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  1. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    Why don't they adopt a more pragmatic approach & just impose 10x the fine? Like US did to VW in dieselgate. This black listing business is akin to digging one's own grave. Less competition hurts us in the long run, delays our programs.
  2. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    Does this mean end of the road for RR's AMCA engine offer?? https://www.indiasentinels.com/internal-security/cbi/hawk-aircraft-deal-cbi-files-case-against-rolls-royce-and-others-on-graft-charge-5873 Hawk aircraft deal: CBI files case against Rolls Royce and others on graft charge Team India...
  3. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    AMCAs internal weapons bay to be capable of carrying four Astra Mk3: Report. 4x 300+km A2A missiles!
  4. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    theigmp.org/general-electric-offers-upgraded-core-on-f-414-engine/ General Electric Offers Upgraded Core On F-414 Engine To Generate 130kn Thrust For Indian AMCA Stealth Jet Representative Image US firm General Electric has presented a proposal to India offering to develop a new engine using...
  5. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    x-posting to Mk2, AMCA & Kaveri threads, the article almost reads like a blog- is inaccurate in some places but also has some interesting nuggets on Kaveri progress...
  6. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/jsf/ F35 PDR Apr 2003 CDR F-35A Feb 2006, F-35B Oct 2006, F-35C Jun 2007 It took the Americans 3 & 4 years despite F-22/B-2 stealth experience. AMCA PDR Dec 2020 (almost 2021) CDR 2023? Are we really lagging on AMCA??
  7. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    Looking at the stupendous progress made by TAI's TF-X prompted me to take a look at how this entity is owned, so from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Aerospace_Industries: Contrast that with DRDO: Indian Armed Forces (0%) MoD (100%) Indian Aeronautical Industry (0%) Maybe we should...
  8. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    That's from 2007! Was hoping to get my hands on the more up-to-date 2021 book I linked in the previous post. As a small consolation, there are a few pages freely accessible here...
  9. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    WTF!! This is a book that should ideally be distributed free (the pdf version at least) so everyone who wants to can know about the blood, sweat, and tears that went into Tejas instead it seems DRDO has outsourced printing to a publishing house on the moon!
  10. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    GE won because of lower cost, proven reliability, and lower fuel consumption. May not have had anything to do with Boeing- they wanted India to sign an end-user agreement that would require India to seek US permission to export the aircraft to a third country...
  11. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    The Tejas story was similar until it turned the corner. There's hope! We only have to have mega giga tonnes of patience. That's all!
  12. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    That's a given. However, we cannot blame the Swedes/Germans for squandering the advantage (forgotten Bofors blueprints or no follow-on to Shishumar-class local production) earlier. Today the onus is on us to first strike the best possible deal with any one of the world's leading engine majors...
  13. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    There is none! https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/brahmos-jv-value-now-stands-at-rs-40000-crore/articleshow/69688556.cms?from=mdr https://www.brahmos.com/people.php?id=4 Russia was in a economic mess then, that's how we got such a sweet deal. The West is wary of China now, so...
  14. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    Are there any similar missiles? It is cheaper now because Indian contribution has gone up when compared to the earlier production lots. Here's one example- https://www.rediff.com/news/report/how-brahmos-missile-has-become-cheaper/20230406.htm How Brahmos Missile Has Become Cheaper By Ajai...
  15. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    From the Brahmos experience... Pros- We are manufacturing an advanced (by the standard of our adversaries) Mach 3 cruise missile in house We are doing so relatively cheaply We have inducted it in serious numbers so we pose a credible threat to our enemies today, not at some future time We are...
  16. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    x-posting The specifics of the American offer become clearer.. somewhat! https://www.businessworld.in/article/Second-Thoughts/03-11-2022-452691/ Second Thoughts The US has come back with its 2019 offer to jointly develop the AMCA jet engine with India shedding ‘export control’ concerns...
  17. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    Bola tha :) But MoD hasn't shown any interest in it. It was basically a case presented by Lockheed Martin and their *Indian* partner. LM & Tata trying to scuttle AMCA? Good thing MoD isn't listening.
  18. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    When you have eyes in the sky & space how much can you maneuver on ocean surface at 30 knots to evade them?
  19. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    Possibility of Pakistan getting early access to Chinese 5th gen fighters may force India to opt for F-35s: Japanese defense think-tank Our defence procurement is still Pakistan driven! Hope their economy stays on the ventilator forever so they are never able to afford anything.
  20. MonaLazy

    AMCA - Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (HAL)

    New India related amendment moved by US Senate's powerful Armed Services committee, is reportedly the first step for offering F-35 5th gen fighters to India in the near future. CAATSA gone & F-35 in? Now S-400 is no longer a problem? Is this for the MRFA requirement (near future)?
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