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Re: Israel's IAI 'wins $958M India drone deal' Yeah. I forgot about that and edited my post.

Re: Israel's IAI 'wins $958M India drone deal' IAI wasn't blacklisted because we are depending on them.

Re: Israel's IAI 'wins $958M India drone deal' What's so great about "winning" a "single" tender deal?

It's true. It's a MALE UAV. Next up is the Global Hawk type HALE UAV. Rustom-1's wingspan is 20m while that of Global Hawk is 35m.

Predator and Reaper are not up for sale.

We are not developing a UCAV. We are currently developing a recon and strike drone. That's all. Let's not jump over this, even the latest American prototype is merely a stealthy recon and strike capable drone.

For all those wondering what "namma" means, it stands for "ours" in Kannada. So literally the headline would read "India's drone will have our mark on them." It mainly indicates the use of Kaveri engine. I have no idea why the journo used a word most people will not understand.

All your partnerships has more to do with reducing development costs and assuring orders in the long run. US, China, India and Russia are the only countries who can commit to major projects of their own because of the massive requirements from their armed forces. There is no shame in JVs...