It would be higher… but wouldn’t be higher enough to make Tejas competitive. Tejas is simply a failed project, the sooner India wakes up to that reality the better.

So you have no idea. Thought so.

The conversations on Indian forums is the exact opposite. The biggest question being asked is how to get the industrial eco-system in India to be able to step up Tejas production. Far from being a failed project, it is obvious to most people who are willing to actually understand the entire issue, that it is vital that even more support needs to be extended to the Tejas.

thats some oddly dumb stuff right there, Gripen E beats Tejas & F/A-50 by a wide margin in every single parameter,
and beats F-16 by a wide margin in every single parameter beside max payload, which is just about never utilized operationally.

The Gripen E has only just been rolled out, so its too early to make such grand claims. I suppose we’ll only know if the IAF does really evaluate the two and then we get to know how they fared.

from an operational standpoint, it depend if IAF view MMRCA as primarily a striker or a fighter,
that will favor either F-16 or Gripen E,
but besides that there are ToT, economy, and politics, that will almost without doubt actually determine the choice,
and history suggests price will determine the choice

I don’t agree. the F-16 Block 52 is in itself a very capable and dangerous fighter. the Block 60 ensured that UAE didn’t urgently require the Rafale without adding some UAE specific changes that made it worthwhile. a Block 70 with more technology insertions will be more than relevant in the sub-continental scenario for decades to come. And while it is not the latest fighter, I don’t think anyone will take its qualities as a fighter lightly. We can safely assume that if the PAF were acquiring the most advanced F-16 variant, the IAF would not be happy.

Regarding ToT, there are questions about the amount of ToT that Saab will be able to provide, since many of the Gripen E’s systems are sourced from other suppliers and they would need to agree to part with the technology. the Selex AESA as well as the Skyward IRST may be problematic products, given that Selex is a Finmeccanica subsidiary. GE will get a lot of business volume, but again ToT will have to be negotiated with the US govt. in the picture as well.

And politics may not always work against Sweden, especially since they’re most likely competing only against LM..while they’re a political lightweight globally, if the GoI does not want to get too close strategically to the US by going with a large purchase of combat fighters from them, then Sweden and Saab may stand to gain from their lack of strings attached.

Not that much more advanced than Cheetah-C. ELTA 2032M is quite on par with RDY3, methinks..

But the Cheetah C’s upgrades were a lot older and dated by comparison to the MF2000.

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The upgraded Mirage F1 is fitted with a Thales RC400 (RDY3) multi-mode pulse Doppler radar. This is based on the Mirage 2000-5’s RDY radar, but with a smaller antenna giving shorter range.

The Mirage F1’s electronic warfare capabilities are similarly enhanced, with a new digital radar warning receiver (RWR) and an external PAJ FA ECM pod designed to detect, classify and counter search, fire-control, and missile seeker radars. The aircraft is also fitted with Corail flare launchers and Phimat chaff dispensers.

The upgraded Mirages retain their internal 30-mm DEFA cannon with 135 rounds per gun, and augment these with a variety of externally carried weapons. For use in the air-to-air role, the MF2000 can carry AIM-9L/M Sidewinder, Magic 2 or IR MICA missiles with MICA EM available for BVR use.

For air-to-ground missions, the MF2000 can carry a wide range of guided and unguided munitions. Use of the Damocles day/night laser designation pod allows the carriage of a variety of laser-guided bombs, but perhaps the greatest expansion to air-to-ground capabilities is provided by the new AASM precision-guided, stand-off rocket-boosted bomb, supported by a mission preparation system provided by Sagem Défense Sécurité and a debriefing system from Thales.

For more specialised missions, the MF2000 is compatible with the ARMAT anti-radiation missile, and with the MBDA AM39 Exocet anti-ship missile.
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Mirage upgrade augments new fighter force

There is the Moroccan Mirage F1 that was upgraded with the RDY3 radar, a new Mission Computer, upgraded cockpit and with a new EW suite and able to use the MICA and AASM Hammer bombs. that is far more modern than any Cheetah variant.

Thales upgrades Moroccan Mirage F1

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At the heart of the upgrade is a new mission systems computer. There is also a new radar in the form of the RC400, and a sensor based on the RDY used in the Mirage 2000-5. This provides compatibility with the MBDA MICA air-to-air missile also used by the Rafale. Related elements are a new electronic warfare suite and new cockpit. The Moroccan Mirage will gain a new EW jamming pod and will carry the Damocles laser/IR targeting/designation system. It will be capable of delivering the AASM IR/GPS-guided boosted bomb, shortly to enter service with Rafale.

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and see this old thread

Combat Aircraft magazine had an article on the Ecuadorean experience with its Cheetah C and D fighters..apparently the addition of the intake at the root of vertical fin added enough drag on the Kfir so as to make its general performance quite similar to the Cheetah, which was powered by a much less powerful Atar 9K50C-11 engine that generated around 70 kN with reheat. That, combined with the higher angle of attack that the Cheetah could attain meant that it was considered comparable to the Kfir in its performance.

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