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AMCA wont match Su 57 in raw numbers in A2A performance. Will trounce it in all other comparisons.

Haan but my faith on these folks is low given how domestic projects are killed by trials.

Will IAF cancel the aircraft by saying the internal payload is too low?

Correct. All munitions that are taken internally will come with folding fins for sure. I think in future that might be the standard way how indian weapons are manufactured. If someone wants to carry externally they should just manually unfold the fins and lock them in place before mounting on...

Conservative design from A2A perspective. Won't match raw numbers of F22 or Su 57. But will match or exceed Rafale or Typhoon level of A2A performance in certain regimes (Probably not the high speed high altitude performance of the Typhoon). Should have good A2G capabilities, well suited to...

Mk1 and Mk1A orders will end with 123. LCA Mk2 is a must.

Thats purely IAF's fault for saying that they want an aircraft in the size of the MiG 21 because they didnt want to upgrade their HAS. Else the original spec sheet should have asked for an F16 class fighter to mitigate these problems.

ORCA would have happened if TEDBF rolled into service in the next 2 years. But since that is not happening there is every possibility of another 36-72 Rafales coming in and being the last 4th gen twin engine aircraft imported into the IAF fleet. (Barring the 21 MiG 29s) Our best bet is a large...

Very true. But then Mistral AFAIK had a lot of US components and geopolitical scene was different then. Now with AUKUS France will certainly not hedge its bets with one country alone.

The point about airframe life extension is a very important topic you brought up. One of our defence industrial goals should be to ensure that these airframe life extension programs are not needed. The aircraft lives its service life, and then gets decommissioned. We should work towards this...

Either the French are bringing something very innovative to the table with the carrot of sharing it all with India, or else GoI is acutely aware of what US sanctions can do to our JV with RR and decided to de-risk the AMCA from the get go. This engine means GoI has sanction proofed the AMCA...

No 99 414s have been ordered AFAIK for the Mk2.

UK foreign policy is fully under US control. One grrr by the us government and all cooperation will cease.

XF9 engine, XA 100 VC Engine, and RR engine for tempest (with very high electrical power) will be used as templates for a domestic high thrust military turbofan. If India decides to be conservative in approach then our engine will be an F414 EPE type, which can be achieved with a JV with Snecma...

In today's date it is possible to get massive amounts of onboard computing power in a small package with low power consumption. Fancy this architecture: A compute card with dual snapdragon 888s with 64 gb of onboard RAM. Slot 4 such cards together and interconnect the rams and persistent...

"Goondagiri" comes from their intention to protect their national interest as they see fit. Whats stopping us from doing so? I'll tell you. Its our public. We as a people like freebies, doles, and are extremely selfish about our short term interests. Thats why we suffer later on. Else why are...

"Stealth is just a feature of next generation. It can't substitute the utilities essential for particular role." ==> 100% correct. The next gen leapfrog is to see precise anti stealth radars/ other detection equipment that can perhaps undermine the degree of protection offered by RCS shaping.

We are a competitor to Anglosphere in times to come. No way NLCA will be selected for this role. Also US will prioritise its industry first. So I'm not hopeful on this deal.

RKS will retire end of the year I think. BiRa still has a couple of years to go. Can RKS be brought back from retirement? Recall that BiRa was posted as CDS as soon as he retired from army.

Delay is accounted for. Realistically things won't get certified and ready for induction until 2027-28. At best we will see a production run start at that same time period. Unless they go with 2 squadrons in IOC condition.