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Just attempted humor... Just imagine Tejas accelerating to Mach 3+ riding on Brahmos and dropping it just before the terminal phase. What a superb way to extend Tejas' range and it can use increased loiter time on target to take photus of smouldering Pindi and dropping a few suitable dumb bombs on ...

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Rakesh wrote:
basant wrote:Alert for the Admiral!
Yaay! Yaay!

Any info on the date of this rollout? I will add in Page 1.

No info apart from the tweet itself, Admiral. Will share details if I come across anywhere.

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Alert for the Admiral!

LCA Trainer LT-5201

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Cyrano wrote:What ? No Brahmos on Tejas even now ?

Sarcasm?

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Pratyush wrote:Will the forces even order the machine without the equipment certified?

They may reorder them too. Like Tejas Mk1A.

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ks_sachin wrote:You have not read the previous post!!

AFCS was promised by HAL.

Does this mean that the production of LUH can commence but not the deliveries?

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^^^
From what I could gather, the range of LORA is 300km with 570kg and you can increase fuel fraction at the cost of warhead weight for higher range. Also the terminal velocity will be slower. Experts can give better explanation.

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The number confuses me. Should it be 54 for 3 Sq?

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Absolutely Ramana garu, 50 additional Tejas is a great news.

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Ramana garu, the acquisition plan of IAF never inspired confidence. The latest numbers for Tejas Mk.2, IIRC, were like 6 sq of v1 (GE 414) and 4 sq of v2 with another engine. To quote even yesterday's news: “We hope to roll out the first LCA Mk-2 aircraft in December 2024 and fly it the following ye...

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That's a great news, if true (and I hope it is)! Mk2 may have higher range but Mk1A itself has non-trivial range. Getting MARS would be helpful and if and when required Su-30s also can chip in with buddy refueling.

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From Air Marshal Anil Chopra (retd), Indian Air Force. https://twitter.com/Chopsyturvey/status/1625453240107282432?s=20&t=QQDHHBB3A0uEx_OAgC52NA ---> Someone tells me that HTT-40 has an overpowered engine, that could have taxing issues and need excessive braking. Hopefully someone is looking at...

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AkshaySG, he did mean 10 (=7+3) years for induction. But it is straight forward to see that it is hardly possible and it's just a play for time and relevance of the project. By that time frame China might be flying 6th gen (however inferior to its US counterpart).

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DRDO chairman Dr Samir V Kamat said that AMCA's first flight will be in 7 years but the induction may take 10 years. I guess he meant 10 years more (ie 17 years).

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Mods, can we open a thread on UFO/UAP? There is a lot of military interest and significance and multiple reported incidents within a week in the USA, Canada and China now.

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Thanks Aditya_V. I found the following article by ADA interesting and 6.2 talks about jig-less manufacturing. The relevant part: Jig-less assembly is aimed at reducing or eliminating the need for product specific jigs during assembly by developing new assembly concepts, models, tools and procedures...

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Thanks Aditya_V. I found the following article by ADA interesting and 6.2 talks about jig-less manufacturing.

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from the same link: While talking about HAL’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) project, the HAL chief stated ,”We are also a design partner in building prototypes in this project. In another five to six years, the product should be available.” is the prototype available in 5-6 years (most pla...

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Given the claim that AMCA will fly in 2024, I have been wondering if the jigs are in place for the same. Any news on the issue in public? That is physically impossible at this point. The chief either misspoke or the journalist misunderstood what he was saying. Yes, I thought so as well. But then I ...

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Given the claim that AMCA will fly in 2024, I have been wondering if the jigs are in place for the same. Any news on the issue in public?

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One of the two jets, I presume, crashed near Bharatpur. That's a distance of ~90km.

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Nag anti-tank guided missile along with the NAMICA (together NAMIS) has finally been inducted Saurav Jha @SJha1618 Anyway, the Nag anti-tank guided missile along with the NAMICA (together NAMIS) has finally been inducted into the Indian Army. These are file pics of the NAMICA. The production varian...

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X-posting from Su-30MKI thread...
IAF boosts Su-30 aircraft’s capability with over 250 km strike range missile

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IAF boosts Su-30 aircraft’s capability with over 250 km strike range missile By Manjeet Negi: Adding more muscle to its Su-30 fighter jet fleet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is equipping these planes with a new missile which can take down ground-based targets from a distance of over 250 km. “The new ...

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How could Mk2 have rolled out if the IAF was changing the specs? May be we should have some web page tracing the chronology of its development, from simple 0.5m plug with GE-G414s to the latest version that was agreed upon much later. It is frustrating that such officers are never questioned by the ...

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We can simply stipulate that only those firms will be considered that never missed any deadline. That should do it.

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Bala Vignesh wrote:Ramana garu,
The link seems to be dead.

It is. But you can use the cached version which worked for me.

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Makes me so proud! Congratulations ISRO and team!! LVM3 M2 mission successfully places 36 satellites into intended orbits The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) made its maiden commercial launch of 36 broadband communication satellites on board the space agency's heaviest rocket launch vehicl...

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Rakesh wrote:Hate to nitpick, but that is not correct Saar.

Good morning Admiral sir. I just meant to explain the relevance of RR to Rolls Royce than to Ramana garu.

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ramana wrote:K Singh Who are you referring to when you say "Don't pretend..."

Ramana garu, RR is Rolls-Royce (Turbomeca Adour).

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basant, from my conversations with both sides (armed and civvies) and some politician who served in def committees, here is my very limited understanding of how budgets work in central and state levels: ... Sir, thank you for the detailed reply. Unfortunately, I've I have seen identical issues in n...

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Many times I keep wondering, how helpful would it have been if only the unspent budgets are retained with the defence forces. For very many years, govt. kept on showing huge defence layouts without spending most of the capex at the end of financial years.

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Other advantages of longer range is higher No-escape Zone (NEZ). Plus, the guiding may be handed over to other a/c such as Sukhois/AEWs a bit further till the seeker can take over.

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I hope Uttam will have better performance on day zero. The modes have been proven quicker as they were adapted from the AEW program. Even if niggles are present, it would be easier to fix them in due course. We don't need to kill it as our adversaries too are on same path. There is always learning e...

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IMHO, Mk1s will get AESA only during MLU (which can be preponed too) as they have been just delivered. In the interim, Mk1As, Mk2s and Sukhois will be carrying Uttams so it should be okay.

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The initial lot of Mk1A are going to have EL/M-2052 radars. This was decided a long ago.

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How did you get 50% gap? What price do you wish to pay for not being perpetually dependent on foreign support when you aspire to be a superpower? How do you estimate the price of tangibles achieved with 2B USD (in terms of h/w, s/w and human resources)? The logic is flawed, like claiming there is no...

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Our RM is not a bad guy - he is gracious and understands enough to tamp out the import lobby once in a while. But our RM is not a crusader. Parrikar was a technocrat, took interest in crusading his job. Our RM is more mellow, balanced. The issue is that PMO will never depute a strong RM or else tha...

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Mods, could we move the bombers to a separate thread please? The actual news and discussion seems to have been lost in this thread. Just my thoughts...

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