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by Kartik
14 Mar 2024 14:36
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 855
Views: 2897208

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Yes Admiral. EGR, LSTT, HSTT (High-speed) will be followed by first flight. The first two are done as per SM reports. If LSTT & HSTT are happening now, then the 1st flight has not happened? I recall reading that Tejas-Mk1a's have been flying for a while If not, how can HAL handover to IAF by Ma...
by Kartik
12 Mar 2024 11:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019
Replies: 846
Views: 398637

Re: Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft: News & Discussion - 30 August 2019

From Janes India approves fifth gen AMCA fighter project Development of India's Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) fifth-generation fighter aircraft programme is expected to accelerate in 2024 following New Delhi's approval of the design and prototype programme, according to a project official. ...
by Kartik
04 Mar 2024 18:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
Replies: 927
Views: 416960

Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021

Su-30MKI's upgraded AESA radar will have a Vapor Cooling cycle for cooling it. The details for this are given in the image below https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fo7M6pdaAAAW43G?format=jpg&name=large https://twitter.com/alpha_defense/status/1625462065824673794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembe...
by Kartik
01 Mar 2024 16:35
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Kakkaji wrote: 01 Mar 2024 04:48 Of the above list, I think the Dassault Falcon is already being assembled in India at the DRAL facility in Nagpur
Only some parts are being built there. There is no assembly happening as yet.
by Kartik
23 Feb 2024 10:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Naval Aviation
Replies: 2815
Views: 848851

Re: Indian Naval Aviation

P-8I makes more sense at those prices! It can also cover far more ground. Three to four C-295s equal one P-8I. This is twice as expensive as the P-8I. It probably makes sense at ₹800 - ₹1000 crore or so. Nothing more. Six more P-8Is are in the pipeline. At what stage in the acquisition process, I d...
by Kartik
19 Feb 2024 15:31
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 855
Views: 2897208

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

.. That leaves the JF 17, the T50 and the the Tejas as competation. With the Argentinian president all but jumping in the US lap. It's going to be interesting, as 2 of the jets use the same engine. And with Argentina jumping out (or rather not jumping into) of the BRICs, the T50 would seem to be th...
by Kartik
16 Feb 2024 18:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

I wish it were not true, but it is + 1 This govt has done great compared to what was being done before. It has rightly pushed back on money laundering through imports , but in revenge the brass, babu and international players have stymied domestic effort. Most of it is because domestically we were ...
by Kartik
16 Feb 2024 17:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Jaguar IM (Serial # JM260) with the AGM-84 Harpoon AShM. https://x.com/livefist/status/1753334527123161217?s=20 ---> Can't these Jags carry more firepower ?.. with just 1 Harpoon, it seems to be too lightly loaded.. On an operational mission they'll be armed with at least 2 ASRAAMs to provide some ...
by Kartik
08 Feb 2024 12:59
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 855
Views: 2897208

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Hope they qualify new wings for second lot of 97 with wingtip pylon like LCA Mk2. :(( … those kind of casual “simple” requirements delay the whole production bonanza! Produce as is in full volumes. The IAF needs aircraft now. If you want those wing changes, then make the IAF order another 100 batch...
by Kartik
08 Feb 2024 12:53
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 855
Views: 2897208

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

My other question does that the MK1A loose 1 pylon for a CCM when carrying the SPJ's or will it still have the ability to carry 2 CCM +4 BVR missiles with SPJ's Dual rack pylon will enable the Tejas Mk1A to carry 4 BVRAAMs (inner and mid pylons), 2 CCMs (#1 outermost dual rack pylon) and 1 SPJ (#2 ...
by Kartik
08 Feb 2024 12:44
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Did'nt UAE also have a bunch of Mirage 2000s? High standard too IIRC. IAF might want to grab every air worthy frame at cheapo prices of available. Just to maintain squadron strength through this decade. Those may indeed also be available at some time, once the UAE starts receiving it's Rafales, fro...
by Kartik
08 Feb 2024 12:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

Most interestingly, the HAF may look to sell the 24 Mirage-2000-5s as well ... Any idea what is the state of operational readiness of these Greek Mirages? From an AFM or Combat Aircraft article that I had read some years ago, the Mirage-2000-5s were well maintained and at the tip of the HAF spear, ...
by Kartik
07 Feb 2024 12:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

The Air Force is looking for a buyer for 18 Mirages https://www.kathimerini.gr/politics/562869589/i-polemiki-aeroporia-anazita-agorasti-gia-18-mirage/ The leadership is investigating the possibility of selling them to India, a proposal about which both the Ministry of National Defense and the Maxim...
by Kartik
07 Feb 2024 12:22
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 855
Views: 2897208

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Click on link below to see all the pictures that came with this twitter thread... https://x.com/Tanmaycoolkarni/status/1754730778628698297?s=20 ---> The Indian Air Force is all set to receive its first batch of Tejas Mk1A fighters this month, a superior version of the indigenous LCA Tejas. What's n...
by Kartik
16 Jan 2024 15:06
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022
Replies: 1108
Views: 596347

Re: Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

India test fires new gen Akash missile India's state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has test-fired the new-generation Akash (Akash-NG) surface-to-air missile (SAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur off India's northeastern coast of Odisha, the Indian Minist...
by Kartik
12 Jan 2024 11:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

hgupta, there is a gap. Even now GE slipped F404 engine delivery from August 2023 to now . So resource planners have to hedge. Indeed ---> https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?p=2611324#p2611324 Additional twin seat Mirage 2000s are being acquired by the IAF in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 ca...
by Kartik
05 Jan 2024 11:30
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

What gives the IAF the confidence that the system will function as intended. If the system is shelf life expired. The very next sentence, that states that they are refurbished and upgraded? Many AAMs have a shelf life based on the number of flights they are carried on, due to the stresses they enco...
by Kartik
02 Jan 2024 16:34
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2685
Views: 1019048

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

If the IN could get their IT systems compromised or the French Naval Group's Scorpene materials compromised, then yeah it can happen to DRDO/HAL/ADA. That's as generic as one can get. Going by this logic, if LM can have their F-35 data stolen by Chinese hackers then all of theirs and Boeing's data ...
by Kartik
02 Jan 2024 13:12
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2685
Views: 1019048

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

Boeing used Model Based Design (MBD) with CATIA with their Boeing 787, 747-8F, 747-8I as well as 777X models. Basically all of their models since 2007 at least AFAIR. All of them are security compromised is it? The models you cited are civilian planes. DRDO/HAL/ADA are developing a military plane w...
by Kartik
22 Dec 2023 15:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

So, the R-73E missiles used on the SAMAR SAM are all shelf-life expired and have been refurbished and upgraded to be used as SAMs instead of AAMs. IAF inducts SAMAR air defence system The Indian Air Force (IAF) has inducted the Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) system, an IAF so...
by Kartik
22 Dec 2023 15:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

More twin seater Mirage 2000s are being acquired, probably to be used as spares. Also AL-31FPs for Su-30MKIs and RD-33s for MiG-29UPGs https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1737532313507168652?s=20 ---> IAF's Planned acquisitions for the years 2023-24 and 2024-25. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBz0bImak...
by Kartik
22 Dec 2023 12:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019
Replies: 2685
Views: 1019048

Re: Tejas Mk2 Medium Weight Fighter: News & Discussion - 23 February 2019

^^Yes I can partly confirm to the point of paper 2D drawing being replaced by computer 3D modelling. Having seen first hand, my father-in-law standing for hours and drawing for HAL, we have moved or should I say leapfrogged. Did DRDO/HAL develop their own 3D software or did they use SolidWorks whic...
by Kartik
22 Dec 2023 12:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016
Replies: 4656
Views: 1449802

Re: VayuSena Rafale: News and Discussions - 17 Oct 2016

Exit Biden and Enter (?) Macron!!! Unkil is having a fall from grace and is no longer singing "Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge..." :P Next month could bring in more news on the Rafale M for the Indian Navy and perhaps even an announcement on the MRFA! French President Emmanuel Macron likely to...
by Kartik
30 Nov 2023 11:13
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

No.3 Cobras, operating from Nal AFS are most likely going to be the next Bison squadron that will be retiring their Bisons. But the article doesn't mention a final date as yet. https://twitter.com/rahulsinghx/status/1730087348262867106 ---> Midway through the last dance: MiG-21s going full steam bef...
by Kartik
28 Nov 2023 17:09
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 855
Views: 2897208

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

HAL has assembly lines at Nashik that need to be utilized, along with a large workforce that is now mostly working on Su-30MKI overhaul and repair but is not fully being utilized. With the Su-30MKI upgrade to come up soon, that too will begin at HAL Nashik and the entire workforce will be busy. HAL...
by Kartik
28 Nov 2023 11:14
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 855
Views: 2897208

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

If the numbers of orders placed for the aircraft justify 24 jets per annum. Then would it not be efficient, to have a single line produce 24 jets per annum? Because, as it is the jets are dependent on subcomponents being produced Pvt sector vendors. Unless they scale up, HAL will not be able scale ...
by Kartik
22 Nov 2023 11:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
Replies: 927
Views: 416960

Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021

Confirmed news on another site as well IAF issues tender to HAL for buying 12 Su-30MKI fighters In a step towards boosting its squadron strength, the Indian Air Force has issued a tender to the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the purchase of 12 advanced Su-30MKI fighter jets. "Rec...
by Kartik
31 Oct 2023 14:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion
Replies: 769
Views: 333678

Re: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion

This looks like a modified copy of Rafale-M. The TEDBF Project Director Dr Amitabh Saraf candidly stated that the TEDBF has a "similar concept" as the Rafale. But whereas the shape appears similar, everything else is designed at ADA and is indigenous. Salient points from his talk at the C...
by Kartik
30 Oct 2023 17:48
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion
Replies: 769
Views: 333678

Re: Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF): News & Discussion

The latest (as per Defence Matrix on Twitter, Oct 2023) config of the TEDBF. What a looker! https://x.com/Defencematrix1/status/1718940709095371064?s=20 ---> Update Regarding TEDBF Hardware Configuration The latest visuals (Oct 2023) of the TEDBF show a change in the hardpoint configuration. The Ast...
by Kartik
20 Oct 2023 17:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021
Replies: 927
Views: 416960

Re: Su-30MKI: News and Discussion - 24 July 2021

India plans to equip Russian-origin Su-30MKIs with indigenous 'Virupaaksha' radar https://aninews.in/news/national/general-news/india-plans-to-equip-russian-origin-su-30mkis-with-indigenous-virupaaksha-radar20231019183703/ 19 Oct 2023 Is this an Uttam that was designed for the Su30 and now has been...
by Kartik
04 Oct 2023 15:00
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 808
Views: 509536

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Twitter link

First Tejas trainer LT-5201 handed over to the IAF at HAL Bangalore

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by Kartik
08 Sep 2023 16:54
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 808
Views: 509536

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Rakesh wrote: 26 Aug 2023 19:48
basant wrote: 26 Aug 2023 13:35 Can't see the tail number but the prototype of Mk1As are flying too. So it could be more than aerodynamics.
Aircraft is LA-5015. You can see it here, right above the left wheel in the MLG.
That isn't LA-5015. That is KH 2015, i.e. LSP-5.
by Kartik
23 Aug 2023 11:52
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Prachand LCH: News & Discussion: 03 October 2022
Replies: 176
Views: 169568

Re: Prachand LCH: News & Discussion: 03 October 2022

Check out that desert camo Prachand LCH at the beginning of the video :) VIDEO : https://twitter.com/severerocket/status/1691089973980573696?s=20 ---> Made in India! LCH Prachand! Doesn't look like tan/brown desert camo. Seems to me that it's just the way the sunlight is falling on the Prachand whi...
by Kartik
11 Aug 2023 11:17
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 808
Views: 509536

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

Dekh kya rahe ho?!! Naacho!!

Lungi dance time!!
by Kartik
09 Aug 2023 17:07
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/iaf-mulls-second-life-extension-for-mig-29-fighters-to-enhance-service-span-from-40-years-to-50-years-441845 Oct 16, 2022 02:40 PM It seems that the Mig 29 fleet is in a really bad way. If this article is to be believed. As the technical life of the platform...
by Kartik
09 Aug 2023 17:03
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

The question is for a platform on the verge of retirement why? Any airforce including US airforce is going to need 4.5 gen fighters for the next 30-40 years, IAF should order 51 Mk1A, get working on Mk2, Orca. While another team working on AMCA, all these will require very similar production ecosys...
by Kartik
09 Aug 2023 17:02
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021
Replies: 2209
Views: 769533

Re: Indian Air Force News & Discussion - 23 March 2021

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/iaf-mulls-second-life-extension-for-mig-29-fighters-to-enhance-service-span-from-40-years-to-50-years-441845 Oct 16, 2022 02:40 PM It seems that the Mig 29 fleet is in a really bad way. If this article is to be believed. As the technical life of the platform...
by Kartik
04 Aug 2023 16:35
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Naval Aviation
Replies: 2815
Views: 848851

Re: Indian Naval Aviation

Despite the author pushing the Boeing narrative, the F-18SH still lost. Now he is back and explains why the Rafale M is not the right choice for the Navy. The article ignores valid concerns and issues, but read for entertainment value :) With the selection of the Rafale Marine by the Indian Navy, h...
by Kartik
28 Jul 2023 18:33
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022
Replies: 808
Views: 509536

Re: Air Force Tejas Mk1: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

It could be part of a planned deployment to a forward air base. Such an exercise would reveal any shortcomings at the airbase or in the fighter or the squadron that is part of the deployment. But nevertheless it's a good sign to see No.18 Squadron pilots and Tejas Mk1s forward deployed.
by Kartik
27 Jul 2023 17:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Army Aviation
Replies: 96
Views: 35895

Re: Indian Army Aviation

This is clearly a case of changing goal posts. Such a blatantly obvious move.