Bharat Rakshak

Derby BVRAAM is the natural choice , since without BVR missile integration into Tejas , IAF will not accept them in to forces and will not grant FOC which is scheduled for 2013 . R-73 was first test fired from Tejas in 2007 , Good five years back ,either they want a new Generation missile like Pytho...

karan_mc

it is known that India is primarily interested in Rafael’s Litening pod, which is intended for navigation and locating ground targets. Rafael’s Litening pod seems to be favored one, since it has been used with MKi and Tejas , but French Rafale use Thales Damocles targeting pod ,article basically ta...

karan_mc

Debel to develop Space suits for Indian vyomanauts (astronauts)

karan_mc

Half the Europe will be switching to American developed 5th Generation F-35 , but wht about French ?? are they directly going to UCAV's and skipping 5th Gen fighters ? can be bring french and Brazil into AMCA program ?

karan_mc

Brazil has requirement of 36 aircraft’s but follow up orders may go up to 80 aircraft’s and UAE has requirements of 60 aircraft’s

Advantage Rafale in Brazil and UAE after India’s selection

karan_mc

BAE Systems may consider cut to Typhoon price: Report

karan_mc

Why has UAE asking for a uprated engines for Rafale , is it anything to do with hot weather out there which might result into performance loss ??

karan_mc

Look who is back to negotiations table

UAE Rafale deal back on track again, MMRCA Result effect ?

karan_mc

AMCA defiantly will require an interim engine , i am pretty sure it will be GE F-414 engines , Kaveri-10 or what ever it will be called is still to take off there has been only talks and no work and if AMCA does come out in 2017 , i don't think new engine will be certified and tested enough to be in...

karan_mc

Tejas Test flights are becoming more and more like test match , ever few days i visit and see only 1 or 2 runs (flights) scored

, Last year was pathetic for test flights and this year has also not started in a positive note

karan_mc

wht will be those 80 aircraft's for ?? if i remember correctly Strategic Forces Command (SFC) had demanded 40 aircraft's for nuke delivery and Navy wanted 40 carrier borne aircraft and only Rafale can be used in both roles , i think it is done to get best price out of french , just how we floated Aj...

karan_mc

RBE2 AESA radar will only come in Rafale F4 , but not sure if we are getting M-88-3 upgraded engine ??

karan_mc

recently rafale again made a offer to Switzerland

18 Rafale planes for 2.7 billion Swiss francs (2.24 billion euros, 2.96 billion dollars)

Do the maths

link

karan_mc

When was India interested in arrow -2 ??

Will Israel be able to sell the Arrow system to India?

karan_mc

Price negotiations means "Bargaining ", kya bhai kuch discount karo yaar , 126 plane le rahe hai , aur tumhare be tange chal rahe hai

karan_mc

to be frank IAF loves Interceptor aka Air superiority aircraft . IAF chief (not sure if it was current or previous chief) who had told Media that if it was left to him he could have only Interceptor aka Air superiority aircraft in IAF fleet .

karan_mc

if the prices between two are less then 5 % , then spares , weapons , upgrade road map , cost per flight will also be considered , recent Mirage upgrade deal might have pissed at least some one in IAF . Brazil and some Middle eastern countries , are waiting for India to select the fighters to ride o...

karan_mc

This is what greets the visitors of the eurofighter site http://www.eurofighter.com/

Any more Rumors required ?

karan_mc

idrw.org few days ago had Indicated Euro might have won as per their sources

So who won the big contest ?

Well as per rumors , its Eurofighter !!

http://idrw.org/?p=6276#more-6276

karan_mc

Any Chaiwallah , speaking any thing about it ?? after Goa there has been no news at all .

karan_mc

Boeing was interested in USAF tanker competition and did want to get distracted from its price catch , may be 2 years down the line Boeing might be interested since they have secured the contract now

karan_mc

Trials for IAF’s Multi-Role Tanker Transport Completed

karan_mc

My chaiwala from Bhel , asked his chaiwala who has a chai center near old airport :mrgreen: , and i was slapped with reality . First lot of 20 aircraft's (SP1-to-SP20), last ones SP15-SP20, will be delivered only in 2014-15. NP-2 most likely only in 2013 NP-1 and NP-2 will be what TD-1 and TD-2 were...

karan_mc

Th delays of 2011 can only be made up if around 9-10 "new" LCAs take off in calender year 2012 Question is can HAL deliver that many aircraft's ? I am hoping , that we have LSP-7 and LSP-8 aircraft's in air by Jan , followed by SP-1 in March-April , and SP-2 by June and May be LSP-6 by se...

karan_mc

Indian Air Force seeks overhaul of its ageing Kiran trainer jets

karan_mc

India A.Q. Khan’s mysterious fourth customer : US arms control expert

I dint knew to laugh or go in denial mode . but its still a absurd claim

karan_mc

Development of Indigenous Aero-Engine by DRDO

karan_mc

Polaris Industris receives first order for Indian Army http://im.rediff.com/news/2008/aug/19nlook1.jpg Recently i took a test ride in my city, of newly opened Polaris Dealer , they are mean machines and cost as much as a small car . after test ride i was wondering why don't Indian army buys them , ...

karan_mc

Pune crash: IAF says Su-30MKI aircraft crashed due to unknown fault

karan_mc

IAF prefers Swiss trainer jet PC-7 over Korean KT-1

karan_mc

@ vic, so it seems , HAL / ADA have plenty of time to fix the issues currently Naval Tejas is facing ? since real induction will only began in 2020

karan_mc

a question to Maha gurus , what after NP-1 and 2 ? i had read some where Navy will order some MK-1 aircraft's , but not in big numbers and will only operate MK-2 , since MK-1 will not be ac capable , so whts the road map ?

karan_mc

@Neela , MY Assumption : if you know HAL so so well , then please clarify on my earlier post , rather then resorting to personnel attacks . u living near HAL makes you expert on HAL ???

karan_mc

HAL has the ability to screw any plane

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