International Aerospace Discussion - Jan 2018

[Rakesh]

Gripen E/F uses the GE F414 turbofan.

Saab receives Gripen E/F order for Thailand
https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-rel ... r-thailand
25 August 2025

[Rakesh]

Gripen E/F uses the GE F414 turbofan.

Saab receives Gripen E/F order for Thailand
https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-rel ... r-thailand
25 August 2025

https://x.com/zone5aviation/status/1959956943168303124 ---> 139 million USD a pop, incl offsets, for four jets. Interesting benchmark.

[Tanaji]

SpaceX has its own priorities and considerations and this is not an attempt to compare with ISRO. However, the sheer scale of its vision is mind boggling:

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/s ... unch-site/

Their goal is to have near daily launches of the monster Starship. Given that they have built it as a factory product, the economies of scale will be huge. They seem to have all bases covered: reusability, massive lift capacity and cadence. It will be very hard to compete with it and I believe the competition is at least 7-8 years behind.

[Rakesh]

RTX's Raytheon achieves longest known AMRAAM® shot
https://www.rtx.com/news/news-center/20 ... mraam-shot
16 Sept 2025

[rajkumar]

Russia Jet Powered Drones are immune to electronic countermeasures - Ukraine military intelligence
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia- ... ays-2025-9
16 Sept 2025

[Rakesh]

$285 million per plane....

This obviously includes weapons, training and other supporting Infrastructure....but still...

Peru cleared for possible $3.42 billion F-16 Block 70 buy
https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/air- ... ck-70-buy/
16 Sept 2025