First make f-22 with stealth engine.
F-35 has 58% availability time and high cost of maintenance which are it's flaws.
Agree...But India must think what after AMCA (at least start thinking and build a future looking team) and start work before 2030...Evaluating GCAP might not be a bad option if India can have equity, workshare, TOT and ability to manufacture domestically...Between Japan and UK there is a lot of capability (India will get a lot of geopolitical benefits), and 6th Gen planes will require lots of capital and R&D, especially around variable cycle engines...Yes, it will increase our dependencies, but given AMCA will operationalize (fully) in 2035-2040, we should not wait till 2035 to start thinking about what next...Currently, only the US and potentially China have the military budgets to go it alone, along with the R&D base, to fund billions into future programs, thus we need to be smart, opportunistic and collaborative, and seriously evaluate GCAP (of course Japan+UK+Italy need to play ball).
Yeah, but I recently read that they are going to increase it to bring up to F-16 level. They have a lot of experience with maintaining 5th gen aircraft, so I guess that they have figured out all issues now
Even if India jin either of project(FCAS /Tempest) it will have Limitation in Building eco-system some systems & weapons have to b imported AMCA MK2 going to b upgraded 6th Gen Stealth Fighter jet.apart from Engine India have started Most of the system developing . who ever joins with India for developing Aero-Engine will benefit in cost .France may b like to grab this opportunity with India and develop a common platform for FCAS & AMCA . and same power plant may b replace for Indian Rafales too.
I think the main motivation for these is reduced costs. But you sacrifice control over the project. There are also security concerns regardimg sensitive info. I think france has participate in many joint projects for all 3 services but it has pulled out of most.
Yes, we have won 6 of 7 wars post independence with heavy dependence on foreign maal but don't forget that the other party was also dependent on foreign maal
Tell me that after it achieves FOC.
If whatever components, subsystems that we make for Tejas MK2 would go into AMCA, why wouldn’t the components and subsystems made for SU-57 go into SU-75, your comment doesn’t make any sense at all, this is exactly what Russians said about SU-75, I didn’t say it, do SU-75 prototype will be made in no time.
To addnto that
FC-31 is the first stealth jet they made without Canards and tested, after this, Chinese started removing canards from J20, So FC-31 is almost production ready, they are already testing them in their carriers and would induct them anytime within this year.
we need to think about Tejas MK1A first. HAL hasn’t started producing them yet, then MK2, then TEDBF and finally AMCA which is a far fetched dream.
that is called NGAD.
India needs to do its own, and unsentimental, evaluation of Russian and NATO weapons' performance in the Ukraine war. Not rely on opinions of troll -army of unemployed UK/NATO/US arm-chair experts.
