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Thanks. I was always fine with varying viewpoints. But I am not very comfortable with the way things are done here under the guise of 'Moderation' - too authoritarian and intervening desperately to try to change the course of discussions to suit their view point - a viewpoint that everything in...

Hey Everyone, I have decided to quit this forum. I have consistently noticed the overbearing attitude of the folks running this forum. They encourage folks who subscribe to their very narrow worldview - even if it comes with falsehoods, intimidation and insults; while at the same time they...

HAHA. I agree with the notion of multi role aircraft. But remember that the total squadron strength requirements are still based on individual roles for the aircraft even though most new ones are multi role. My peeve has always been that IAF doesn't use its money that wisely. I understand the...

I don't understand the doctrine that calls for aircraft of different weights. Aircraft types/squadrons are drawn by their operational roles - ground attack, air superiority, interdiction etc. Now does an air force need light, medium AND heavy jets for ground attack? Does an air force need light...

The cost difference is not too much. Currently with all the heavy avionics packages that the aircraft carry, the cost component of engines (with regard to the cost of the whole aircraft) is much smaller than it used to be. Secondly, the current aircraft engines have a much longer lives than they...

I don't get this craze for "one more SINGLE engined' aircraft (possibly F16 or Gripen!)!!! Why does it matter if the plane is single engined or not? All that should matter is the operational capabilities and the lifetime costs!! The weird classification of fighter jets as single-engined vs...

How could the Detail design phase have started in 2014 when it is still awaiting PMO approval and the funds for the same have not been released?? In an interview with Shekar Gupta, ADA chief Balaji himself echoed the same - that pending proving of some critical technologies, the detail design of...

The funds released are only to prove out some critical technologies. Even, according to the article that you yourself pointed: "Both Ghatak ACAV and the AMCA 5th generation stealth fighter are awaiting final clearance from the Prime Ministers Office. Development time for both projects is...

AMCA project has not yet been approved/funded. Right now only some peripheral R&D projects to prove key technologies related to AMCA are being funded. The detailed design project hasn't started as yet - so, unlikely that a prototype would fly by 2020.

You did by giving a vote of confidence to Bharat Karnad's article that contained several factual errors. But I am glad that you're finally agreeing that "some EDE technology is already added in F414INS6" - which essentially gives the engine elongated lifetime!

There is no 'production' version of 414 engine that develops more than 98KN thrust. Any version of 414 that claims to produce more than 98KN is a conceptual/under-development version.

The contract with India is NOT for the delivery of EPE engines!!! Leave alone having it actually delivered from 2013 onwards(that's complete BS)!!! India has been WANTING to co-develop EPE along with GE but that JV hasn't been approved by the US as yet. At this time EPE is more of a concept than...

If GE does have an extended life engine, why wouldn't they sell it to India??? It sounds a little ridiculous that they would have invested all the money to upgrade the components but will limit their sales only to F18's. The extended life just gets 'priced' in - it's not really a 'nuclear'...

Ajai Shukla erred in this article by using the lifespans of Russian engines as a yardstick to estimate the GE engines's number requirements.

I am not stating that there would be 200 additional Rafales (including Naval); I am just quoting someone else's reason why they think Safran will help develop Kaveri (quid pro quo from India apparently).

Firstly the replacement rate for newer engines will not be at the rate of the junk Russian engines - as such one shouldn't use that to calculate the 'number' of future engines. Secondly only a few of them will use Kaveri (in any form of fashion). That's why the $25-$30 billion 'savings' (paying...

Not surprised with the hours on the Russian engines - they've routinely performed lower than their stated lifespans. The life span you quoted for GE414 was that of the very initial version that was fitted onto F18s. GE has been continuously upgrading its components and as such arrived at engines...

Not quite! The 2-3 engine requirement for an aircraft is for Russian engines that are normally built for about 2000 hours lifetime (and several conk out much before that). The GE engines (and most western engines) are certified for 6000+ hours, as such they last for much of the lifetime of the...