India-US relations: News and Discussions IV

[Rudradev]

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Taza Khabar from New Delhi - - India on Tuesday cleared the project for buying 97 LCA Tejas Mark 1A fighter jets for the Indian Air Force

That's great, but what are they going to be propelled with?

[Vayutuvan]

Reeeeeal quick data point.

About 6 hours ago The Atlantic (a liberal Dem-friendly portal) posted a hit piece against Modi & India from a pure Pakistani propaganda perspective. ...
The Atlantic even temporarily (it has brazenly hosted many, many anti-India, anti-Hindu, anti-Modi hit pieces over the years and never taken one down).

How such a storied magazine has degenerated into a liberal dem mouthpiece.

From Wikipdeia

It was founded in 1857 in Boston as The Atlantic Monthly, a literary and cultural magazine that published leading writers' commentary on education, the abolition of slavery, and other major political issues of that time. Its founders included Francis H. Underwood[3][4] and prominent writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Greenleaf Whittier.[5][6] James Russell Lowell was its first editor.

Now owned by Laurene Powell Jobs - widow of Steve Jobs.

Looks it is owned by this non-profit funded by Laurene Jobs who participated in the recently concluded Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Collective

Emerson Collective is an organization focused on education, immigration reform, the environment, media and journalism, and health. Founded by billionaire philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs,[2] the collective, which operates under a limited liability company (LLC) model, uses philanthropy, impact investing, advocacy, and community engagement as tools to broadly spur change in the United States and abroad.[2] The organization is considered to be one of the leading groups engaged in philanthrocapitalism.[8] One of its most high-profile acquisitions was its majority interest in The Atlantic magazine in 2017.
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In 1997, Powell Jobs had co-founded, together with Carlos Watson, the nonprofit organization College Track, a college completion program to combat the achievement gap among students of color.[10][11] When Emerson Collective was established in 2004, grants and investments largely focused on the education sector. When Powell Jobs began learning more about the challenges plaguing immigrant students, particularly those whose undocumented status made it difficult to attend college, Emerson Collective broadened its portfolio to include immigration reform and advocacy.[2]

Powell Jobs and Emerson Collective were strong advocates of the creation of President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and have continued to push for permanent legislation to provide "Dreamers" with a path to citizenship.[12] In October 2016, she wrote the article "Immigrants Fuel Innovation. Let's Not Waste Their Potential" for WIRED.[13]

[Jay]

Emerson Collective is an organization focused on education, immigration reform, the environment, media and journalism, and health. Founded by billionaire philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs,[2] the collective, which operates under a limited liability company (LLC) model, uses philanthropy, impact investing, advocacy, and community engagement as tools to broadly spur change in the United States and abroad.[2] The organization is considered to be one of the leading groups engaged in philanthrocapitalism.[8] One of its most high-profile acquisitions was its majority interest in The Atlantic magazine in 2017.
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In 1997, Powell Jobs had co-founded, together with Carlos Watson, the nonprofit organization College Track, a college completion program to combat the achievement gap among students of color.[10][11] When Emerson Collective was established in 2004, grants and investments largely focused on the education sector. When Powell Jobs began learning more about the challenges plaguing immigrant students, particularly those whose undocumented status made it difficult to attend college, Emerson Collective broadened its portfolio to include immigration reform and advocacy.[2]

Powell Jobs and Emerson Collective were strong advocates of the creation of President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and have continued to push for permanent legislation to provide "Dreamers" with a path to citizenship.[12] In October 2016, she wrote the article "Immigrants Fuel Innovation. Let's Not Waste Their Potential" for WIRED.[13]

I do not know what's "morally objectionable" anything about this.

[pravula]

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Taza Khabar from New Delhi - - India on Tuesday cleared the project for buying 97 LCA Tejas Mark 1A fighter jets for the Indian Air Force

That's great, but what are they going to be propelled with?

wing and a prayer

[gakakkad]

They have been delivering engines of late it seems . How difficult would it be to reconfigure them to saffran or russky engines ? Is n^3 or any aerospace dude around ?

[Amber G.]

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FWIW: Tejas Mk 1A Production: Engine delays resolved; Nashik rollout July 2025; 12 jets in 2025; 16–24/year after 2025–26; deliveries begin by March 2026
Kaveri Engine Program: Decades-long challenges; revival underway; flight trials (2025–26); KDE flight testing in Russia by late 2025, certification in 2026
Tejas Mk 2 Prototype : >60% built; unveiling late 2025; first flight early 2026; induction by 2028–29; cockpit tech demo showcased..
Discussions are underway for collaboration with international firms like Safran (France) for future engine development—possibly to power Tejas Mk 2 or even AMCA - India’s 5th-gen fighter
- HAL is also employing digital manufacturing and laser-guided precision to fast-track assembly..etc

Some links: (Last few weeks)
Large touch screen, side joystick & less switches: Tejas Mk2 simulator provides first details look of India's 4.5 gen fighter jet


Engines of Independence: Why the heart of India’s fighter jets must beat at home


LCA Tejas on fast track: GE to supply two F404 engines a month; India plans to buy Javelin missiles, Stryker vehicles, says Def Secy ((July 2025 Article)

Also see viewtopic.php?p=2657236#p2657236

[chetak]

Someone should tell bessent that china not only buys russian oil, it also buys sanctioned iranian oil.

But there is precious little he can do about it so he bows and scrapes to the chinese and tries to bully India.

[Amber G.]

Meanwhile about that oil import from Russia ..

Taza Khabar:
Amid US tensions, Indian Oil, BPCL resume buying Russian oil for September as discounts widen