If we are choosing to qoute IAF pilots on the LCA , how about this gem

“so late it is obsolete”.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/18/india-airforce-idUSL4N0VR4NV20150218

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And yet it’s more modern than the neighbour’s soon to be most numerous fighter. Apply that officers logic- and there’s nothing to worry when we are talking about an even more obsolete fighter.

You’ve yet to show it’s better than the Mirage 2000 in ONE parameter, let alone “many significant”, according to the “people you’ve spoken to”. This is the bile that YOU introduced to this thread, not me.

you aren’t going to believe anything I say and frankly your opinion doesn’t matter to me. An LCA TP clearly told me it matches the Mirage-20000 ITR. I don’t care about what you think. You will choose to cherry pick data that only suits your viewpoint. I don’t want this thread to be derailed by people of your ilk.

Ajai Shukla, who has spoken to LCA test pilots said this

Business Standard article

IAF pilots that test-fly the Tejas-Mark I find it qualitatively superior to the Mirage 2000

Can you quantify that? In what way does “more than adequate” equate to “significantly better”?

the ITR is equal to that of the Mirage-2000. The ASR itself was based on the Mirage-2000’s ITR and it has been met.

But the STR was called as being more than adequate- by one of the TPs. As for AoA, the max is now 26 deg, since it is a 8G fighter and not 9G. the Mirage-2000 being a 9G fighter can go up to a max of 28 deg alpha.

It is easier to land a Tejas than a Mirage-2000 and that was a point made by Grp Cpt Suneet Krishna, who was an IAF Mirage-2000 pilot prior to joining NFTC.

It doesn’t equate – hence my almost.

Tejas is cheaper, but also not as good in most (all?) performance parameters.

As per those who’ve flown it, its better in many significant parameters than the Mirage-2000. As per one I spoke to, “more than adequate”.

http://lenta.ru/news/2015/02/11/fencer/

Su-24MP crashed, both crew died. 🙁

RIP.

HAL Light Utility Helicopter (LUH)..supposed to have its first flight by mid-2015 as per HAL chairman.

India could sign defence contracts worth $1.5 billion for 2 Phalcon AWACS and 4 aerostat radars

India and Israel are likely to finalise a major defence deal, which would see two more Phalcon AWACS (airborne warning and control system) and four aerostat radars, in a deal worth almost $1.5 billion or ₹9,330 crore.

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (front) stands in front of a Patriot missile battery as he speaks to U.S. and Israeli troops as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel looks on after viewing the Juniper Cobra 14 military exercise at Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base in central Israel, near Hatzor kibbutz May 15, 2014.Reuters
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (front) stands in front of a Patriot missile battery as he speaks to U.S. and Israeli troops as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel looks on after viewing the Juniper Cobra 14 military exercise at Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base in central Israel, near Hatzor kibbutz May 15, 2014.ReutersIsrael’s defence minister Moshe Ya’alon will visit Bangalore for the Aero-India show (18-22 February) and will be accompanied by the director-general Major General (retd) Dan Harel and the CEOs of major Israeli defence companies. During the visit, he will meet with India’s defence minister Manohar Parrikar.

The finance ministry recently allocated funds for the acquisition for two more Phalcon AWACS.

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The AWACS have a 400 km range and a 360 degree sweep coverage, which allows detection of airborne enemy aircraft, cruise missiles and drones, much before ground-based radar can. The AWACS also acts as a potent force-multiplier, by directing air defence planes and missiles to be directed at enemy air force.

“The CNC (contract negotiations committee) has been concluded. After the finance ministry, it will be sent to the cabinet committee on security for the final nod,” EconomicTimes quoted a source as saying.

India is poised to finalise four additional aerostat radars – sensors mounted on large balloons tethered to the ground. India already has two EL/M-2083 radars, bought from Israel in 2004-2005 for $145 million.

India recently agreed to acquire 250 Israeli Spice missiles, an stand-off autonomous air-to-ground weapon system for fighter jets and also Heron medium altitude, long endurance UAVs.

It rejected a hard-sell by US for its Javelin anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), choosing to go with the initial purchase of 321 Israeli Spike ATGM launchers and 8,356 missiles at a cost of ₹3,200 crore.

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