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HaldilalSDF

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It can be said that three variant's of the Kaveri is now in development Non after burning variant K 6. The K 9 for LCA Tejas Mk 1A. MWF and AMCA K 11. I can be wrong but with the news and road map that is clear. But The news about the M88 core is still unknown.
 

Grey_Lie

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Two prototypes of LCA has been integrated with Uttam I think. One was recently seen in Aero India. Also, might be seen in MKI upgrade and probably in Tejas MK2.

Tejas MK2 prototype work has begun.
IRST will be foreign for the prototypes, while indigenous when it goes into production.

Some parts of AMCA and Tejas MK2 has entered production.

CATS (Combat Air Teaming Systems') Hunter and Warrior will use an upgraded version of PTAE7 which already exists in India. Didn't found much info.

Ghatak is the aircraft for Kaveri derivative engine. Rumours say, French help was taken.

And an engine complex has been developed in India. DRDO has started feasibility studies for engine for AMCA with the help of Rolls Royce. IPR for some parts will be India's. Contract might be signed at a later date.

Prototype for Ghatak UCAV, some components of CATS will take flight this year itself.

The recent order for Arjun MK1A might be its last. DRDO is working with L&T to make a light tank by converting K9.

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Few Indian defence companies that seems promising after the recent reforms by India.

L&T : Conglomerate Giant. Has deep pockets and usually delivers ahead of schedule. Has worked on India's SSBN project, OPVs, Missiles etc

Ideaforge : Drones

MKU , TATA Aerospace, Bharat Forge, Kalyani Defence
 

Broccoli

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An American Australian university associate professor and ‘China expert’, everyone I present to you one of the most self serving, one-sided, and biased analysis-opinion piece... and may I add a pretty funny one if you read between the lines

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When ever people talk about India not copying anything or respect intellectual property, I always find it interesting how no one ever mentions Indian pharmaceutical companies and their generic drugs industry...

I find this a rather amusing point... as unlike all other areas military technology is one of those you really don’t want to rely too much on others unless your country is ok being under the foot of others... the Chinese have been on their own and has achieved their own successes while suffering some failures but still on a whole successful in their endeavours and Pakistan used as a comparison is just wrong, since Pakistan relative to India is still a poor country and yet has been able to be on a relatively same footing as India when fighter jets are concerned, actually assembling and developing iterations when India’s own was basically in limbo, that’s just embarrassing for India

Well sure when you are the biggest buyer why not, hell if China has any chance to be a supplier they probably would also offer assistance too... assistances isn’t free they make money from these ‘assistance’ why would they not do it and because India ‘respect’ intellectual property, iterations would probably also involve some form of royalty or license fee... whereas the Chinese would take the project as base and develop their own iterations and be self-reliant in the long run...


So the Indians are doing exactly what China was doing... tech transfer... only difference is the Chinese learnt and made it their own... of course no one is keen to sell to China... the Chinese is reaching parity any more help would basically mean top of the line systems which would in turn give the Chinese the edge... and local production with India’s ‘respect for intellectual property’ just means they will be making money on systems that wouldn’t be top of the line, by the time the production line is up and running or to capacity, in the long run anyway so why not...

As if...

How about waiting for what comes out of the production lines before thinking exports... Russian fighters flies pretty well in Russia when produced and maintained by Russians but seems to have problems everywhere when India is producing and maintaining them... I am sure Lockheed or others don’t want their plane to be known to fall out of the sky... seems foreign companies pitching their wares to India is the important thing...

It’s all well and good until the US puts the ban hammer on exports thanks to their involvement or ‘assistance’ in your ‘indigenous’ fighter... further what good will the airframe do when the munitions are strictly controlled, expensive and will have to go through other hoops and red tape to get...

Funny... so the foreign companies want India to produce ‘high-end’ weapons cheaply that would most likely be competing with future indigenous Indian weapons that I am sure India themselves want to be able to sell... basically both hampering self reliance, in the long run, and potential future markets at the same time, since these foreign ‘high-end’ weapons licenses will still be owned by foreign companies and since they are being produced cheaply they will be competing with India’s own development on India’s own procurement orders, therefore potentially killing two birds with one stone... what a move that would be!

Apparently Salvatore Babones is a sociologist not an military expert or policy expert.

Getting any info related to military from a guy like that is a no no... I believe he is the same guy who said that US Navy should build new battleships with cannons and all.
 

HaldilalSDF

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The Snap of Indian Air force R-73E Short range air to air missiles mounted on a ZIL truck. Some one had to much time to do this. :p
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