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There is growing discernible impact of the results of (sustained proven superiority of western defence ecosystem) the UKR-RUS war on Indian strategic thinking with regards to the earlier heavy reliance (to the order of 70% or so of defence equipment) on Russia. "Gone are those days!" as...

A happy republic day to 🇹🇷 and all my Turkish friends here.

I plan on submitting this for a defencehub article (for the website side at https://defencehub.com/) soon. This is my entry to feel out this process and hope to do more later. I welcome any input/corrections or useful additions in interim (I'll wait a few days etc). @Gessler @Paro @Rajendra...

@Rajendra Chola et al.

@Milspec , @Zapper , @Gessler , @Paro , @Rajendra Chola et al. I wish this young man and his team (and all those like them) all the best.

@Iceream , this is large part of why i score India as 3/10 economically, this stuff should have been done 1 - 2 decades ago already. With its completion and strong impact on production (by logistics costs optimised finally), I can see myself bringing the score to 4 and then 5/10 BTW, I score...

They just copy paste from mainstream media reporting: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-state-dept-approves-potential-sale-f-35-aircraft-munitions-germany-2022-07-28/ The principle contractors for the deal include Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), Boeing Co (BA.N) and Raytheon...

Agree, the F-4 always struck me as one bad-ass looking dude that MEANS BUSINESS. An aircraft who's soundtrack is Gustav Holst "Mars - bringer of war!".

Just realised you mean FPA (focal plane array) rather than FPGA heh. It became clear once I read more into the paper I posted. As for local RnD and production of FPA, I beileve many components are still imported, but there is a drive to make the base production for these too.... I found this...

There is no EOTS on the helicopters yet I believe. EOTS research is underway for AMCA etc. first: https://www.theigmp.org/2022/06/drdos-irde-to-start-experimenting-with-eots-type-sensor-for-fighter-jets.html This may see adoption on other platforms with time too. Indian Helis etc use...

Thank you buddy and likewise. Diwali greetings to all members.