India completes basic trainer trials

India has completed flight trials for its new basic trainer aircraft, with the country’s ministry of defence now considering the air force’s flight evaluations.

“The flight evaluations are over, the reports are with the ministry, and the next step will be contract negotiations,” says the Indian air force.

The service adds that a selection should be made quickly, although it did not provide a specific date. “We require trainers more than anything else, so the selection will be expedited.”

In contention for the planned 75-aircraft deal are the Airbus Military-promoted PZL-130 Orlik, Alenia Aermacchi M-311, Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano, Grob G120TP, Korea Aerospace Industries KT-1 and Pilatus PC-7.

Single crystal blades are nothing new at all. Every MMRCA candidate has them. Even the Su-30’s currently flown by India have them. Now that they are getting help from SNECMA on the Kaveri this shouldn’t even be an issue.

As for an AESA, all MMRCA candidates have an AESA. Perhaps the American offers are a bit more mature, but you can bet India won’t be getting full ToT on an American AESA (at least not on a non-watered down version), despite what the RFP says.

Nothing new but I doubt India has got the ToT with these deals to make an engine with SC Blades on its own.

Engine & Fighter Size AESA radar tech would be good wrt to ToT.

of course it’ll have to compete with the F-16, Gripen, and to some extent, T-50 as well as the obstacle of having American Engines.

The only comptetitors I can see are the Gripen C/D and JF-17

It should carry the Nirbhay.

How much more pathetic can your standards be? What do you know of air force professionalism? If you don’t like the RuAF tactical jets, look at the strategic bomber fleet (how’s that for the professional AF look?)…

Israel’s AF, the best smaller AF around, uses camo schemes too. Why don’t you take a crap all over them too while you’re at it?

Read my comment iw asnt syaing Ruaf was not professional. I was just saying my opinion that Russian glossy camo looks eww.

I still would like to know how you measure “professional” pitch black paint sceeme vs a more camo splinter sceeme like the many RuAF units, like the blueish Su-34 or the gray slinter on Su-35 ‘902’ and Pak-Fa ’51’?

It has nothing to do with professionalism, your claim is not professional nor is it logical.

Ia a Camo paint is requirered, then who’s got the most efficient one?
Surely not in plain matt black!

I was not saying RuAF is not professional just that most of the top air forces in the world stopped using wierd camos long ago.

As for the colours TR1 its personal choice in my personal opinion (I am sure some others will agree) the glossy Russian camo is sickening and takes the beauty out of fine aircraft. The J-20s superior looking finish is mosly due to the black paint.

Pakistani J 20/F 35 vs Indian T 50 ?