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India fgfa fighter aircraft.

 

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India fgfa fighter aircraft.

 

[Adioz]

India fgfa fighter aircraft.

That means induction likely by 2025? That is good news. This means IAF's urgent requirements for new squadrons would be pared down. Bye-bye SE MMRCA tender. :santa::santa::santa::santa:

 

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India fgfa fighter aircraft.

 

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India fgfa fighter aircraft.

 

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Ninjamonkey Retweeted Jugal R Purohit

40 additional #Su30 to get #BrahMos fire ability, that makes a total of 80. Interesting note about #FGFA there as well.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/fgfa?lang=en
Minister of state of defence confirm construction of FGFA in Nashik plant.

 

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Talks on 5th-generation jet project, contract may be signed soon: Russia
Even as a project on the development of a Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) between India and Russia remains stuck, a top Russian official said the talks are in the "second stage" and a contract document may be signed soon.

In an interview to IANS, Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec Corporation, said that while Russia has traditionally not made single-engine fighter jets, it can join hands with India in making these jets, which India has announced under its new Strategic Partnership model, if it is "invited".

India and Russia have been working on a joint project to develop the fifth generation fighter aircraft, but despite it being in the pipeline for around a decade, a final contract has not yet been signed.

Chemezov said a contract document is likely to be signed in the near future, but did not give any timeline.

"The first stage of the project is completed, now the second stage is under discussion. I think that the contract documents will be signed in the very near future," Chemezov told IANS.

"The project is very complex, but the work continues, although not so quickly," he said.

India and Russia had inked an inter-governmental pact for the FGFA project in 2007. It was to be based on the Russian Sukhoi-57 or the Sukhoi PAK FA T-50 fighter jet.

In December 2010, India had agreed to pay $295 million towards the preliminary design of the fighter, also referred to as Perspective Multi-role Fighter (PMF).

However, negotiations faced various hurdles in the subsequent years.

After evaluating the first PAK FA T-50 prototype, the Indian Air Force (IAF) wanted more than 40 changes to address, among other things, perceived weaknesses in the plane's engine, stealth, and weapon-carrying capability.

There were several disagreements between New Delhi and Moscow, including on work and cost share, aircraft technology, as well as the number of aircraft to be ordered.

There was also Indian concerns over the extent of transfer of technology, since the aircraft will be developed based on the Russian PAK FA T-50 jet.

A committee was later constituted under Air Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman, which has submitted its report to the Defence Ministry, but the content of the report has not been made public.

Informed sources said the IAF felt the deal was very expensive as the cost of developing four prototype fighter jets would be around $6 billion.

However, in October 2017, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman T. Suvarna Raju backed the India-Russia FGFA programme, saying it will bring home niche technology.

Asked if Russia was interested in participating in making single-engine fighter jets in India under the Strategic Partnership model, Chemezov said Russia would participate if it is "invited".

Chemezov said that traditionally Russia has developed only twin-engine fighter jets, but India and Russia can develop a single-engine fighter together if India invited Russia.

"Russia is very strong in the production of various types of twin-engine aircraft, but at present we do not produce single-engine fighters. And our main twin-engine aircraft, both MiG and Sukhoi, are used by the IAF," he said.

"But if India wants to develop its own one-engine aircraft, and if India is interested in international cooperation to develop this aircraft, Russia and Rostec will be open to cooperation," the Rostec Corporation CEO said.

"Thus, if we are invited to participate in the joint development of a single-engine aircraft, we are ready to do this, as it was done in the past with other Russian-Indian projects. The BrahMos supersonic missile is a good example of such cooperation between the two countries," Chemezov added.

India is looking forward to replacing its fleet of Russian MiG-21 and MiG-27 aircraft and a process for making single-engine aircraft in the country is expected to be initiated soon under the new Strategic Partnership model.

So far, Tata Advanced Systems Ltd and US plane-maker Lockheed Martin have signed an agreement to produce F-16 fighters in India, and Swedish aerospace major Saab and Indian infrastructure conglomerate Adani group have also announced a tie-up. The two are so far the main competitors in the project, for which a Request For Information (RFI) is likely to be issued soon.
http://www.defencenews.in/article.aspx?id=526043

 

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That means induction likely by 2025? That is good news. This means IAF's urgent requirements for new squadrons would be pared down. Bye-bye SE MMRCA tender. :santa::santa::santa::santa:

Lol, how are they even remotely related? :biggrin2:

 

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[sjmaverick]

There is an old saying...true in specific case that "No news is good news", I am wondering if SU57 is one of them . Hardly any update on this page since Jan 18...Is the project moving too slow or everything wrapped under cover ?

 

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There is an old saying...true in specific case that "No news is good news", I am wondering if SU57 is one of them . Hardly any update on this page since Jan 18...Is the project moving too slow or everything wrapped under cover ?

In the MIC no news means delays.

 

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India and Russia 5th generation fighter aircraft in trouble.

 

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India and Russia 5th generation fighter aircraft in trouble.

 

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Indian air force request classified briefing on F-35 A fighter aircraft.

 

[Sancho]

Su-57 starts test operation ahead of first batch delivery

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said the first stage of acceptance trials of the fifth-generation Su-57 (T-50, PAK FA) fighter jet was over and the aircraft began test operation in the troops. A contract to buy a development batch of 12 jets will be signed this year...

...Test operation of the new aircraft means it will continue trials and improvements and also train combat engagement. The new fighter jets will be delivered to the combat engagement and retraining center in Lipetsk which prepares commanders and pilots of future regiments.

Twelve aircraft will form a squadron and will interact in combat order which is likely to be used in real conflicts. Trials and improvements will proceed on previously built test Su-57 and then introduced into serial aircraft. The test operation is to determine the final concept of the serial aircraft...

...They will finally end when the concept of the aircraft is formed and the serial production of Su-57 with the engine called type 30 is launched. The maiden Su-57 flight with the new engine took place in December 2017 and the trials are likely to last for another 3-4 years. Large-scale serial output which is to begin in 2021-2022 is to produce the aircraft with type 30 engine.

Which Su-57 options may appear in future? The most expected one is export FGFA created on Indian orders. Its fate and production scope have not been determined so far as the acceptance into service of new arms in India is a very bureaucratic and long process. The fate of the project mostly depends on the decision to build a new aircraft carrier for the Russian Navy...

https://www.airrecognition.com/inde...-operation-ahead-of-first-batch-delivery.html

 

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What's the status on 2nd stage engine of SU57?

 

[gadeshi]

What's the status on 2nd stage engine of SU57?

Full scale flight tests.
Estimated completion in 2020.

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Russian aircraft producer to deliver first batch of Sukhoi-57 fighter jets in 2019
Military & Defense
February 15, 13:57UTC+3
The Sukhoi-57 jet performed its first flight in 2010
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SOCHI, February 15. /TASS/. The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) plans to deliver the first batch of fifth generation jets Sukhoi-57 for the Aerospace Force in 2019, UAC CEO Yuri Slusar said on the sidelines of the Russian Investment Forum on Thursday.

"We have a contract for delivery starting from 2019," he said in reply to a question.

The Sukhoi-57 jet performed its first flight in 2010. On December 5, 2017 it flew on a new engine. At the moment it is equipped by the first stage engine 117S. The new power plant has no name yet. For now it is referred to as "second stage engine."

Research and development on the Sukhoi-57 project is to be completed in 2019. The first batch will consist of twelve planes.



More:
http://tass.com/defense/990172

 

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Full scale flight tests.
Estimated completion in 2020.

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Good to know that, always a delight from you.

 

[Sancho]

China’s fifth-gen fighter jet now in operation; India’s plans with Russia still stuck

China may have operationalised its new fifth generation fighter aircraft – the only nation in the world other than US with this capability. On the other hand, Indo-Russian plans for an advanced counter to this remain uncertain, with the decision to go ahead now at the doorstep of the top echelons of government...

...Sources have told ThePrint that despite some progress seen in the first two years of the BJP government when the project was brought back to the table in cross-governmental discussions, talks have hit a major roadblock that can only be resolved with the direct intervention of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)...

...The biggest constraint, however, appears to be a lack of resources, with the Air Force not allocated even half of its projected demand for capital budget in the current and next financial years. In fact, resources are so stretched that the Air Force will struggle to meet its committed liabilities – the money required to make tranche payments of past purchases...

...In fact, it is learnt that HAL had a proposal at hand to use its internal resources to initially fund the developmental project with Russia – a sum to the tune of $ 4.5 billion – and manufacture the planes only after technical clearances from the Air Force. This proposal to tide over the resource crunch faced by the Air Force appears to have hit a roadblock as well...

More at:
https://theprint.in/2018/02/15/chin...ia-still-stuck/amp/?__twitter_impression=true