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Small clarification, the USAF NGAD is the systsms of systems program, part of which is PCA, the manned fighter compoment you are talking about. Yes, they are planning on an unmanned component and that's the CCA, Collaborative Combat Aircraft, which will act as a workhorse. As for the PCA, what...

No, that tweet is technically false since the ETU datalink doesn't count as a "tactical" datalink. TDL are those mission critical coms systems like link 16. Also, parallel to the integration of SDT datalink to the LIG ETU, there's a replavement data link under development.

Now you're even creating sources out of your head that are not even mentioned in the article and doesn't even understand what "thought to be" even means. Also dodging any counter arguments when it doesn't suit your narrative, quelle surprise. Well, I'll not stop you from believing whatever...

The NGAD-F-35 mix is exactly the case for the Next gen-legacy force compositon me and godel44 are talking about. NGAD will be fundamentally different from the F-35 and hence it is not suited to say it is a hi-lo mix. There was also a separate discussion of a 6th gen hi-lo mix in terms of the...

Yeah, and how many of those sources are actually credible? Especially when these AESA radar operational parameters are actually classified? That first article you are posting is already getting some basic numbers wrong (eg. number of TRM on the Hanhwa AESA), meaning that the article are...

In fact, there were not much air force around the world that was actually able to afford any kind of "hi" fighter in the first place, and of those who could actually afford a hi fighter, not all went with the hi-lo force structure (especially the Europeans). Also, USAF, the founders of hi-lo...

No, LM is always in favor of selling the F-16 to the Poles and the US government doesn't have a problem with that. The only peoblem here was the long backlog which meant no deliveries of new F-16Vs at least until late 2020s if you order them now. They are also planning to upgrade their...

Yeah, amd from that, how could you deduce RBE2>= Hanhwa AESA? Also that APG-83 benchmark is due to the fact that KF-21 was devloped with a goal of its "overall performance being better than KF-16". On another interview it was mentioned that the Hanhwa AESA is superior to APG-81 in terms of hw...

Don't even need to bring up US MICs, the Europeans were even behind the Japanese when it comes to active phased array developments. It is only recent that they have caught up to the deficit from the 90s. They are in no way matched to contemporary US technology. Though, this again doesn't mean...

Those figures just came out of his ass. How cann he calculate all those number while not knowing necessary figures like dwell time, PRT, peak power, SNR of each radar backend, etc? Moreover, if he really thinks that RBE2 will have the same detection and tracking range to the Hanwha AESA radar...

Guess there have been lots of thing going on while I was away. I came after hearing the news about Altay, and what a surprise, there's more! Next up is to see these aircrafts fly. It seems like they are planning to fly the MMU with Hürjet, but I really hope that they'll take a step further and...

A more fitting example will be Rafale A and Rafale C. Like I've said on another reply YF-22 and F-22 were very different aircrafts, hence the 7 years of gap between them. The relationship between YF-22 and F-22 were more like the relationship between BAe EAP and Eurofighter Typhoon.

That is a very misinformed judgement. YF-22 and production F-22 (EMD models and onwards) are very different aircrafts, both inside and outside. YF-22 as well as YF-23 were both more of a technology demostrator models for the ATF competition. In fact, they were only one of the many pre...

Bringing up examples from half a century ago doesn't help at all. Firstly there's much more context behind the failure of missile-centric doctrine in Vietnam. Secondly, since Desert Storm not a single air-to-air engagement was done with guns, bar the sole example of an A-10 shooting down Iraqi...

You've excluded a very important bit. The interviewee is mentioning uncertain economical benefits of the KF-X/IF-X program in sense as a reason for Indonesian hesitation for a full commitment to the KF-X/IF-X program. This is a deeply flawed approach as a program partner if you ask me. As I've...

Since the mods moved several posts regarding the Korean powerpack to the Korean Forum, I'd like to note that my response to Baljak's misleading/misinformed posts in page 105 have also been moved to the Korean MBT thread as well. If you're interested, take a visit...

Sorry but you're hitting a straw. Go back and read my posts again and you'll notice that not once that I've argued that the performance of the original Korean powerpack consisting of DV27K and EST15K as an acceptable performance. In fact its the opposite and I've clearly mentioned "problems" and...

I'm not sure on why you and Baljak are so obsessed about short-stroke engines. Yes, their throttle response could be better since they are short-stroke but low-end torque always favors the long-stroke given equal-everything else. DV27K's problems/deficiencies were/are not caused due to its...

Seeing Eagles with Flankers are always cool, a nice touch of F-2s are not to forget as well.

As I've summarized on post 47 on Main Battle Tank Programs thread on the Korean Forum. https://defencehub.live/threads/main-battle-tank-programs.270/post-235132