Bharat Rakshak

Kartik

Just keep one data point in mind - for the Colombian Kfir replacement, it was revealed that the Rafale was CHEAPER than the F-16V! In all of the deals signed for the F-16V, the price has been eye wateringly high for a single engine fighter. Given the USD to INR and Euro to INR exchange rate, the Ra...

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Rakesh wrote:P.S. Can you kindly post links to those images in your post? Thanks.

links to the images?

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Pratyush wrote:Some you tube channel.

Which itself doesn't quote the source. I'd wait for a more official source. Anyway Aero India '23 is not far away.

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Great development hopefully for Tejas given AP Singh Sir was part of Tejas team. An integral part of the Tejas team, being the PD of NFTC! He was even the pilot that gave back seat rides to the likes of the French and US Air Force Chief and the Singapore Defence Minister. How much longer does ACM V...

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Looking forward to AI-23 for further MK2 changes, borrowing from TEDBF with reduced RCS Wishlist 1. DSI intakes 2. nose and chine reshaping How? It has cleared CDR and prototype fabrication must've started. Adding anything at this stage will add even more time to design and clear for fabrication. R...

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He probably means single engine. The reporter ate up the single. Am glad to see the IAF is asking for high BVR carriage. This was the exact debate I had on BVR and I was pointing out high number of BVR rounds per mission was a necessity not an avoidable luxury. Absolutely. I meant the comment in je...

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X-Post from the Joint Military Exercises thread… Was that a Mig29K landing on CDG ? I read that it was a touch and go. Landing on the CDG is one thing, but taking off could be dangerous for the pilot. The CDG uses steam catapult to launch aircraft and the MiG-29K’s airframe is anything but robust. ...

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Israel issues formal request for 25 F-15EX based F-15IA fighters from Boeing. Obviously a part of the FMS funding that Israel gets. article link The Israeli Ministry of Defense submitted a formal request for the purchase of 25 Boeing F-15EX Eagle II heavy fighters, which in the Israeli Air Force wou...

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Jordan inks deal for 12 Block 70 F-16s from Lockheed Martin https://breakingdefense.com/2023/01/jordan-inks-deal-for-12-block-70-f-16s-from-lockheed-martin/ 20 Jan 2023 The US State Department approved the deal in February, saying the planes and associated equipment would cost some $4.21 billion . ...

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If the order size crosses 100 (26 + 90), most likely we might have local assembly. Dassault would be looking for a second plant since they have to fulfill french air force orders on priority over exports. In that case who would be the private partner, TATA, Adani, L&T..... France's Defence Mini...

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sorry but the above brought back the painful memory of hoping to see the aircraft on aug 2022. Still no news on the full scale model and/or flight testing. Hoping to see some surprise soon. I truly believe with Mk2 will be the GOAT. There has been news on the prototype rollout, you just missed it. ...

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KAI from South Korea and UAE's Tawazun are looking to form a JV to design a new C-130H replacement transport. But with the C-295 being built at Vadodara by the Tata-Airbus combine, it now makes more sense for a new clean sheet design that involves our own PSU-private sector companies like HAL, NAL, ...

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Some people must have noticed that Rahul Bedi no longer is the Jane's correspondent for India. Has resulted in a marked reduction in critical text that Rahul Bedi would always insert, that would claim this or that negative thing about indigenous developments. Bedi-man does his BS-ing on Sidharth Va...

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Is IN involved with the PDR? Both the end customer IN (product requirements) and production partner are involved and have significant approval authority - less at CDR (Conceptual) but more so at PDR (Preliminary). Many times CDRs/PDRs are passed with provisional items/actions to be completed on a b...

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The missing IFR probe seems like a glaring mistake to me. All the renders I have seen so far do not show an IFR. Wouldnt IFR conflict with the radome G requirement for low observable? Most likely IFR would be retractable. Kartik so if this is PDR then wat are the next steps? Please list them for ou...

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Hello All, Can anyone tell me why this iteration of the LCA is also capped at Mach 1.6? I thought the TEDBF is a high sea interceptor and not a point defence fighter. Fixed intakes versus movable intakes primarily. Besides, Mach 1.6 is plenty..if it wasn't the users (the IN in this case) would clea...

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Bala Vignesh wrote:The missing IFR probe seems like a glaring mistake to me. All the renders I have seen so far do not show an IFR.

Will most likely be a retractable probe. Not putting one on a model doesn't mean that it's omitted!

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TEDBF Preliminary Design Review data and documents will be submitted to the Indian Navy and the Indian Govt. in the "second quarter of 2023". i.e. between July - Sep 2023. Design of India's naval fighter approaching preliminary completion https://www.janes.com/images/default-source/news-im...

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Prasad wrote:There were no flaws. 6 tests/6 tests passed. 2 other were technically hits. DRDL stands by their missile. I don't have to say anything more about the users. The damn thing is ready for orders.

Prasad, can you confirm the news report that the QRSAM is going to get orders soon?

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The Gripen (Legacy and NG) has many export orders, the KF-50 too Please check who ordered, how many, what type of contract and if they fit the two criteria above. BTW anyone evaluating LCA can also evaluate gripen no? Much as I love our Tejas and it may be quite ok for our neighborhood wrt the widt...

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the UK hasn't given a fig's leaf to Indian concerns on sales of weapons or anything else related to Pakistan. So why the hell should India care about them? Let them figure out how to defend Falklands with their own weapons, that isn't our concern. Time we stopped worrying about spent powers like th...

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I agree with you but they have us by our short and curlies yes. Our supply chain can wreck the LCA program if the Govts so decide. Replacing the MB ejection seat - kiss the LCA goodbye. Min 2-3 years of further work integrating Russian Maal and more to develop our own. Lets be realistic here. They ...

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K Singh Arms sales always have a diplomatic angle to them. I support Argentina sales as they are showing interest, unlike others. Let's not always see dungeons in our castles in the air! But what diplomatic angle is there to this? Argentina is an almost irrelevance to India and this move would hurt...

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Argentina is sending a commission to India in mid January 2023 to assess the Tejas Mk1A offer. This will likely include deep dives into the technical capabilities of the Tejas Mk1A, plus access to the Tejas simulators, assembly lines, etc. so the Argentines can gauge for themselves what the Tejas M...

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French newspaper La Tribune is reporting that the French Rafale M is almost sure to be selected for the MRCBF link While waiting perhaps for Colombia , or even Serbia , New Delhi will most likely confirm the acquisition of the Rafale Marineto the French aircraft manufacturer during Emmanuel Macron's...

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Argentina is sending a commission to India in mid January 2023 to assess the Tejas Mk1A offer. This will likely include deep dives into the technical capabilities of the Tejas Mk1A, plus access to the Tejas simulators, assembly lines, etc. so the Argentines can gauge for themselves what the Tejas Mk...

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Gyan wrote:I think we should order additional 4 squadrons of LCA MKIA upgraded to LCA MKIAB. The change I propose from LCA MKIA is :-

1. Uttam Radar, indigenous jammer

But the Tejas Mk1A is already supposed to get the Uttam radar from somewhere around the half-way mark. Indigenous SPJ as well.

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First F-16 Block 70 to be built from raw materials has been rolled out from the LM Greenville facility. Built for the Bahrain AF. The F-21 on offer to the IAF will broadly be very similar to this with some Indian specific enhancements including probe/drogue refueling and possibly drag chute. 12,000 ...

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Twitter reports the AMCA decision is with CCS. PDR is over, will use GE F414 for early versions, Mk2 will use a different engine 130KN IAF wants 7 Squadrons. Aggressive schedule with first flight by 2024. First flight can't be in 2024. Dr Ghosh mentioned that the rollout itself will happen 3 years ...

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

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Interview with Argentinian FAA Chief of Staff where he states that JF-17, Tejas and F-16 are in the running as of now. Use translate option on the top left corner Article from Infodefensa FAA to conduct a deeper analysis of the Tejas Mk1A by November and finalize it's choice by the end of 2022. F-16...

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IR just blowing away the "my eyeball Mk1 is superior than that of everyone at ADA with their analysis" BS that Prodyut Das has been spouting on Twitter..just an amazing thread that is worth being reproduced entirely here.

Twitter link

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Tejas Mk1A weapons list..so damn impressive! JDAM-ER and Hammer PGMs are now clearly called out as part of the Mk1A weapons list. In addition to it there's the NG-LGB (which desi LGB is that now that Sudarshan is dead?), Griffin LGB, SAAW and HSLD bombs. Astra Mk2 is not put as a future weapon, whic...

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from Defence Matrix Twitter

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@Kartik Saar, refer the last 2 minutes of the video above. For optimum pressure recovery and retaining maximum thrust was the goal for TEDBF Thank you! I stand corrected. So a radar blocker like the Super Hornet is what we'll see. Perhaps the pressure recovery issue was also one of the primary issu...

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TEDBF/ proposed ORCA with weight savings and fixed wings would still have regular (non-serpentine) air intake ducts. I wonder if Indian Air force would if happy to pick the ORCA as we are proposing here. What makes you think that the TEDBF's ducts are not serpentine ducts? They aren't going to use ...

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Actually if ORCA were to be sanctioned, it would be possible to have it ready pretty fast. The only changes are structural related to the spars in the wings (they would be made continuous without any hinges to allow for 9g maneuvering since there would be no wing fold), removal of arrestor hook and...

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ORCA will be after AMCA and TEDBF anyway for it has dependencies on the three programs. Actually if ORCA were to be sanctioned, it would be possible to have it ready pretty fast. The only changes are structural related to the spars in the wings (they would be made continuous without any hinges to a...

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Posted on Twitter, this chart from Janes indicates that the Tejas Mk1 and Mk1A are the costliest of the LIFT/fighters being considered by Malaysia for it's LCA competition.. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FcDoyFAacAEdb0v?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 HAL sees opportunity for Tejas in Malaysia's FLIT pr...

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karan sirji, The list of radars developed by LRDE stated by you are all Ground based CAR, Surveillance, WLR etc.... They don't have any previous experience in developing fire control radars for a multi role fighter like LCA .NTERA a/c is a slow moving a/c and its role is different as AEW. so can we...

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