its only for prototype aircrafts and american will wins it hands down , in another point Japan and india should work with each other to develop stealth fighter for their respected countries ,it will save time and money too

I have been saying this for almost two years that Gripen has a huge fan following in IAF pilots they liked it very much compared to any other jets since it is very friendly to fly mostly will be flown by younger iaf pilots and this was told to me by a IAF pilot based in Agra

KC-130J are they serious ? earlier they wanted good range in re-fuller now they ready to settle for this ? IAF is a big mess and biggest example is MMRCA

Why would the IAF go the Israelis for F-16 familiarity?. If they even give a small hint that they will choose the F-16 in the MMRCA,LM will park couple of jets in India for all the testing they need.

years go there was a report that a Indian pilot was posted in Israeli air force attached to F-16 squadron , and an Israeli pilot to an IAF Mig-29 squadron ,even a IAF instructor was posted in USAF attached to a F-16 squadron ,i donot know how many are still posted but sure they know the aircraft now much better

Rafale weakest point is its engine , i dnot know might have suffered heat stroke in jaisalmer

i heard that they will be tried under THE INDIAN TELEGRAPH ACT, 1885 , even Satellite phones are not allowed in India , please don’t carry one if your visiting India, one Polish national has been arrested recently due to that , After Headley incident now even foreign nationals go through harder checks which was missing earlier

I personnally donot trust this information coming of Internal report ,same internal report had said that SH was not performing well in indian hot condition and another reports says they passed with flying colours

Abhimanyu you are comparing to many projects with too many of your own conclusions , what will go in FGFA or PAK-FA even Russian Air force have not discussed it with Sukhoi ,after two year of airframe testing Russians will decide what will go in their version of PAK-FA and IAF and India will also decide what will go in their FGFA ,so its better not discuss something which is in so early stage of development , Regarding IJT-36 no one is ditching it Firm orders will come when issues with new engine is fixed . Just because i can buy a Hummer H3 from Showroom and paint it Brown or Green does not make it Military Vehicle so is NAL Hansa it was never designed for such maneuvers which a Military Turbo Trainer with Military Avionics suite could do, we are not training civilian pilots