IMO our defence establishments must open their eyes to the benefits of reverse engineering…like doing it to the Mirages and Mig-29’s we alredy have and putting in our advanced aveonics into it…thus saving us several billions of dollars of foreign exchange.

F-18 with canards. 😮

could you please post the original link to the picture.
Do you have other works of the same CG author.

Also : There are several CGI pics of claimed to be naval J-10’s in several forums. Who is responsivle for the CG art ? could anyone give me a link to his complete works ???

Question : Which radar will the Chinese FC-1 for the PLAAF use ?? … Griffo or Koyopo or Israeli Elta radar or Chinese indegenous one (if so pls. post a few pics and details of it)

Has the Griffo radar for the pakistan Air force thundaarrrrr been confirmed ??

Any news/pics of any new chinese phased array radar in development ???

What’s up with the DSI intake FC-1 ?? …any new mockup/prototype of it ??

Any news/pics of the Chinese new laser designation pod ???…will the J-10 / FC-1 be fitted with it ??? or will the carry the Israeli litening pod ???

and off topic question : What does a laser ring gyro do ??? and what is meant by “glass cockpit”…why is it supposed to be advanced ???

PS : Could you guys post a few pics of the WS-10 too ???

Thanks in advance.

Stealth Spy 🙂

Anyone please tell me if you can find any aircraft in Bangalore, India ??

I dont seem to be able to zoom in here >> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=alberta+canada&ll=27.919222,-15.388230&spn=0.003711,0.004760&t=k&hl=en , help 🙁

LCA may get Kaveri engine by 2006 end
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LCA with Kaveri engine to be operationalised in 2009: DRDO
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bloody GE : trying make a quick buck instead of helping on the Kaveri developmetn

General Electric is offering India a dedicated more powerful version of the F404 for the production TEJAS. Designated F404-GE-IN20, this offers 20,000lb thrust (9070kg, 89.1kN) with afterburning. The new version would use elements of the RM12 derivative of the F404, built by Volvo Flygmotor for the JAS 39 GRIPEN, as well as a FADEC similar to the system as used on the F414 engine which equips the F/A-18E/F Super HORNET.

http://www.defenseworld.net/html/features/India%20radiance%20ADA%20HAL%20LCA%20TEJAS.asp

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Voices from the Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

In order to expedite the Kaveri engine development, DRDO has explored the possibility of partnership with other leading manufacturers. Expressions of Interest have been sought from all reputed military engine manufacturers to assess the level of interest in such a proposal.

DRDO has reviewed and assessed that, in it’s current stage of maturity, significant risk reduction in the program may accrue through a partnership in engine development and production to meet production release goals of Kaveri by 2009.

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=10531

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As of March 17th 2005 the Kaveri engine had completed 1300 hrs of ground and high altitude testing.
http://www.defenceindia.com/press/mod_17i_mar_2k5.html

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Here’s what happened in 2002

India: Powell to Tell India He Opposes Arrow Sale
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is expected to tell Indian officials later this week that he opposes Indian efforts to import the Israeli Arrow missile defense system, the Washington Post reported today (see GSN, May 16). Powell has said he plans to visit India and Pakistan to discuss regional tensions (see GSN, July 10).

Israel uses Arrow to defend against short-range and medium-range ballistic missiles. Because Israel developed the system jointly with the United States, Israeli officials must obtain U.S. approval to sell it to other countries such as India and Turkey, according to the Post.

The Bush administration has not yet decided whether to approve the sale to India, but high-level officials are considering the proposal, a Pentagon official said. The administration plans to inform Israel of its decision “fairly soon,” a senior State Department official said.

Department officials oppose the proposed sale out of concern that India’s acquisition of the system could increase tensions in South Asia, where Pakistan and India in recent months raised international concern that they might go to war.

“We have concerns about the introduction of more missiles into this area,” the State Department official said. “It could be destabilizing.”

“Were India to proceed with an investment in missile defense, one thing is certain,” said Karl Inderfurth, former assistant secretary of state. “Pakistan will respond in some fashion, either by increasing its offensive capability to counter such a defensive shield or by pursuing its own form of missile defense wherever they could obtain it. That is an iron law of the action-reaction cycle in South Asia.”

State Department officials are also concerned that the sale might harm U.S. efforts to prevent missile proliferation, according to the Post. They worry that it would send the wrong message to Russia, China and other weapons exporters at the same time that the Bush administration has made nonproliferation a priority.

Another potential concern is that selling the Arrow system might violate the 1987 Missile Technology Control Regime, of which the United States is a member (see GSN, July 10).

“We have some issues we need to sort through, particularly how the sale relates to the MTCR. That’s an open question,” the Pentagon official said.

Sale Supporters

Several Pentagon officials and others have said they support approval of the sale. Some said they do so out of general support for Israel, which could make a good profit, and some have argued that allowing the sale would be in line with U.S. President George W. Bush’s advocacy of missile defense and efforts to cooperate on missile defense with other countries, the Post reported.

“We certainly understand India’s interest in missile defense,” the Pentagon official said.

Proponents of the sale to India have also said it could improve U.S.-Indian relations and reward India for backing down from a confrontation with Pakistan (see GSN, June 24).

http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/thisweek/2002_7_26_misd.html#2

Look at this “fast one” that the IAF pulled off 😆

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is not interested in American F-16 or F-18 aircraft as they are prone to human error-related accidents, said sources citing Air Marshal PS Ahluwalia.

Sources said that Ahluwalia, director general of Inspection and Air Safety, gave a presentation to the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), where he showed that human error-related accidents in the F-16s had occurred more frequently than in Mirage 2000s.

The IAF was finding difficulties in managing the 20 different types of aircraft and would not like to add new makes of aircraft that would complicate the inventory further.

However, Ahluwalia also said the IAF would not like to depend on a single supplier. “It may not be prudent to put all our eggs in one basket, but it would reduce the efforts in terms of maintenance practices by opting for a familiar supplier,” said the air marshal hinting that not only the US firm Lockheed Martin’s F-16s and F-18s are not in the reckoning but even Sweden’s SAAB would not be able to sell its Gripen to India.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_5-4-2005_pg7_42

Yeah we must take Russian help to make out new CAT, so that it comes out on/before schedule and to ensure that it dose’nt end up like the LCA.

And The Super Hornet is way better than the Block 70 F-16…i mean its as obvious as the fact that the Su-30 MKI is way better than the latest mig.

and also, the version of the F-16 offered to India is an exclusive never before one and will be called block 70.

I doubt if Iran even has the technology to make a mockup of that