Blackwater
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India should immediately stopped/dropped LCA/NAG/AKASH and ARJUN project to avoid further financial loss and embarrassment
Money for the first two Td was allotted only in 1993. if you have a design configuration all finalized in files , the fighter just won't spring out of the file after certain period of time is over from the files are finalized. You need to put the money down where the mouth is and build tech demos , Pvs , LPs and test fly them
EVERY PROCESS,from allotting money to every thing ( Including kick backs, eh, :taunt1I cant understand why every process in India is slow?
Lca is not a foreign buy. so no scope for kick back as of yetEVERY PROCESS,from allotting money to every thing ( Including kick backs, eh, :taunt1
Chinese Xian JH-7- Program authorized in 1983, first flight in 1988, introduction in 1992, entered in service in 2004, our Tejas started from 1969, still not ready?!
From Wikipedia.
You mean even Saint Antony is one of them... only D O D O s are Deshbhakt...I see arms agents lobby see phase out of Mig 21 as chance for induction of foreign plane, therefore these types of stories in the media.
when D O D O is not deshbakht, How come Antony is a Saint , any proof,You mean even Saint Antony is one of them... only D O D O s are Deshbhakt...
Leave that mindset aside as it is not helpful... for the country..
speaking of agents, they keep jumping in, who said anything about Defence minister.You mean even Saint Antony is one of them... only D O D O s are Deshbhakt...
Leave that mindset aside as it is not helpful... for the country..
The F-16 was inducted within 3 years of first flight, At what level was it inducted, the venerable Mig-21 was inducted even without a radar,And the first batch of 40 SU-30 MKIs were inducted were not of the same final SU-30 MKi con fig , after honing the "fighting tactics" they are only recently being sent back to Russia to be replaced by fully capable SU-30 MKI fighters.IOC-1 is already done in 2011. And only 2 aircrafts (2-seater variant, probably) have been inducted in IAF, which are yet to see the full operational service in the LCA squadron being raised in Sulur airbase, right ?
So, the 40 LCA's ordered by IAF would be IOC-1 level or IOC-2 level ?
So fighters are inducted and they mature throughout their life cycle, which is beyond the realm of comprehension of such sensation seeking scoop writers masquerading as defence journos.if the journo wants a fully matured fighter to be inducted on date he can recommend IAF to buy the about to be close line of Mirage -2000 and start inducting fully matured fighters from day one,fter two years of evaluation and negotiations, India signed a US$1.462 billion deal with the Sukhoi Corporation on 30 November 1996 for the delivery of 50 Su-30MKI aircraft in five batches. The first batch were eight Su-30MKs, the basic version of Su-30. The second batch were to be 10 Su-30Ks with French and Israeli avionics. The third batch were to be 10 Su-30MKIs featuring canard foreplanes. The fourth batch of 12 Su-30MKIs and final batch of 10 Su-30MKIs aircraft all were to have the AL-31FP turbofans. These 50 aircraft were made by Sukhoi in Russia.
F35 = F16 - - (Minus minus) ?U.S. Marine Corps: December 2015 (with 2B software capability)
U.S. Air Force: December 2016 (with 3I software capability)
U.S. Navy: February 2019 (with 3F software capability)
USMC and USAF officials stress that the IOC dates are just that -- an initial capability. Thus, they are willing to accept the limited engagement envelope and weapons package of the 2B/3I with a growth plan to introducing the 3F software, which provides far more extensive multi-role capability, into the fleet with a full operational capability.
Finally! New F-35 IOC Dates are Firm
Lockheed Martin a ------ ?Last week, Pierre Sprey, a co-designer of the F-16 and A-10 warplanes told some 400 people at an F-35 meeting in Burlington that the F-35 is a "shockingly" bad aircraft which will perform poorly on all of its designated missions: air-to-air combat, bombing and close support of ground troops.
Sprey said the plane lacks maneuverability, will be easily detectable despite its stealth features, will be vulnerable to surface-to-air missiles on bombing missions, has a relatively small bombing payload compared to the F-16 and must fly too high and fast to be plausible as a close-support fighter-bomber.
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/...d-questions-about-F-35-support?nclick_check=1
The current Tejas radome is in test phase, the above mention maybe a breakthrough and yet to be tested in real time to know how much it can perform.http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/...absorbers-fss-radomes-stealth-aircraft-s.html
if this can be done what can be the problem with tejas radome?
It was an incorrect assessment. Meaning in the light of new information, his assessment is obsolete. The same goes for many of Carlo Kopp's claims about the F-35.IOC - 1 ?
F35 = F16 - - (Minus minus) ?
Lockheed Martin a ------ ?
Even if there was a particular problem in devlopment the radome could be imported until the problem is solved, as many components of tejas are impotred and can be localized only during serial production. it is not going to delay the FOC.The current Tejas radome is in test phase, the above mention maybe a breakthrough and yet to be tested in real time to know how much it can perform.
Not sure if you can find a ready made radome specifically tailored for LCA.Even if there was a particular problem in devlopment the radome could be imported until the problem is solved, as many components of tejas are impotred and can be localized only during serial production. it is not going to delay the FOC.
Tejas will have to import radomes..... D O DOs have misfired againNot sure if you can find a ready made radome specifically tailored for LCA.
AFAIK, The credibility of that report was suspect.Tejas will have to import radomes..... D O DOs have misfired again