Indian Air Force News and Discussions ll

[aurelianpilled]

If all goes has plans the Airforce envisages

200 Tejas mark 1/1a/1b
150 Rafales block 3/4/5
270 Mki and super Mki

Those Tejas are needed to get 30sqds at lower. Cost

A four pack of Tejas hunting together would have 16 Astra one 160km bvrs =all with Aesa radars
All working together
Two sorties a day

Abe pehle ura to le teju ko dhang se phir yeh tactics bhi apna layin

 

[Gripen9]

So tejus MKII is effectively dead. The other tejus numbers seem overly optimistic as well without a viable engine solution, should have gone with the M88 option instead of GE414 given the supposed tie up with Safran and Rafale deal, but then hindsight is a wonderful thing I guess. Assuming those tejus/Rafale numbers are realised, that's a lot of similar specced engines from two different sources to maintain, so I wouldn't assume higher serviceability for tejus. SU30MKIs seem to be bomb trucks for SOWs it seems, unlikely to be put into frontline A2A roles given their losses and poor performance.

Agree M88 should have been the choice since Rafale have been on the cards to be bought by IAF since 2014ish. Although M88 has a lower afterburning thrust than F404 by around 10kN.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Hardcore aero engineering - encompassing multitude of the most critical fields of engineering like mechatronics (mechanics + electronics with all underlying subfields), aeronautics, fluid dynamics, materials science etc. - is no jokes! It's no monolithic field like programming for "social media". If your best brains aren't at it you're as good as dead.....

 

[SiliconBit (silicon0000)]

Agree M88 should have been the choice since Rafale have been on the cards to be bought by IAF since 2014ish. Although M88 has a lower afterburning thrust than F404 by around 10kN.

For 200 jet, france would be happy to develop and sale improved version of engine but yes than india have to pay more than F404. I think russians can provide better options.

 

[CallSignMaverick]

I fear he's indicating joning FCAS.

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whats the situation on 5th gen , or are they planning on skipping it entirely

 

[CallSignMaverick]

whats the situation on 5th gen , or are they planning in skipping it entirely

I think Su-57 heavy for the time being, and subsequently AMCA which is to enter prototyping phase this year if the contract is signed as promised "in next few months".

Numbers for the Felon would only increase, to ultimately replace Su-30 MKI.

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[ThoroughPro]

HAL says five Tejas Mk-1A jets ready, but delivery to IAF may miss deadline again​

HAL says five Tejas Mk-1A jets ready, but delivery to IAF may miss deadline again

NEW DELHI: HAL has announced that five Tejas Mk-1A fighter jets are ready for induction after completing weapons trials, but defence sources say delivery to the

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IAF is refusing to accept half cooked curry. BTW one more Tejas crashed in January and IAF hid the news.

 

[Shui]

News pouring in.

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[Prince Hamoodi]

IAF is refusing to accept half cooked curry. BTW one more Tejas crashed in January and IAF hid the news.

Not hiding but entire fleet grounded due to third crash within span of 12 months.

So samosa will take another 30 years to be a part of active fleet.

 

[Shui]

News pouring in.

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[Nimble]

Why do people bring in china and Turkey into this thread please

The thread is Indian air force

India needs replacement of jaguar and Mirage so is buying with license production the Latest versions of Rafales

India is developing a fifth generation fighter it needs help with engine's both france and UK want the deal to help jointly develope one

India wants to enter race for sixth generation fighters soon after Amca arrives and is exploring weighing it's powerful strategic relationships with Europe and looking at Fcas or Gcap..

India has signed a 8.6 billion deal for Israelis missiles like lora rampage and drones ...again part of plans for long range strike capacity build up

Why is china or turkey to do with this road map

Finally India has announced 87 billion dollar defense budget IE 2% of gdp

To facilitate it's future defense modernization plans
I dua

They will do it for obvious reasons..... look at their missile program shaheen or ghouri which is joke compared to today's warfare and nuclear deterrence.....

 

[LC150]

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[Yasser76]

News pouring in.

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It's not news, its wishful thinking. At some point over last 5 years India has claimed to be pruchasing every type of fighter on the open market apart from Chinese ones....

 

[Ali_Baba]

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The problems that France has with Germany, will be 10x worse with India. This is just theatrical posturing to try and force Germany to become a junior "cash" partner.