RR largely yes (unless something springs a surprise later).
But Safran has very strong + close engine development ongoing with India.
They are very interested in defeating the Americans for the AMCA powerplant.
It may be difficult given economy of scale by then regd F414, but we will have to...
Probably to apply further pressure on MRFA progressing and completing. I don't see even a Russian import option lately either given they will be fully engaged with the Ukraine war and West a really long time and have no capacity to spare.
I think AMCA is really only route thats viable. If MRFA...
IAF Highlights in 2023 (Vayu Aerospace twitter)
Sourced from original release here (I think): https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1989502
Delivery of Twin Seaters, LCA Mk1 IOC & FOC contract commences
5 Firing Units + 1 training centre of MRSAM deployed
Fabrication of SAMAR...
A pretty thorough analysis. He mentions many things that @hellfire2006 did in another thread regarding "gold plated" requirement setting rather than something reasonable to work within whats at hand and within reach. A lot has been squandered this way over time.
It isn't Christmas till I hear this song hehe....joyous greetings to all of you.
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart.... 🎵 🎄🎅
They really aren't. Each A100 chip costs 10,000 USD. To go anywhere with them needs clustering of many and the interconnect architecture which bumps the cost in 6 figures at least....large networked servers then cost in the millions of dollars.
They are technically graphics cards but really...
A thread summary:
Year end review of DRDO-- some highlights
Akash-NG flight trial of new gen SAM conducted
Maiden test of ASTRA BVRAAM Missile on LCA Tejas
Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile: Flight trial conducted in Feb 2023
Indigenous Torpedo ‘Varunastra’ was successfully tested...