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The import lobby is pretty strong in India and that's exactly what they don't want to happen. F-35 is still a long shot because US will need to make some internal amendments to export an advanced weapons platform like F-35 to a country which operates several Russian platforms US might ask...

HAL shys away from rapid prototyping so we don't see them putting out frames faster. HAL has the capability to put out a flying prototype without the necessary sub system but that's does not fit into HAL Philosophy of manufacturing

I wonder if IN will go for the Rafale-M or instead opt for F-35C with this new development

Turks are significantly better than us in this regard. Credit where due since even the pakistani procurement process is way better than ours despite limited funds since they know what their requirements are, capabilities of their adversaries and will immediately make a call Us oth go back n...

I'm guessing it's more like a smoke screen from GoI to stall it until the next 4 years since if US is actually serious about pushing the F-35, there's no way our ancient and broken process allows us to finalize a deal within 5 years at the very least. Additionally, they might want us to sack...

along with the death of AMCA and future of Indian aviation

Shouldn't we plan on having a backup with the Russian or French engines since US is known to choke supply if we ever remotely go against their interests! The # of jets we produce will highly be dependent on them and irrespective of MWF or AMCA's capabilities, we can only have numbers what the...

VICARAN UAV Endurance >20hr Op altitude >25000feet Cruise speed 120-150km/h Autonomous & semi-autonomous modes of operation AI enabled mission control Modular payload Comms - SATCOM & LOS