An alternate theory of the MMRCA process
http://www.stratpost.com/an-alternate-theory-of-the-mmrca-process-i
http://www.stratpost.com/an-alternate-theory-of-the-mmrca-process-ii

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/mod-use-swiss-jets-pilot-training-092

^^Indian pilots would be sent to Switzerland to make up for the shortage of flying hours in basic pilot training program. I still don’t see how they will be able to achieve the 150 hour benchmark when they are currently getting only a sixth of that.

Well it seems to me that while it’s clear PAF cannot compete with the IAF on modern aircraft, they’re heavily investing in new capabilities like tankers, AEW&C, were the IAF seems to be slightly behind. The addition of electronic warfare systems from the US seems a bit worrying to me. They said it’s defensive only, but it would be interesting to know whether they only protect individual aircraft or if they can protect a strike package.

The deal is only for 18 pods, although modern and capable you cannot ignore the overwhelming numbers of IAF aircraft which carry similar systems and the number of aircraft which are being upgraded to accommodate such systems internally (MiG-29, Mirage-2000 and Tejas). Other than tankers (which are of lesser concern due to lack of strategic depth in Pakistan), the IAF’s rate of modernisation and induction of newer systems is hardly being matched by Pakistan.

How big is the brochure, or whatever it is, beside it?

Seems like an A5 pamphlet, could be A4 as well, but I doubt that the seeker would be wider than 8-9 inches, tops.

It seems like Boeing Chinook has met the technical requirements for IAF’s heavy lift chopper and judging by the tone of the article, Mi-26 has made it as well.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-bulllish-on-chinook-winning-indian-competition-370225/

Quadbike , whatever idea I have is based on your posts..;)
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Anyhoo, didnt see this before..seems like loosely based on Rustam -1 ?

This isn’t one of the HAL exhibits. All HAL models were miniatures. Also, doesn’t seems to be a DRDO UAV exhibit either, they were placed somewhere else.

Refernce ? Link ? Official Source ?

Check calendar.

I think I am getting confused here, correct me if I am wrong. The demonstrator which is supposed to fly in 2014 is based on the ATD-x model displayed in public, but would be significantly larger and would be powered by two 11 ton engines and replace F-2 in the future, right ?