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[TopWatcher]

This is one way to go.

Current Fastest Supercomputer: Fugaku from Japan is also using processors made using ARM architecture:
Fujitsu A64FX.

Fujitsu A64FX - Fujitsu collaborated with ARM to develop the processor; it is the first processor to use the ARMv8.2-A Scalable Vector Extension SIMD instruction set with 512-bit vector implementation.

Looking for a day when India start exporting Indigenous processors.

 

[Chinmoy]

Some localisation news from local news paper.

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If someone has read the last part, a myth about private manufacturing might have got erased.

 

[binayak95]

Just few questions for you.

1: Did IA, IAF or IN ever asked for an UCAV?
2: Did IN ever asked for a ship launched UAV/UCAV?

You are quick to point out that Bayraktar and TAI has been involved in drone development in Turkey. But could you point out that other then DRDO, who is doing it here? Only when it has been opened for Pvt companies we are seeing the boom in drone development. And keeping in mind this point of yours.

We have a plethora of Swarm drones, loitering ammunitions and surveillance drone too.

IN has asked for ship borne UAV, and they are in service for over a year now. Over 30 in fact.

 

[Chinmoy]

You covered five parameters of both the tanks, I'm adding the sixth for you

You should have included Akkor after integration.

BTW 8 years back..

DRDO for partnership to develop active protection systems

 

[Chinmoy]

From my perspective, primary object of attack Drones is to save lives of pilot, and bomb an armoured column under contested airspace. It doesn't matter how it's being controlled.
Can Tapas bomb an armoured column yet ?? No right , then what's the use of ATOL and SATCOM.

Long back I said something like, "You don't make something because you can make it". Users in India is more into loitering ammo then a UCAV. So did we deliver them what they want. In case of loitering ammo, YES. In case of surveillance drone, although specs wise we have developed something good, but not good enough fr our users.

 

[Chinmoy]

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Did Tapas showed the underlined part?

 

[AnantS]

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Did Tapas showed the underlined part?

Are you saying specs of in production aircrafts brochure are a lie ? Or do you have more substantive proof to validate that what they advertise as features of their product are not operational?

 

[Chinmoy]

In which helicopter is htse-1200 integrated a tested
Test is different from flight testing AFAIK

A vehicle is designed around an engine, not the other way around.

Moreover our development approach is different to that of Turkey.

 

[Chinmoy]

IN has asked for ship borne UAV, and they are in service for over a year now. Over 30 in fact.

Please don't break heart of few here. How could they show Turkish AI to be superior to Indian in that case?

 

[jai jaganath]

A vehicle is designed around an engine, not the other way around.

Moreover our development approach is different to that of Turkey.

But this doesn't satisfy the point sir
Question is has htse-1200 entered test flight stage
And ig thi was made to replace Shakti engines if so then must integrate in alh
But it hasn't so it's clear that Turkish program is ahead of bcoz they hav entered flight testing state whereas we are still in ground testing stage

 

[Chinmoy]

Are you saying specs of in production aircrafts brochure are a lie ? Or do you have more substantive proof to validate that what they advertise as features of their product are not operational?

From open source.

• The first engine integration test was successfully conducted on September 19, 2022.[12]
• On November 20, 2022, automatic taxiing and ground running tests were carried out.[13]
• Take-off test flights began on December 3, 2022 and Kızılelma cut its wheels off the ground for the first time.[14]
• The aircraft made its maiden flight on December 14, 2022.[2][3][15]
• The drone successfully made its second flight in mid-January 2023.[16]
• 15 April 2023, aircraft completed its fourth flight test.[9]
• 18 April 2023, aircraft completed its flight test with landing gear folded inside the fuselage .[10]
• 19 April 2023, aircraft completed its sixth and seventh flight tests with serial landing-take-off and high-speed flight trials.[17]
• 20 April 2023, aircraft completed its eight flight test with high-speed flight and maneuver trials, as well as serial landing-take-off and passing trials.[18]
• 30 April 2023, the Kızılelma UCAV flew in formation with a SoloTürk F-16C during TEKNOFEST 2023 in Istanbul.[1] The Kızılelma UCAV is designed to be used as a loyal wingman by the combat aircraft of the Turkish Air Force.

You could follow the news item and if you find any reference to its flying with SATCOM, I 'd request you to kindly share it with me too.

 

[Chinmoy]

But this doesn't satisfy the point sir
Question is has htse-1200 entered test flight stage
And ig thi was made to replace Shakti engines if so then must integrate in alh
But it hasn't so it's clear that Turkish program is ahead of bcoz they hav entered flight testing state whereas we are still in ground testing stage

Prabhu..... Shakti is a 1383 shp engine and you want to replace it with a 1609 shp engine???

 

[jai jaganath]

Prabhu..... Shakti is a 1383 shp engine and you want to replace it with a 1609 shp engine???

But sirji it was them who were saying alh will be replaced with htse-1200
Now what will happen to htse-1200, why was it made if not for alh, if not for alh then this is just tech demonstrator or something of no use

 

[Chinmoy]

But sirji it was them who were saying alh will be replaced with htse-1200
Now what will happen to htse-1200, why was it made if not for alh, if not for alh then this is just tech demonstrator or something of no use

Shakti engine itself has been down rated for ALH. Now you are saying that it would be replaced with an uprated engine?

As I already mentioned, we should have a engine to develop a vehicle around. We are talking about IMRH now which would be 13ton class helicopter. What if a requirement arise for a 8 ton class intermediate copter tomorrow? You would again down-rate the IMRH engine for that?

 

[jai jaganath]

Shakti engine itself has been down rated for ALH. Now you are saying that it would be replaced with an uprated engine?

As I already mentioned, we should have a engine to develop a vehicle around. We are talking about IMRH now which would be 13ton class helicopter. What if a requirement arise for a 8 ton class intermediate copter tomorrow? You would again down-rate the IMRH engine for that?

So basically we are making htse-1200 which has no use bcoz we don't have any requirement of such helicopter
As we know we have 5 ton alh lch requirement for which Shakti is being used and it won't be replaced
Then comes imrh which is 13 ton and htse-1200 doesn't fit here too
So why is htse-1200 being made isn't unnecessary bcoz we don't have any helicopter requirement around that engine
They should have invested to make shakti or 13ton helicopter's engine

 

[NutCracker]

So basically we are making htse-1200 which has no use bcoz we don't have any requirement of such helicopter
As we know we have 5 ton alh lch requirement for which Shakti is being used and it won't be replaced
Then comes imrh which is 13 ton and htse-1200 doesn't fit here too
So why is htse-1200 being made isn't unnecessary bcoz we don't have any helicopter requirement around that engine
They should have invested to make shakti or 13ton helicopter's engine

We can use htse-1200 in triple configuration in IMRH, like Chinese multirole Changhe Z-18 13T category , that heli also uses Turbomecha so probably chongs didn't make many and shifted towards z20

 

[NoobWannaLearn]

IN has asked for ship borne UAV, and they are in service for over a year now. Over 30 in fact.

Which ones sir if u have any info about it

 

[Samej Jangir]

But this doesn't satisfy the point sir
Question is has htse-1200 entered test flight stage
And ig thi was made to replace Shakti engines if so then must integrate in alh
But it hasn't so it's clear that Turkish program is ahead of bcoz they hav entered flight testing state whereas we are still in ground testing stage

Turkish engines are a joke. They are either using imported core or simply non functional. Erdogan had stated in 2013 that he will set up space program by 2019. But till date, Turkey doesn't have even basic SLV or even a satellite launched by foreign launcher. Turkey can't make semiconductors and can't make even 3rd gen planes and yet is boasting about making 5th gen planes. Turkish words are best ignored

 

[karn]

Turkish engines are a joke. They are either using imported core or simply non functional. Erdogan had stated in 2013 that he will set up space program by 2019. But till date, Turkey doesn't have even basic SLV or even a satellite launched by foreign launcher. Turkey can't make semiconductors and can't make even 3rd gen planes and yet is boasting about making 5th gen planes. Turkish words are best ignored

Back that up mate .. show us a document or article that indicates that the engine has an imported core.

 

[karn]

Prabhu..... Shakti is a 1383 shp engine and you want to replace it with a 1609 shp engine???

Why exactly was HTSE started without a platform to go on ? Too powerful for Dhruv too weak for IMRH.