If a 90KN engine is now required, why can’t they still do that? Why is a JV required?

Size x produces y kn thrust and has z hrs life. Requirement is to produce Size x engine with y+15 kn power and has z + s hrs of life. Pray, teach us how to do that?

Thanks for that info. Been away for a couple of months. Should you know / choose to hazard a guess, what expertise can GTRE bring to a co-development? To be blunt, what could they be responsible for without risking damaging the prospects of the co-developed engine?

Atleast GTRE can point out to jv partner: “What should not be done” and “What technology you ought to bring it on to the table for joint development”

GTRE main aim would be to gain more on alloy/material know how for core section, rather than getting a KT on “How to design a Jet Engine”….

[QUOTE=Buran;1782673]Isn’t this part of the hostage rescue drama?

My understanding was that Pakistan Navy was tasked with escort duties by Task Force 151, because they were the nearest coalition ship. And that Indian navy only rushed over there and tried to take over the operation after intense media scrutiny back home.

Could you give a link which proves your hypothesis that Indian navy tried to snatch operation from Pakistani Navy?

I doubt the Indian forces have any more professionalism than the Pakistani forces. I see them as both being at around the same level broadly speaking.

Yeah I agree, just as Brit Navy is as professional if not equal to a Iranian navy

It’s always easy for one side to come here and present one sided evidence, then draw conclusions based on that alone. It doesn’t prove anything.

Actually the evidence was provided by one of the Pakistani Sailors themselves in the form of video, as usual laced with the “professional Pakistani Naval speak”. So this video isnt as you put from POV of Indian Navy, albiet its from point of Pakistani Navy!

@Boom

Pak-Fa can be hastened with money.

Killing Tejas only to immediately go into cooperation with SAAB
on the NG as a replacement to it and MMRCA pick.

Then get a major player into the AMCA, not lite counseling!

Let me give you another suggestion.. Let Swedes kill the Gripen NG, and ask India for partnership in AMCA program. Because Sweden or no Sweden, Tejas and AMCA will happen

I’ll let the Swedes appreciate “dumbing down to gripNG levels”
as it relates to replacing Fishbeds, M2000s and Tejas!!!

IAF the evaluator thinks otherwise… Gripen has not been finalized as its too similar to Tejas.. dumb or otherwise

As for cancelling a program with dubious results, just remember
that America ( Which, IIRRC, has less problems feeding its people
than India. ) is reducing the F-35 program and has in recent years
“killed” Comanche and EFV amongst others! Maybe a lesson there?

as you said that even US of A has killed many its programs, and sure Swedes have no problems in feeding its own hungry people, so learning from the lesson, it should be a child’s play for it to kill and wrap up Gripen NG…

Could you please let our Prime Minister know that? 😉

Force your govt to revoke, believe me India will still survive and continue to prosper and do what is doing right now. After all it was not that when east Indian Company came to aid us “barbarians” and and then only we were lifted into prosperity 😉

Benroethig, if Indian govt just prepares to defend against two front onslaught from China & Pak, jingoes will be happy. P8I is an antidote for formidable Chinese + Pakistan sub flotilla.

Wish Indian Army gets basic things such as towed arty & SPH as fast as possible. M177’s are being purchased, but they are not in enough no.’s. Boeing P8I was bought on some understanding with US, hence it will see a relatively fast induction, rather than going through long arduous saga like mmrca or worse arty saga.

UK doesn’t face cold war type threat anymore, hence it can be bit relaxed for now. We know that if push comes to shove, Britain will not hesitate to up the ante!