We need to diversify from Banglore. Having everything in one place is a bad idea and gives you static outlook.
Aao Kabhi Gujarat meh
Birds of the same feathers flock together. Same applies to Aerospace Industry with OEM, Contractors and R&D all being situated in one place. Like it or not, Bengaluru is to us what Seattle and Toulouse/Hamburg is to the Americans and Europeans.
Once the pod is empty then it becomes liability. It is useful only when some stealth shaping & RAM have been applied to it also, meaning a costly product, meaning it cannot be jettisioned just anywhere, especially across border.
Correct, hence sometimes i raised concerns on economics of design, more load means more T/W ratio. Hence we made same mistake TWICE. 1st - not switching to MWF immediately after LCA TD in early 2000s even when J-10 & JF-17 started; & now 2nd - neither initiating AHCA (publicly) like J-20, nor an appropriate stronger engine by GTRE/import/JV when GTRE was established in 1959, nor using MKI's AL-31 as temporary option. Russia used us as cash-cow for Su-57 & we had to pull out.
This is not the case of Birds of the same feathers flock together. This is an investment by a government body using tax payers money and the entire country should benefit from it not just one city. If DRDO/ADA used its own money no one would complain but they are using government money.
That is a very bad and misinformed example. In US Aerospace Industry is not limited to Seattle but spread through the country. Boeing primary makes their commercial aircraft in Everett, Washington . LM have huge plants Fort Worth, Texas for F-35, Georgia for F-22, Greenville, S.C. for F-16. US Aerospace Industry is spread out throughout their nation.
What you're referring to are second and third tier contractors, and while it is true that both US and EU have theirs distributed country wide, it would be disingenuous to say ours isn't either. We have contractors spread throughout the country too, the only difference being that some are very prominent subcontractors like TAL, Mahindra Defence, to smaller ones like AEQUS, not to mention hundreds of MSME's spread throughout India which manufacture smaller parts and components. Also, do not forget that we have assembly lines in Kanpur and Nashik which is pretty far away from Bengaluru itself. As for the entire nation benefiting, that's a misnomer, because the benefits will be different in the eye of the beholder. I see the benefits in terms of results and useful expenditure of taxpayer money and not giving contracts like handouts to every Tom, Dick and Harry who wishes to participate but without the requistie skills, expertise or infrastructure. Also the purpose of developing Tejas, AMCA, MWF, TEDBF etc. is first and foremost to reduce our dependence on imported aircraft while simultaneously meeting our defence needs, and if that is achieved by concentrating our Industry in a single clustre then so be it.
I liked the pics, and can sh carry inclosed weapons pod under wings ? and what is total weight of inclosed weapons pod ?
The total weight of the "Inclosed Weopons pod" would depend on what Weopons the pod would be housing. Basically if you would want to know the weight than you will have to calculate it this way:-
No it cannot carry the Pod on its Wings. It can carry the Pod only on its Center-Fuselage Pylon!
That's right. That why no plans of inclosed weapons pod for AMCA, pod weight + weapons and its over all its size but good for teddy/iaf version.
If we will be designing a Enclosed Weopons pod for TEDBF than we should make its size to be able to carry Missiles of sizes atleast Astra Mk-2/3 at Maximum. I am pretty sure that designing an enclosed Weopons pod won't be the toughest thing.
The GE132 engine does not fit into LCA.F-16-IN(block-70/72) was offered in MMRCA with GE F-110-GE-132 engine having around 80KN dry thrust & 145KN AB thrust. It's good we rejected F-16 but perhaps instead of GE414 we could have negotiated for GE132 engine.
I think it is about 30 inches longer than F414. Wider, too?
Something like that.
1840 kg vs 1110 kg vs 1035 kg and twr 8 vs 9 vs 7.8. [ge 132/414/404]
LLLLLLLLLLLCA???????????? I personally don't believe in puppy jets for huge country like ours.
So far it seems these pylon-pods have not been publicly presented or may be that webpage is not visible in searches or i couldn't find it. But at least 1 page is speculating that these could be prototype for IRST or jammers or even dual combo. Hence these being integral part of EW & EOTS won't require to be jettisoned. The F-22's engines give enough power to their electronics & very little loss in T/W ratio.
