Indian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.

Ghatak UCAV

AMCA design seem to be finalizing,

The LCA seem to have split in 2. IAF version is now a medium weight fighter and the IN version has gone some major changers.

NLCA MKII - IN


MWF - IAF

UTTAM AESA and Brahmos-NG for the LCA

More on DRDO AESA development,

DRDO AESA developments continued,

Skywatcher said:

I've got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale if anyone thinks that India will be allowed to export, much less have a monopoly, on all future F-16 exports.

Click to expand...

Nope. Lock-Mart is supposed to open a new factory this year and the Taiwanese have been pushing for a new order.
F21 is a Indian only order.

TerraN_EmpirE said:

Nope. Lock-Mart is supposed to open a new factory this year and the Taiwanese have been pushing for a new order.
F21 is a Indian only order.

Click to expand...

One of the selling points of the LM package is that they're going to move the F-16 production line from South Carolina to India.

As if the SC congressional delegation would let that happen.

Indian assembly yes.
Some parts yes right now the Wings are planed to move there.
As is of course the Wings of F16 were already made in Isreal and South Korea.
Tata has to certify that they can produce the Wings to spec. That's about 2 years from now.

Right now though if you look at a parts manufacture list for F16 Block 70/72 It's an atlas.

Production also depends on the contract and willingness to source.
Bahrain will be the first customer from the Greenville plant. Likely followed by Slovakia.
Long term yes Lockmart wants to grant Indian production which might mean South Carolina as a second line for F35 or evetually F-X/F/A-XX perhaps KC-Z or the eventual C17/C130J replacements.
but that's likely to be around the turn of the 2030s.

TerraN_EmpirE said:

Indian assembly yes.
Some parts yes right now the Wings are planed to move there.
As is of course the Wings of F16 were already made in Isreal and South Korea.
Tata has to certify that they can produce the Wings to spec. That's about 2 years from now.

Right now though if you look at a parts manufacture list for F16 Block 70/72 It's an atlas.

Production also depends on the contract and willingness to source.
Bahrain will be the first customer from the Greenville plant. Likely followed by Slovakia.
Long term yes Lockmart wants to grant Indian production which might mean South Carolina as a second line for F35 or evetually F-X/F/A-XX perhaps KC-Z or the eventual C17/C130J replacements.
but that's likely to be around the turn of the 2030s.

Click to expand...

With a project of this scope and the Indians ability to slow walk anything that involves bureaucracy, I am not confident anything will get into some form of agreement let alone a product in the next ten years.
Btw, anyone noticed the different TR band widths in the presentation slide. I am not aware that anyone has actually done this to-date or that it is technically feasible.