Indian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

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F/A 18 Super Hornet is compatible with Indian aircraft carrier, ski jump tests soon: Boeing

While both France and the US have offered their fighters, the key issue is that the western jets are designed to operate from a flat deck with the assistance of a catapult. The Indian ships do not have the catapult and rely on a ski jump for take-off. To overcome this, Boeing says that it will prove that the Super Hornet can operate from a ski jump by conducting physical tests.
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Not sure how true this claim is but India is likely to be disappointed, again.

Rettam Stacf said:

When pictures of the J-20 first appeared, everyone said it was a copy of the F-35 because of "the way it looked", since no one know the J-20 performance yet except the Chinese. But it appears the AMCA and the other 5-Gen fighters in development by several other countries all look a lot closer to the F-35 than J-20 ever does.

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All the medium weight fifth generation (and 5th Gen adjacent) fighters, from the J-31 to the KFX, TFX, and AMCA, all do resemble a twin engine F-35.

I think it has to do with the optimal stealth shape for a supersonic fighter (serpentine intakes generally standardize the fuselage to a large degree, and the control surface layouts are pretty F-35/F22 style if you want to maximize stealth but don't want canards).

US approve sale of AMRAAM 120 C-8/120 D for India NASAMS

NASAMS AIM120D seems like it's a purchase to balance out the S-400 purchase. This way neither Russia or US can say India is favouring one over the other. At least it seems that way to me. S-300, S-400, Spyder, Akash, and NASAMS.

ougoah said:

NASAMS AIM120D seems like it's a purchase to balance out the S-400 purchase. This way neither Russia or US can say India is favouring one over the other. At least it seems that way to me. S-300, S-400, Spyder, Akash, and NASAMS.

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Dunno about that, looking at the shopping list of India it's overwhelmingly Russian. It looks to me like a attempt to cover the medium to long range gap of India's air defence.

India to procure 24 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters and 30 GA Guardian ISR UAV for Indian Navy.

India to pledge more defense procurement from the U.S.:

India would maintain relations with Russians irrespective of our strategic shift towards US. US is our biggest trading partners in both goods + services. India need US investment ,critical technology for its development in long run.

Sivnet 2 alongside mango. probably ammo upgrade for T 90.