Marco Valerio Bonelli
Marketing and Sales at Leonardo Aircraft
Attuale
Precedente
- Leonardo Aircraft,
- Alenia Aermacchi
- Alenia Aermacchi,
- Eurofighter GmbH,
- Alenia Aeronautica
Saurab joshi is just a clown.
Well, as any aircraft, it has shortfalls. like no inner emports, no 3rd DDM-NG for real 360 coverage,
"Arexis escort jamming pod begins testing ahead of flight trials
Saab has commenced ground qualification of a prototype low-band escort jamming pod...and plans to begin flight testing the prototype before the end of this year"
It is the Indian politic and bureaucratic problem.Surprised to see you go so low, I am used to better arguments and replies from you.
I disagree to some of his conclusions in the report as well, but he is definitely one of the best Indian defence journalists. Well written and sourced articles, not the usual sensational journalism and most of what he has written, is in public domain for a month now, he is just the first that took on the CAG report in a proper way and had the guts for calling out Dassault as well!
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First Qatar Rafale delivered. With a HMS.DDM provides 360 degree coverage, but only above the wings. Anything below the airframe and the wings is blocked, which is a major weakpoint. Apart of that...
...HMS
...IRST
...low collateral damage weapon
...SEAD weapon
...1000lb LGBs or PGMs
...Exocet upgrade or alternative
All areas, where Rafale lacks behind the competition today and that requires upgrades and before you say it, yes the hope is F4 by 2026.
Don't make me laugh. India started MMRCA in 2001, took three years to send the RFI, then four more to send the RFP, and then five more to announce the shortlist. Who wasted time? India! India also took twenty two years to buy the BAE Hawk trainers, can you blame that on Dassault too?Surprised to see you go so low, I am used to better arguments and replies from you.
I disagree to some of his conclusions in the report as well, but he is definitely one of the best Indian defence journalists. Well written and sourced articles, not the usual sensational journalism and most of what he has written, is in public domain for a month now, he is just the first that took on the CAG report in a proper way and had the guts for calling out Dassault as well!
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New Delhi:
France’s Dassault Aviation, American firm Boeing and Swedish Saab are the front-runners for the Indian Air Force’s multi-billion dollar contract for 114 fighter jets.
The IAF has finalised the Air Staff Quality Requirements (ASQR) for the fighter programme and has moved the file for getting the Acceptance of Necessity (AON) from the Ministry of Defence.
Following this, the IAF will come out with an Expression of Interest (EOI) and finally the Request for Proposal (RFP).
“With the elections round the corner, the IAF expects to get the AON immediately once the new government is sworn in. The IAF expects the EOI to be issued by the second quarter of this year and the RFP by the last quarter,” a top source said.
However, industry sources feel this is a tall order in terms of time tables.
India started MMRCA in 2001
You want basic knowledge of why things were so slow under the Congress govt?And once again you jump into a conversion that has nothing to do with you and without basic knowledge.
It's because of that:being the costliest fighter is therefor no issue, which actually would be positive.
We can notice that there is conformity between the ranking revealed by the article and the thread vote. The F-35 is not a candidate but then the first three are the Rafale with 76.7%, the F-18 with 4.2% and the Gripen with 2.5%.Not really new infos in the article, largely based on unnamed sources and warmed up infos we already knew.