No they don’t read my full post, was not done

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May i suggest you to ask Vianney Riller Jr? you can find him on facebook or twitter, he will answer you.

What is new and unique was mentioned earlier in the discussion about DAS, targets are passed off from one sensor to another seamlessly on F-35 (theoretically). They are classified, given a symbol for pilots ID and tracked throughout battlespace. Pilot is aware of where friendlies and bogeys are in a potentially chaotic situation where a moments hesitation can kill you or at least limit your response time.

Which is exactly SPECTRA’s job…

Dunno if these values from Crhis Yeoh test of Rafale with 3x2000L + 2 Scalp missiles + 4 AAM will bring something to chew for experts (‘im not). This is at 25000 feet

At a typical cruise speed of M0.82/347kt, the aircraft could sustain a 60º banked turn at maximum dry power. Slamming the throttle to maximum reheat and rolling quickly into a full stick-back hard turn to simulate a break away from a threat gave a rapid response, automatically limited initially to 18.8º alpha and 4g. As the turn progressed, the FCS allowed the incidence to increase to 19.2¼ alpha as the airspeed decayed. Again, I was impressed with how easy it was to extract the maximum performance from this heavily loaded aircraft.

Rolling back to wings-level flight, I re-engaged reheat for a level acceleration from M0.6 to M0.9 in 35s.

Lets be honest, F35 will be a great plane, within its originally intended role.

Key points:
“The importance of high aerodynamic performance in BVR combat, especially persistent supersonic cruise, appears least well understood in the West. It provides more kinetic energy to BVR missiles at launch, improving range, but also allows a fighter under attack to more easily escape from an opponent’s missile engagement envelope, no differently than in WVR combat. The latter underscores what Australian analyst Peter Goon terms the “BVR paradox”—the reality that modern BVR combat imposes higher performance demands on fighters than WVR combat does.”

Amen

Very well understood by RAF, and one o the few points i’d give an edge for typhoon over RAfale (ouch, it hurts!)

Thanx .

Is there any possibility in India for Private companies both Foreign & Domestic to win Defense contracts given the fact that traditionally the Government of India has shown a bias towards Indian Government owned Defense companies ?

HAL leadership as integrator was stated in MMRCA RFP (NOT provider responsability). DAssault is only securing a second supply chain for subsystems

L1 bid is calculated based on lifecycle costs.

In fact it was calculated on life cycle + upgrades costs.
What could be described as dragging costs high is the cost ot ToT (training etc.) and industrialization costs (factories dont come for free)

there’s been a misunderstanding, but nvm 😉
Btw, quoting a pilot that flew at least 2 of involved types, sensor fusion is much more advanced on Rafale than on E/F. NG would be a different beast with irst etc.
I was just meaning that the so called gap between 4th and 5th gen is much larger between legacy US planes and new planes than Euro planes and F22/F35