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nam wrote:DAC approval means dilly squat.

They will approve the same thing every couple of years.

Dido.. The P75I should have been a priority. The RFP isn’t even out yet.

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The way things work, the IAF will be lucky if this deal is signed in 5he next 5 years. That means 8-10 years before the first aircraft begin to arrive. By that time all the aircraft in the competition will be obsolete. Hate it as one may and keeping in mind Uncles sanctions whimsical sanctions, the ...

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Finally! Congrats to all those involved over the years and the perseverance. Hope this acts as the reboot as well as kickstart to the Indian Aerospace industry. Next stop AMCA and Ghatak.

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^^^ No matter how I dissect it, $3.3B is way too much for a lease when the Vikrant costs $3.5B (so far.) We own the carrier though. Sometimes, it seems we have a bottomless budget — as long as the gear is firang. IMO it's putin bailout the Chinese groovy train of under the table deals for Russian t...

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Lol LM trying to push the F-16 by hook or by crook. Why don’t they transfer the F-16 line to India and export those 400 aircraft from here with no obligation for India to buy them. They can get cheap manpower in India. They should stop peddling antiques and offer the F-35 to India.

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Heavens forbid this deal goes through. When stupid decisions like this are made you cant very well blame anyone from shouting scam. Though in this case rather than scam, it will be just sheer incompetence about how defence procurement is run. This whole tendering business should be junked. Agree som...

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Looks like the cancellation of another tender in the making. Why don’t they just go down the govt-govt route. This tendering business has been the bane of Indian defence procurement for ages.

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Well, even a child can see that the 126 aircraft tender was cancelled and the one for 36 aircraft signed, for the benefit of reliance. :rotfl: I think ONLY a child would "see" that... as the rest of your post demonstrates. Maybe you can tell me how India planned to PAY for 126 MMRCA at th...

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Well, even a child can see that the 126 aircraft tender was cancelled and the one for 36 aircraft signed, for the benefit of reliance. I had made a post to this effect at the time the deal was announced . It was a given that the airforce would go for additional aircraft over the years directly benef...

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Any updates on the high altitude test facility that was supposed to be set up by Boeing as part of offsets????

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nachiket wrote:^^Why have you quoted your own post made immediately above?

Was a mistake. Thought I had deleted it. Anyway thanks Rakesh.

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https://twitter.com/manupubby/status/1022078254151331840 Manu Pubby @manupubby OFB has signed an MoU with @BAESystemsInc , USA for the 155mm Mounted Gun System required by Army HQ . Signed in August 2017 - MoS Defence Bhamre informs Lok Sabha. Too many Chinese spies in Taiwan. If this is true whate...

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This whole process has become a joke. No way is this deal going to be signed in 2 years. That will take it well past 2040 before the last aircraft is in. The costs are going to be massive to. All this for a 4++ generation aircraft when 5th gen aircraft will be proliferating in the neighbourhood and ...

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Going to a PSU. No private player. This is what happens when you play musical chairs with an important ministry like defence. Every time a defence minister changes , the new one takes a year to understand the ropes and then decides to change everything. Where does it leave the country? As far as de...

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If you trust Uncle Sam then you don’t have your head screwed on straight. They have always been sanction happy and always will be. It would be daft to buy critical equipment like fighter equipment from the US. The Europeans are much better partners. At least the French have an independent foreign po...

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ADA had a lot of freedom to operate. Now, everything need to go through the eprocure process and L1. Not sure if the concept of "L2 being offered half of the job if price can be met" is still around. Maybe not. We haven't seen that with any of the DRDO entities we deal with. Exact reason ...

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Future shock: Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle still seems a distant dream You mean T 14 Armata family has not yet completed all the trials ? As well as a another example of just paying lip service to indigenisation and not walking the talk. All plans up in the air as they say.Funding indigenous ...

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CM: One bogey is this TOT thing. We need to be clear on what TOT is. It is the transfer of production technology. The ability to use "local" resources to produce items, even from a component level. There is NO ONE else who has offered us this opportunity like the Russians have. In many ca...

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Time shipyards like L&T are given orders for major combatants. The IN needs to boost its destroyer and frigate count besides submarines to be able to compete with the Chinese.

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Is the BrahMos 2 on hold? Are the Russians playing hardball? India really needs to get its hypersonic R&D going and quick.

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The problem is not India moving away from Russia , the problem is Russia. The Russians expect India to be a captive cash cow and expect India not to react when they go against Indian interests. It’s not India that’s forgotten Russian friendship but Russia who has forgotten who kept their MIC afloat ...

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hnair wrote:Time to give some firm pre-production orders to Kalyani-sir and see what other doors are condescendingly opened up for the native

Expect the IA to say that’s it’s heavier than the M777 by 5 kg and hence not suitable

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This is gr8 news. But what needs to be kept in mind is that the IAF worked towards this exercise . Wars will not be fought according to a pre planned schedule. Keeping up a 90% availibility rate throught is going to be a tough ask. The IAF definately needs more numbers and hope the LCA helps in a bi...

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^^ Right. F135 gives about 125kN dry thrust while 2xF414 would give ~115kN. AMCA is lighter by about ~1.5T empty weight. Given F35 cannot supercruise in a practical sense, AMCA is also unlikely to do so. But with 115-120kN class engine, things will become interesting for AMCA. I have not found any ...

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I think a lot is going to depend on whether the French are going to help out on the SSN project and with what level of tech. It’s going to have a direct bearing on which way the P75I is going to swing. Cost wise there’s nothing to beat the Russian subs but the Amur has been no shining success. If it...

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Boeing has really played a master stroke by tying up with both HAL and Mahindra. Having said that it wouldnt be the worst outcome if the Superhornet Blk 3 is choosen. More Rafales would be ideal but since cost is a major factor the Superhornet Blk 3 wouldnt be such a bad idea if costs can be kept do...

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I would rather the ADA goes with the naval proposal and develops the AMCA for the navy first. They navy are more supportive than the IAF. With the IAF, requirements will change every month

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Maybe something is happening on the barracuda tech for the ssn’s after Marcons visit.

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Very nice article. Long ago IDSA had a paper by R. Phadke which stated 65 squadrons for 2 front war. That looks like a more realistic number for a two front war. Especially keeping in mind that one of the opponents will be China.That number can never be met unless the major part of the IAF fleet is...

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Very nice article. Long ago IDSA had a paper by R. Phadke which stated 65 squadrons for 2 front war. That looks like a more realistic number for a two front war. Especially keeping in mind that one of the opponents will be China.That number can never be met unless the major part of the IAF fleet in...

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Once again, on seeing new postings under "Indian Nuclear News..." I thought I was going to read "PFBR, Kalpakkam fully commissioned" ! Alas, no. Any update on the PFBR's completion? Been waiting and waiting and waiting for this one. It has missed many deadlines. Also no sign of ...

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I don’t see what the fuss is about? The issue here is the lack of privacy practiced by entities like FB and google. It’s they that should be taken to task. If data is available freely anyone can use it for analytics. I don’t see the point in people complaining about the Congress starting to use tech...

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So do I.The problem is one,the main ingredient for all 3 services, lack of desi "engines". Since the inception of BRF I've been asking why we haven't set up a dedicate aero-engine (at least) design and dev. centre for all types of aero-engines,both rotary and fixed wing.The GTRE has in al...

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There is expansion of runways happening now in the A&N islands. The plan is to have a 3+Km runway station long range Maritime partol aircraft there, along with MKI type planes. MKIs are already on rotating deployment to Car Nicobar. Port Blair has little space, but there is need for larger capi...

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Looks like the country is making progress with seekers. Great news that the Brahmos was tested with an indigenous seeker. Time now to indigenize the engine. India really needs to ramp up its R&D in hypersonic missiles , if not we will be left behind specially with the new hypersonic regime being...

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Opportunities have been lost in the past no doubt but it all has to be taken with a pinch of salt. China with its economic might can out spend India and gain a toe hold where it really wants to. No one, let alone India can stop all these attempts of Chinese expansion in the IOR. What India can do, i...

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Anyone taking bets that we will still be discussing this topic in 2025

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Wonder if Marcon's visit will bring in some French Tech for the SSN program. There were reports that the IN is very interested in the French submarine reactors. Whether the French share the tech is the question.

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