IN is moving stupidly slowly where their rotary wing is concerned, it is theone area that is noticably lagging behind and lagging BADLY. I mean, 6-7,000 ton vessels going to sea with Chetaks, empty hangers or 35+ year old Sea Kings?? It's quite a shocking situation and I am...

Hi sir, good to hear from you again. From what I heard (a few weeks back) the delay is being caused by the LM takeover with Sikorsky but it is still on track. Let the new Financial year commence (April 1st) and I think we'll see some new deals signed, it's rather late in this FY now for deals...

@Rikbo88 are you able to give more insight into the IN team that you interacted with particularly the pilots? What exactly were they (in your opinion) most interested in- cost? Capabilities? And what did they seem most impressed by wrt the S-70B? And what did you make of the IN team overall...

What is going on on the front? Not heard much for a whoile