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ramana wrote: ↑23 Aug 2023 21:42 Finally Indian-designed plane fires Indian-designed BVR.
And IAF has 40 planes that can fire Astra.

Ramana garu, I am confused. IAF has 40 a/c that can fire Brahmos. As for Astra, it should be all Sukhois and Tejas, much more than 40.

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Indeed. News from last year: Bharat Dynamics will supply 400 Astra Mk1 missiles and their associated equipment, to be delivered in four years.

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No news about firing in air, just ground testing is known publicly. there's video of aerial firing on twitter. shared by DRDO updates, HVTIAF, and many BRFites https://twitter.com/DRDO_India/status/1694319452270268445 I was answering for the integration of gun. You don't want to test BVR in ground....

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Great development. Hopefully it will be inducted soon.

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Kersi wrote: ↑23 Aug 2023 16:32
basant wrote: ↑20 Aug 2023 08:58
Since FOC.
With firing trials o ground and in air ?

No news about firing in air, just ground testing is known publicly.

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Kakkaji wrote: ↑20 Aug 2023 04:39 Cannon integrated finally?

Since FOC.

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I respectfully disagree. CAG has a very specific task -- to evaluate projects based on proposals and approvals. So if an agency claims to develop a product in a particular timeframe and a budget, receives funds and does not deliver according to the set parameters, it is the responsibility of CAG to ...

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Always a pleasure, Admiral.

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Addition of NP5 aircraft to LCA Navy prototype fleet will help to accelerate flight testing activities which will provide designers vital inputs towards design and development of the Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF), the prestigious futuristic carrier aircraft programme of the country.LCA Nav...

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That would be useless. One can't even make Prof. D see reason through proofs. Twitteratis hardly are there to learn.

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LSP-1 is the most curious case!

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RM12 involved significant work. I hope that F414 involves no R&D as it will add to delays. What work was done by us on AL-31?

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पिछले साल प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की सरकार ने तेजस एलसीए मार्क 2 फाइटर जेट (Tejas Mk2) को हरी झंडी मिली थी. अब इसके प्रोटोटाइप को बनाने की अनुमति मि... https://www.aajtak.in/science/photo/lca-mk2-tejas-fighter-jet-first-flight-in-december-2024-cds-1753082-2023-08-08-2 Translation: The first fligh...

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Admiral, I know that EPE and EDE are ruled out.

Years ago there was excitement over the possibility, but then it died quickly. I do not know what makes INS6 different. Could be related to FADEC, not sure at all but would love to know.

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I doubt that, Admiral. I do not recollect anything along these lines being discussed reg. the engine. The only thing that comes to mind was the interest in F414-GE-INS6 vs F414-GE-EDE/EPE. Perhaps it is the INS6 version only.

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I am not so worried about the price aspect, but baffled by this 'co-development' part.

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And here is one more googly: HAL is simultaneously ramping up R&D spend from out of its retained earnings. Ananthakrishnan said price negotiations, post inking of the MoU with General Electric (GE) for co-development of F414 engines which would power Tejas Mk2 , have not started as yet. Big reve...

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Time's article heading and content are at odds. Someone who was totally disinterested wrote it, if it was not done on purpose.

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^^^ Precisely. It is the duty of the political leadership to lead the bureaucracy to attain its policy objectives. Blaming them after so many years is pointless. We should always remember that, now unimaginable, entire fundamental policies of the Indian industry and economy was changed by a small gr...

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I don't disagree with what you are saying RoyG. However collusive interests thrive in an environment when multiple agendas are put in front of decision makers. What is the priority for the decision makers? Once the answer is found to that question, everything else will fall in place. Agreed, sir. T...

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^^^ I also have been of the same opinion that we could skip or have AMCA in parallel to Mk2. We are not skipping any generations here at all, unlike in the case of Tejas Mk1 that skipped 2 gens! We have parallels elsewhere in India, like PSLV proved to be great despite bad record of its predecessor ...

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Centre Waives 'Conditional Clause' On Development Of LCA Mark-2, Work On 6 Prototypes To Begin Soon: Sources Of course, sources said, while the government has cleared the way, work cannot yet begin as the US Congress is yet to clear it. There is a firm belief, however, that there is bipartisan supp...

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It would be desirable to have leaders with background, but is not essential. Politicians are very smart and, if required, can always get advice from experts who mean well. Issues like auto-pilot are trivial in the larger picture as even HAL officers could inform the leadership about it and show para...

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1000 helos? Use that number to import and order little later when indigenous product is available. Why aren't LUH already in production? GoI already took delivery earlier and paid later, so money isn't the reason.

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Twitteratti create fake issues to show off their patriotism. How will Tejas take off without the afterburner? May be for testing it should be okay considering that they may never need to test with any payload or with max fuel. Mk1 has max takeoff weight around 13.5t, about twice the empty weight. T...

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This looks interesting.

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IMHO, the 'babus' have shown more commitment towards desi fighters compared to the IAF. (Remember that Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi (retd) is currently on bail in the case related to dilution of specs for the VIP choppers and the associated kickbacks.) The release of funds have to do with the minist...

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Fund sanction is different from fund release. That seems to be case here in particular: Last September, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) had cleared Rs 6,500 crore for the project to develop the LCA Mk2, a more lethal and upgraded version of India's homegrown Light Combat Aircraft Tejas. Howe...

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Lol! We should have a new term, RFS (Request For Specifications). It is necessary so that we can place order as soon the foreign entities launch the product. That way, with additional orders, the cost of acquisition can also be reduced. And who knows! One day we can defeat USA with their own product...

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I am curious to know why MH-60R was chosen against Dhruv. Dhruv seems to have same or better specs across several parameters. Is it because of the armaments?

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IAF grounds MiG-21 fighter aircraft fleet pending investigations into last crash over Rajasthan The Indian Air Force (IAF) has grounded the entire fleet of MiG-21 fighter aircraft till the checks are carried out and investigations into the reasons behind the crash over Rajasthan earlier this month ...

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Most problems arise due to the military leadership, IMHO, rather than the civil service. I am not saying all are good or bad, but from what we have been, it is civil service, esp. CAG, that keeps things in order. Is this a sad state, definitely! There are examples of how something was made very urge...

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Some landings are precautionary landings and it is made at the sole discretion and professional assessment of the captain of the aircraft. BTW, it takes big hairy testimonials to do what this captain did ( leave the fly past ), especially in the full glare of national TV cameras, and in full public...

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Interesting description. This April IAF (Israeli, not Indian) Apache attack helicopter lands at Kibbutz Ga’ash as technical fault forces it out of Independence Day flyby . The IDF stressed that it was not an emergency landing! https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-2...

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Chetak ji, no saar for me please. let this statistical analysis go, it is leading nowhere Accidents to helos that operate many times at the edge of the envelop is to be expected, but one must strive to minimize them as much as possible. Not everything can be, or should be, blamed on design. If tomor...

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ALH per HAL has 3 lakh hour cumulative service and about 300 helicopters built. So the ALT is not useful for ALH. Things that could go wrong are by now patent. Ramana garu, let's look at it this way. There have been about 20 accidents since 2002 over 3L+ hours. That compares well wrt to Chinook (10...

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Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) and Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HASS) are necessary processes in design and development. It is always beneficial to watch out for early warnings that may otherwise be not visible. They may be necessary to certify the improved designs too. HALT vs HASS ...

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The serrated washers must be to connect the control rods to the bell crank. Thats the only place the CCR would need such a fastener joint. So what fatigue this CCR is seeing? If the serrated washer is installed wrong, the nut comes loose and you lose CCR authority. There are two bell cranks. Despit...

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As for wrong assembly, it is a familiar peril. For instance : An inquiry into the near-disaster in which a British Airways pilot was almost sucked out of a plane has found that a newly replaced windscreen on the BAC 1-11 was secured with the wrong-sized bolts. Worse still, the windscreen had previou...

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India’s Dhruv chopper needs critical safety upgrade: Panel Lots of interesting info. “Though the helicopters are matured from the design point of view, having been exploited for more than 3 lakh hours , still there is scope to review the design/lifting aspects of the safety-critical system by an ex...

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