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Please post all Indian stealth aircraft developments and updates here.
Wow,2026/27.Please post all Indian stealth aircraft developments and updates here.
Wow,2026/27.
I wonder if it should have been quicker, the Koreans with some American help were able to build a scaled jet that will not be fully stealthy in the beginning but by the second or third block will have IWB, and RCS nearing American aircraft. It will have its first flying prototype within two or three years.It is ambitious, but India has near and far field infra to study and test the RCS signatures.
It is then a matter of materials application research and development. Lot of these composites have already been started and deployed with the Tejas program.
All that remains is as said the engine and they have followed modular approach here in interest of time (and the engines huge RnD needs)...which should have been done w.r.t Tejas from the start.
Let us see how it goes.
I wonder if it should have been quicker, the Koreans with some American help were able to build a scaled jet that will not be fully stealthy in the beginning but by the second or third block will have IWB, and RCS nearing American aircraft. It will have its first flying prototype within two or three years.
the Koreans with some American help
Please post all Indian stealth aircraft developments and updates here.
ADA has finalized GE's F-414 for both programs until Kaveri-GTX or some other indigenous version takes shape
Highly unlikely that Pratt&Whitney will offer IPR or even ToT,joint development was already laid by indian side but was cancelled.ADA has finalized GE's F-414 for both programs until Kaveri-GTX or some other indigenous version takes shape
Doesn't matter as long as we hold the IP and we're able to develop variants in the long run by ourselves. I believe there's an offset clause in the Rafale deal for Safran to collaborate with GTRE in reviving the Kaveri-GTX to help achieve the required thrust...I don't think there's any progress in that regardHighly unlikely that Pratt&Whitney will offer IPR or even ToT,joint development was already laid by indian side but was cancelled.
Which side should we choose Jv with RR or safran?
Baba kalyani claimed that his company has good knowledge in metallurgy and if a consortium is formed of several private companies they can deliver turbofan engine in 7 years.Doesn't matter as long as we hold the IP and we're able to develop variants in the long run by ourselves. I believe there's an offset clause in the Rafale deal for Safran to collaborate with GTRE in reviving the Kaveri-GTX to help achieve the required thrust...I don't think there's any progress in that regard
Maybe with active support from DRDO and research orgs/IITs/IIScBaba kalyani claimed that his company has good knowledge in metallurgy and if a consortium is formed of several private companies they can deliver turbofan engine in 7 years.
Is this possible?
Baba kalyani claimed that his company has good knowledge in metallurgy and if a consortium is formed of several private companies they can deliver turbofan engine in 7 years.
Is this possible?