I would rater say it is(ToT) as a demand, begging is when we pursued them to give their tech. And no America don't have gold egg laying chick so if you don't someone else or last we would do it by ourselves
And considering recent "dog fight" f16 is gone a deal for IAF
Yes, you can and should do it yourself. No one gives you certain tech and when you develop yours, you won’t give it away either. You made a nuclear bomb on your own for gods sake- you can do this too.
Good. Save the money for better things.
No, this deal is related to making a heavy profit through back channels.
This deal is related to 737 MAX being a death trap. Switching to LEAP engines from P&W is related to P&W reliability issues. The airlines can't afford anymore grounding issues because of US design defects.
No, believe or not, it was India government rejected the offer as French didn't provide TOT. On the other hand, DRDO was eager to get the deal as they were facing growing pressure to finish the work.
Certainly, India is not begging. She just wants to buy at a very cheap price.
What technology you are seeking which Russians don't have? Remember, they are the second country which is testing their 5th generation jet engine on 5th generation plane. Neither UK, nor France has the similar product.
Yes, they are right: they know how to assemble AL31 with Russian map, Russian processing tool, and Russian key raw material. If Russian's tech support stops tomorrow, Indian production will stop within months.
Well, on respecting intellectual property rights, India is as bad as Chinese if not worse. Until today, India has been staying in US's Priority Watch List for alleged violations of intellectual property rights for decade.
Things aren't that simple. It's about the damn material not design. Casting, heat treatment and preparation of material is what takes decades despite R&D. India isn't asking someone for this technology on a platter but offering money for it (and the countries who want more than money have a track record of backing from commitments). So every country who doesn't offer what it's paid for should be weeded out of India's purchase destinations gradually.
The technology is not for sale and no amount of money India can pay is enough. GE alone has commercial engine order backlog worth over $200 billion at present. (Not counting military orders) Give me one reason why would they jeopardize this monopoly?
If the tech wasn't available DTTI shouldn't even have been started. India only asked for what was agreed upon.
Russia uses 4 Fan 9HP Compression. Which is totally different from India's kaveri engine which is based on more Nato design rather than Russia.
India knows metallurgy as well. And have no intentions to copy AL-31 it was just for learning purposes. India asked for its production in india to learn. And Russians are supplying india nuclear submarine technology and etc so it's not the wise move to copy there technology.
Even if we have realized crystal blade and and thermal coating of our requirement, redesigning and testing will take a long time. The engine designed for 1400*C temperature is inefficient at 1600*C. So redesigning with higher compression ratio shall b required. What we can do right now is to design the fan with composite like GE has does in recent aero engine with modular design.
Because once you Crack it's no longer a exclusive secret for you. Those who are on top table will always do things to protect there dominance they wish india to never develop this thing and keep buying there stuff for billions . Once india cracks this jet engine technology it will no longer will be denied to us. And even others will come forward for Joint ventures etc.
Realistic time frame in my opinion is 8 to 10 years.
