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souravB

So does it mean that specifically the Tata/DRDO WhAP, which is almost fully developed has hit the end of the road? WhAP is a different requirement than FICV. WhAP was necessitated from the requirements of UNPK missions as an APC. FICV will be a family of tracked vehicles for different roles. Recent...

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All our ship classes seem to be designed with dhruv dimensions - see report from 2015 on last page. Even the lowly sukanya class has ability to stow away dhruv. The blades are folded on the deck and if the blades are manually folded on the deck, the personnel doing the folding has to be near the bl...

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^^In this configuration are the 3 blades auto-folding? Without auto-folding it is difficult to manually fold the blades on tight deck spaces of frigates and destroyers. It is okay-ish on carriers where the deck space is plenty, but other ship classes are different story.

souravB

No. The transmission for high altitude performance is detrimental for sea level performance where the helicopter will mostly operate rescuing people dropping supplies dropping & extracting MARCOS deploying dipping sonar. Sir, it has been already discussed where a derated engine which can provid...

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CalvinH wrote: Pakistan army must have a placement organization that takes care of these appointments...

And put a Lt. General as head of the Organisation.

souravB

^^Yes. Due to the rigid rotor system it is a bit tricky and HAL has been on it for more than 18 months already.
Maybe @RaghuK can detail it a bit more.

souravB

Is tail folding the only reason why Navy is unhappy with ALH dhruv? Actually that is the highlighted reason we read on the reports. IN's SQR for the NUH program is also a bit interesting which seemingly excludes ALH 1. ALL the blades should be auto folded. ALH is manually folded AFAIK which is diff...

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Hello NrShah/Goku San/Kartik If you get somebody from the below org who can share knowledge about a few things on indigenous MBT development, please ask the below questions ARDE/CVRDE/HVF Avadi -- Arjun Mk2 prototype rollout target date? target weight? -- Smoothbore gun? any chance of upgunning to 1...

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Vikas wrote:

Janab, You have missed
--Victory in Textbooks
--Victory in Twitter

souravB

Block 3 comes with a wide FOV HUD, (might) LAD. Not too shabby. Chinese avionics is going through paces and Paxtan is profiting from it. Still, sensor fusion and other software processesing capabilities are a gray area but I'd expect it to not be less than the Russians. https://d1a2ot8agkqe8w.cloudf...

souravB

^^Moreover what'll LM offer? F35?

souravB

My point,is, will India, have to go to war with Pakistan? if they integrate, POK into one Province? the opposition, here will then start teasing, Modiji, and Amit shah if a war is not declared. And the Pakis, they way they are, they will not think twice about, cutting the nose to spite the face? Th...

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What if Gilgit and POK, is made into a province, and absorbed into pakistan. what can India Do? By my info, this is happening. Paxis have only one cause that kept them united & somewhat stable. No point for guessing it. Now you take the reason out and 3 generation of Paxis that have been educat...

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^^That's the point I make to any Paxi comes around on SM gloating about how 27th Feb was a big victory for them. I just make the point of the only thing we can be definitely certain of even if we take all the claims of uncertainty out is IAF can & will cross LOC as they please since both of thos...

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^^They are doing it by curbing imports. That's why inflation is high and going strong. Also curbing imports affects their exports overall(whatever they do). It may give relief(Show the books better for present Gov) in short run but from medium run onwards imports will come albeit via black market an...

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^^So basically East Pakistan was the golden bird for Paxtan. After 1971 it flew away along with the gold. great.

souravB

^^To add to Karan ji's point There is no point in having a large loitering time if the plane is not big enough to carry a replacement crew. Also with bizjets, electrical+processing systems onboard there can even be a space crunch for adequate number of crew stations. The type can also be used as a M...

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Does Air India operate A330? It could make sense to modify one of the Air India AIrbus to create the prototype. Answering this: Yes. Air India has A330 in it's fleet! We should just send Air India's A330 for modification. The RFI already have option to include pre-owned a/c if there is enough life ...

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Admiral, the pilot issue will be countered with inducting women in combat role.
I'd have love to see one of the first woman combat pilot joining the Tejas Sq.

souravB

^^Isn't RM recently went to Russia to fix contract for Alexandrit class MCMVs? I do not remember the exact number but it should be 6 or more with ToT to make more of them. Also coming are USVs and UUVs to make it a whole package.

souravB

Sig Sauer NGSW entries with caliber 6.8x51

MG 6.8 & .338 NM SLMAG

SLX-Spear

Interesting to note a mounted optic with LRF.

souravB

^^ 1. 6.8x43 is smaller and lighter than 7.62x51 2. soldiers are able to carry more ammunition in a similar weight 3. Bullet mass is similar to 7.62x39 but cartridge mass is little less, and due to optimizations it can hit further, accurate, and harder than 7.62x39 4. Being lighter than 7.62x51, rec...

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For DRDO to truly hit that weight target, it needs to think of some out of the box solutions too, like

1. Hybrid electric transmission system

2. Composite Rubber tracks coupled with lightweight aluminium/alloy wheels

souravB

Indranil sir, I agree with you that cockpit development is a low hanging fruit. There are enough IT companies of TATA & Mahindra to develop and maintain RTOS, MMI, graphics engine and even ML based decision making. They already do these kind of outsourced work for Airbus & Boeing and can com...

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Peregrine ji, so had the Pakis been more efficient, they could've been into deeper shit? jeez they aren't even capable of screwing ownself.

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Pakis are also soon starting the local Production of CZ-807 rifles. This rifle was initially designed by the Czech company based on our RFP. We then scrapped the RFP. We are buying tons of rifles here and there. For Gods sake why are we buying guns from a Emirati company? Does it make any sense. We...

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This is a considerable development in the small arms industry.
Armor piercing rounds capable of defeating STANAG Level III vehicular armor at a considerable distance with 5.56/7.62 rounds.

souravB

--snip-- Rest of the MRCA contestants are there only for eye candy and to show the "appearance" of a process. Out of the two (F-18 and Rafale), which one is joining the IAF on 08 Oct 2019? The questions that remain now are this ---> *What tech is there on the F-18 that will entice the IAF...

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I would've liked to see an inverted bow design (maybe some inspiration from french Belh@rra class) and some information on UAV/UUV capability. But even without them, the ship's design look fine. Any info on the decoy launchers? Sourav, forum guidelines do not encourage speculation beyond available ...

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from Twitter:

Some Naval Gun systems compared.

souravB

I would've liked to see an inverted bow design (maybe some inspiration from french Belh@rra class) and some information on UAV/UUV capability. But even without them, the ship's design look fine. Any info on the decoy launchers? I myself would love to see a flying bow design, alas IN did not take th...

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I would've liked to see an inverted bow design (maybe some inspiration from french Belh@rra class) and some information on UAV/UUV capability. But even without them, the ship's design look fine. Any info on the decoy launchers?

souravB

I can see SP-26 on the line.

souravB

I think the realization finally dawned that having 2 hangers was a waste of real estate. The Godavari, Delhi, and Shivaliks have cumulatively spent several decades at sea with max 1 helicopter (lucky if SeaKing, mostly a Chetak). We simply do not have the budget to fund 2 helicopters for all princi...

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^^Thanks Raghu for the answers.

souravB

--snip-- Raghu while we have you here, can I ask you a few queries regarding IMRH please. 1. Structural composites are being considered or only composite skin surface? 2. Have the engines being already shortlisted from EOI? 3. Are retractable landing gears a consideration in the design? 4. Have all...

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Karan M wrote:C-295 AEW&C (the Israeli package on the C-295)

4x workstations (low for IAF)
--snip--

Karan sir, For future use, IAF should be looking into offsite processing via satellite datalink and control. More workstations can be provided in a CCS node.

souravB

1> Higher the platform is, farther it can see due to the curvature of earth.
2> It should be. Without enough power it cannot operate a phalcon on it. If a phalcon could be mounted, surely netra would be achievable.

souravB

This is going OT but Chola sir, there is a concept of putting an AEW antenna on the osprey for providing organic AEW capability to USMC from their LHDs. Boeing was confident about the program AFAIR. That reminds me, why are we still not considering the Ospreys for IN? It could definitely change the ...

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Cain Marko wrote: --snip--
The naval 57 birds will likely go to the US, and I don't think that's necessarily a bad idea.

only if those are the F35Cs. S-400 or not. I'd rather we go full hog than start operating 18s from 2030s. If required, sweeten the deal with some 40 odd 35Bs for the non-existing LHDs.

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