Boeing is getting paid for the consultancy for Tejas programme they are not doing it for FREE ,Race for MMRCA is shifted to Gripen NG and Euro fighter long time ago ,IAF knows it well that Americans will never allow European or Russian Missiles to be integrated into them ,looking at the current IAF Plans they want to maintain a commonality in their AAM

Nick, whats the the minimum interception altitude of the Akash SAM?

Plus:

What the story behind the following MCA illustrations?

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/Hyperwarp/Hobbies/Military/IND/Air/MCA/mca1diag2zb.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/Hyperwarp/Hobbies/Military/IND/Air/MCA/mca1dt.jpg

First picture are just basic drawings which is almost a decade old now while the second picture is of recent study done by ada (2006??)

Abhimanyu it is wrong to say that MCA is only in drawing boards ,actually it is pure concept and nothing else ,it might be disappointing but actually nothing else been done at all

Tom Cruise will not be doing ‘Top Gun 2’

BY : Msnbc

Sorry “Top Gun” fans, it appears Tom Cruise returning to the franchise has not been cleared for take off.

Earlier this week, reports surfaced suggesting Cruise was in line to reprise his role as Maverick in the fighter jet film, 22 years after the original.

However, “Access Hollywood” has confirmed those reports are false.When contacted by “Access,” a spokesperson for Paramount (which released “Top Gun” in 1986) said there was “no way” Cruise would be returning to the role.

In addition, a rep for Cruise also told “Access” the reports of a Maverick reprisal are completely untrue.

According to the erroneous reports, the sequel would have seen Cruise’s character returning to Top Gun school as a flight instructor.

Fans can catch Cruise on the big screen in a brief cameo in the upcoming comedy “Tropic Thunder,” which hits theaters Aug. 13.

http://www.idrw.org/2008/07/23/tom_cruise_will_not_be_doing_vtop_gun_2v.html

same question can be raised if J-10 is good enough then why PLAAF is still buying Su-30 ? its that simple Tejas is a light aircraft ,iaf wants to maintain three class of aircraft ,Pak-fa and Su-30 will form heavy class ,Mig-29,MMRCA will form medium class ,while Tejas will form the light class

Indian Express report of only achieving 17 AOA is proven false Tejas has already achieved 20 AOA as per IAF’s ASR it should be 22 AOA which might have been achieved or will be achieved with the new engine

i thought a sukhoi squadron will be based there ,replacing the current 2 squadrons of Mig-21