GE is apparently the largest foreign employer in india with a staff of around 20000 engaged in everything from back office processing to Phd level research via many divisions. they have a gigantic R&D laboratory in whitefield near bangalore employing 1000+ Phds/MS
http://www.gejfwtc.com/

moskva.

I did a blind search for “jet engine collapse” in google and came up
with two interesting cases:

air inlet physical collapse
http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/Histories/Guardian/Guardian.htm

and collapse of shock waves inside the engine (this could be the one!)
http://www.mtu.de/channel/files/pdf/26869vki_kreiner_lietzau_intranet.pdf

“in supersonic or hypersonic flight regimes the matching between
the air intake and the engine itself is of vital importance. if this
matching is insufficient, the system of oblique and normal shocks
outside and inside the inlet can collapse. this can lead to detached
bow shock inside the inlet, having severe consequences on the absolute value of net thrust but above all in the direction of the
net thrust vector angle. ” [ Page 9 of the file ]

detailed news on the kaveri has been hard to come by. I somewhat doubt the details you ask for will be made public. it is true like you posted that kaveri has undergone some ground tests and airborne tests in Gromov instt. but that was a work in progress not final trials of a finished product.

Erez is also right. the fruits of the Lavi experience are visible today in Israel’s mastery many aerospace fields.

Ken, the US fighters mostly likely do use some computer components manufactured in the far east. I think only Russia makes stuff that is 100% local down to the last bolt and even there certain things may be sourced from east european nations. they have also started to use western components like texas instruments DSP chips these days.
so this 100% indigenous “bar” is a sham esp. for the IAF which uses foreign radars and missiles on all existing ac.

India ; US to send nuke submarine for exercise with India
29-September-2004

India News, New Delhi, For the second consecutive year the US is sending a nuclear-powered submarine for a major naval exercise with India to be conducted in the Arabian Sea.

Exercise Malabar 04, to be held off the Konkan coast in early October, will see seven frontline warships and submarines of the Indian and US navies practising advanced anti-submarine warfare and anti-terrorism operations.

“In order to streamline interoperability and derive maximum training value for such exercises, the two navies have also evolved standard operating procedures, which would be tested during the exercise,” said Indian Navy spokesman Commander Vinay Garg.

This is the sixth in the Malabar series of manoeuvres since 1992 and the third such war game held by the two navies since India and the US resumed defence ties after the 1998 nuclear tests by New Delhi.

PTI news:

India, Singapore joint naval exercise in south China sea
Sept 28, 2004 05:45:00 PM

.NEWDEL DEL38

New Delhi, Sept 28 (PTI) Indian Naval warships would make foray into the south China sea as they hold joint manoeuvers with the Singapore Navy in mid 2005.
Frontline Indian warships, including the just-acquired stealth frigates from Russia, would join in the week-long exercises with Singapore Navy’s sophisticated anti-submarine warships, according to naval sources here.

Though India and China held some exercises off the Shangai port last year, this would be first time that Indian Warships would be involved in manoeuvres in the South China sea.

India and Singapore have been holding joint exercises for the past 11 years, but these have been in Indian waters and this time, visiting Singapore Naval Chief Rear Admiral Ronnie Tay invited Indian Naval warships to undertake joint manoeuvres in the south China sea.

Tay, on a three day visit here, held discussions with his Indian counterpart Admiral Arun Prakash. He also met the Army Chief Gen NC Vij and Vice Chief of the Air Staff. The Singapore Naval Chief will also visit Western Naval Command headquarters and warships in Mumbai.

The two countries also touched upon possibilities of Indian Naval warships undertaking joint patrolling of the strategic Malacca Straits. The visit of the Singapore Naval Chief comes on the heels of the discussions held by the Malaysian Naval Chief here last month during which revival of Joint patrolling of the Malacca Straits had also figured.

The scope of the Indo-Singapore exercises, a naval spokesman said had widened with the acquisition of submarines by the Singapore Navy recently. PTI

I believe some co in China spent about $700 mil buying up a design and complete rights from Dornier. China wants to make a big push and I dont think they will be shy of spending the big bucks. Perhaps a JV based in china will do the final assembly while ukraine and russia will supply key subsystems , engines etc to recover profits…same as Flanker deals.