Kaveri isn’t completely dead really. The UCAV project is going to use it. It is going to be tested on board a MiG-29 testbed in Russia.
From the latest info it might be twin engined with 2D thrust vectoring.

I was under the impression that the IUSAV/Aura/whatever project was to field a technology demonstrator akin to nEUROn, X-47B, etc. rather than a production aircraft.

The advanced kaveri would be somewhere between what volvo did with RM-12 and completely designing a new engine.

India should constrain its ambitions for AMCA’s engine technology to the level of today’s F414/EJ200/M88/117S, etc. These engines are perfectly capable of meeting mooted requirements, and aiming considerably below the (2030) state-of-the-art increases the prospects for technology transfer and indigenisation accordingly. Transition to an all or mostly-Indian engine should be accomplished at the earliest possible date, if not from the very outset, not only for economic reasons, but in order to create the feedback cycle between user/manufacturer/design/research teams essential to further development. For both of these reasons, indigenisation should be prioritised above keeping up with the state of the global art, and the armed forces must be prepared to accept this. Refusing to walk (or jog) before running is a recipe for perpetual foreign dependence and unaffordability.

It seems like a race or fashion to use adjectives like clowns, stupid, hell, BS, idiots…. and list goes on 😡

When it comes to the epic mismanagement displayed to date re: India’s indigenous engine development efforts and their integration with Tejas and AMCA, and the likelihood, based on currently available information, that such mismanagement going to continue into the future, what sort of adjectives do you think are appropriate?

IANAPOEOB but there is an intuitive relationship between size/mass and ability to withstand acceleration. Many insects and small animals can withstand g-forces that would kill a person. I doubt it’s a coincidence that the highest acceleration listed amongst your examples is that of the smallest object, and lowest that of the largest.

With the exception of the truncated Zumwalt-class, and the similarly limited-run Kirovs, Type 055, reportedly displacing 12-13k tonnes, marks the first PLAN destroyer to be larger than (or even on par with) its contemporaries from other major seafaring nations e.g. USA and Japan. It’s an interesting, if minor turning point.

Uh, I see. Considering deliveries of the 052C are still ongoing let alone the 052D the pace of Chinese development never fails to amaze.

To be fair the last 052C should be commissioned in the next few months.

I am less concerned with the thrust rating of AMCA’s prospective engine than the acquisition model. If we are talking uprated versions of existing engines (F414, EJ200, RD33) the underlying technology should be aged enough to allow for comprehensive technology transfer, and mooted production scales sufficient to justify domestic manufacture, and these items should be pursued at all costs. Ultimately, solving India’s engine problem is more important than AMCA itself.

Carrier is a long term project, nothing planed for the near future.

I question whether Russia can afford to develop a robust carrier capability and even if she really needs it given that her most significant ‘overseas’ interest going forward is the Arctic. The resources that would be devoted to such a capability would certainly be appreciated elsewhere: submarine and surface combatants, strategic aviation, strategic rocket forces and space capabilities, etc.

Clearly AMC should work on shoring up that congressional support base.

Simply amazing images by Angad Singh !

https://www.flickr.com/photos/angad84/page1/

Lots of great photos here, alas mostly not of Indian/IAF aircraft!

Thanks for the link.