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Thread cleaned up. Please post something that add value to the discussion. Cybaru, rest assured, they will make it at the largest size that can actuallt take its ass off from the ski jump. Its farely obvious 30T is way too much, as FA18 on same engines need CATs to TO. I'd be happy with 7T internal ...

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BTW, if anyone noticed, the image stack released, contains 2 different canard configs. Design closely resembles Mirage 4000, so looks like we took up design that Dassault didn't move forward with or we got some ToT . That means Rafale for second tranche of fighters will be a reality and more support...

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The aspect ratio seem to be offset by 10 percent when compared with asraam and astra missile . Estimate as compared to length of asraam of 2.9m around 17m and width between 11m to 12m in HVT picture. And folded width should be less than 18.8m by 8.6m dimension of smaller lift of INS Vikramaditya wi...

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Gyan wrote:I think ADA should develop AMCA with Pvt Sector companies like TATA, L&T, Mahundra & manufacture it with their assembly lines

While HAL should develop TEDBF for it's own manufacturing line.

AMCA was offered for MFG in a GOCO facility. What happened to that..???

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Those engines look too small. F404 dia is 35". So the fuselage will have to be at least 80" wide for even the most tightly packed twin F404 config. If you take the top view image from the released image stake, and scale it for the fuselage to be 80" or 2m wider, that would make the ai...

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INS Vikrant will be operational by 2022. I'd add an additional 3 years to the published time lines at least for TEDBF service...round it to 2035. The current 50+ MiG-29K can be carried on both carriers but is IN Ok with that arrangement. Considering the issues IN is a facing with MiGs, I am sure th...

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Info on TEDBF. Please click on the link below and read the twitter thread.... https://twitter.com/Aerodynamic111/status/1213081322639376384?s=20 This is basically a copy-paste from idrw article. Just a thought - Is HAL trying to usurp MWF design and create a TE design based on it to offer to IAF an...

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I will just say this. Rafale has wonderful lineage not Mirage 4000, but from much earlier. Was reading some stuff about Rafale somewhere. Only vaguely remember it now. But interestingly Rafale and EF2000 had common ancestry it seems. Both originated from the same common European program. Obviously....

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What I heard was 20" X 8", but a few very close dimensions are also being considered. I miscalculated. Should be 20x8 only. Tender does say not the final dimensions. Thats same as what F35 will likely to get. Elbit has got the contract and one news item claimed its the largest size of LCD...

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^^ There is another tender for SW (flight simulation visualisation models) for simulator. Two mockup cockpit models to be made, as per tender, one for pilots, one for visitors. As discussed earlier, MK2 will have 20"x 6 8" and 5"x5" displayes. :D PS: My bad, I miscalculated. Its ...

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GOI seems to have increase PPP content in the infra programs. I didn't catch exact details but substantial increase. There were couple of questions on this specific point. One of the Secy outlined various measures GOI took to ensure encouragement to PPP projects. Given the NPA reduction and substant...

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Data point from FM's Presser:

Total Government (State + Center) Spending on Infra in last 5ys = 51L Cr ~ 715B
Total Planned Infra spending in next 5yrs on Infra = 105L Cr ~ 1.47T

Some more interesting data from the conference. Some articles should come out soon.

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As promised here are my views on CDS A. Why it is a degradation of Service Chiefs : 1. Defence Secy is head of all Policy and Administrative matters for the entire Raksha Mantralaya. He is mandated to ensure Defence of the country. He is responsible to Parliament PAC for the budgets and finances of...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvDLYZ1tm7A#action=share TED Ex Presentation By Sudhanshu Mani on Train 18 Very Inspiring. He is a doer and thus he thrashes the boggy of ToT. LOL. I always wondered why IR is not re-hiring him on contract and put back on Train-18/20 program with empowered post. He c...

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^^ This is not the thread however to discuss about need for A/C. Regarding the Aviation Progress/Development - Just look at the list of the programs which will be live in next decade alone. - LCA MK1A - MWF - NLCA Mk1 - TEDBF - AMCA - LCA Trainers / SPORT - ALH - Rudra - LCH - LUH - IMRH - Tapas - G...

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2-3 months delay for First article is OK. I always expected that much. They can cover it later. HAL has habit of slogging at the end of FY. So they may still manage 3-4 aircrafts before March end. Lets see. Jay, this is no longer acceptable. They're competing against the likes of Boeing and Dassaul...

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HVT in one tweet mentioned that NLCA has performed many "overshoots". Landing is eminent on Vik.

Overshoots mean the aircraft comes to flare altitude, and goes around without touching.

I guees there will be some touch and go, and then landing.

JayS

2-3 months delay for First article is OK. I always expected that much. They can cover it later.

HAL has habit of slogging at the end of FY. So they may still manage 3-4 aircrafts before March end. Lets see.

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https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/toll-collection-increased-after-fastag-mandatory-787382.html After RFID (radio-frequency identification)-based FASTag was implemented to collect toll, the toll revenue increased to Rs 81 crore/day from Rs 68 crore/day, Union Road Transport Min...

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In this regard I support what’s suggested in the railway thread - if we are going to invest a lot of money in new infrastructure, build out a 20-30k km high speed rail network. The rail network is nowhere close to demand constrained . It’s supply that’s the problem - far more people would use it if...

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Well, I thought I'd understood supercruise (as "sustained flight without AB"), but when even the ADA chief talks about wet thrust without referring to the dry thrust :eek: , I think it means something else entirely. "sustained supersonic flight without AB" He probably was dumbin...

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Shukla ji's report mentions Not sure if the text is all correct here. Assuming no errors, this means we need engines which have nominal thrust of 120+kN each for AMCA. I think there is a mistake here. Even the F414-EE is going to fall short of that number. I am very worried about this part. No figh...

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Shukla ji's report mentions However, this engine is not powerful enough for super-cruising in all configurations. “Each F-414 engine generates a maximum thrust of 98 KiloNewtons (KN), and in Indian climatic conditions that effectively reduces to 90 KN. We have calculated that an AMCA, with the confi...

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https://www.drdo.gov.in/sites/default/files/monographs-documents/35-guided-missiles.pdf Those interested can please purchase and read this very interesting book. Its immensely knowledgeable. I have been trying to buy these monographs for a while now. DESIDOC is a real shitty organisation. They don'...

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Dassaults routinely goes to Al Dhafra for flight testing if I am not too wrong. Remember to have read, Rafale itself has been there previously for hot weather trials.

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I don't know if the production agency has been identified as yet for the Uttam Aesa. Till the development is complete, nothing will move. The sad reality of Indian defence production. Maybe Dileep would have better info. Apart from BEL and Astra, who are the likely candidates..??? In this short lis...

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I once got a chirp that Uttam is entering LSP, but no further information came. They are currently have an EoI running for technology transfer for the TX/RX modules. The pictures do not match that of Uttam modules we saw at Aero India. LRDE is rightly very secretive organization, so information is ...

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I have a noob pooch. Since the G2G version of Brahmos can take care of all of Pakistan, am I correct in my understanding that this air launched version of brahmos is for China and it's ships in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)? It will be a part of our A2AD capability in IOR. My pet wish is a hyperson...

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Yes, a lot of stuff is ready for MK1A and also getting back ported to Mk1. But the cockpit avionics of MK1A will 'look' the same, ie three 5X5 MFDs. I also heard that Uttam A2A mode is excellent. But A2G was not so. The 'opinion' of my source is that LRDE used to say "Oh.. we know A2G very wel...

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The prototypes of MK2 are likely to fly with mostly the current avionics with bare minimum changes. That is what I heard. Saar, Shuk-law ji reports that DFCC for Mk2 aka MWF is already qualified. They even have ported it to the MK1 LRUs to be fitted in MK1A. I don't take Shuk-law ji at face value t...

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MOD NOTE - I have deleted last couple of low quality posts. Please post only something that adds value to the disucssion here. - jayS

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Jaysimha, thanks for posting all these updates. Really cool.

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https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/1204756479342891009 #INDRA2019 - The Second edition of bilateral Tri-Services Exercise INDRA commences with Joint Opening Ceremony at #Babina today. The IAF contingent comprises of Su-30MKI, Mirage-2000, LCA (ADA), MI-17V5 helicopters, AN-32 aircraft along with AEW...

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The prototypes of MK2 are likely to fly with mostly the current avionics with bare minimum changes. That is what I heard. In any development program, there are two elements - Aerodynamic & Structural evolution and Avionics and Systems Evolution The MWF is an Aerodynamic evolution and deliberate...

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The prototypes of MK2 are likely to fly with mostly the current avionics with bare minimum changes. That is what I heard. Well, Dr Deodhar has said in video interview that the Prototypes would be of production standard. If above is true then he was not correct in claiming such thing, unless of cour...

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So what exactly does this mean? The prototype of the Tejas (Mk-II) is expected to be flying in about two years. The metal cutting will take about a year to 18 months. Tejas Mk -II, which will be fitted with a GE-414 engine, is scheduled to make its first flight in 2024. . That the prototype will fl...

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https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/elaborate-plan-to-sabotage-official-to-railway-board-on-train-18-2141621 The Chief Administrative Officer at the Rail Wheel Plant in Bihar, Mr Shubhrangshu, wrote to Railway Board Chairman VK Yadav and says of the vigilance probe that "the purpose seems to be to ...

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IMO, MRO needs to be offloaded to the Private companies, taken out both from the hands of Armed Forces (except for field-level basic maintenance capability maintained which is essential from Wartime perspctive) and the DPSUs. Private companies can do far more effective work here and with much less c...

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I wonder what DRDO intends to do with the large cargo bay? May be this is where they plan to put in the fuel tanks, for a secondary tanker role? If the radar can be easily removed from the craft at IAF bases, it might be quite easily be used for tanker role. Would be interesting to see if they inte...

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Arre, photo ops karke news chhapo ke Meteor aa gaya he. After that even if Rafales fly with dummy missiles, Pukis won't dare come near it, at least for a few months. They already avoid upgraded M2K.

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