GE Gears Up for F-404 Engine Deliveries to India with Two Scheduled for Shipment This Month
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Alternate engine can only be EJ-2000 and nothing else.
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When the US does business with us they have very strict penalty clauses . Remember Enron agreement ? Where we may have had to even sell our Parliament to meet our commitment agreement to buy at a particular price indexed. So powerful their agreements were. We have nothing . No penalties that if they delay delivery or if their engines fail technically they will have to pay us half a billion dollars every month. Dum hai kya , aisa agreement banane ka ?
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both france and uk are vassal states of USA you would get same treatment
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Should have taken the help of RR or Safran from day one
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Disagree with you. All the good engineers are going to MNCs for their job . Do not talk quota . I am from south India. My state has BCs and SCs over 80%. and we provided reservations for them. My state is one of the leading state in india in social development , education and industrial development . Our state people contribute considerably to ISRO and DRDO. If all caste people are in equal state. Then there is no need for reservations. But still not that much. Improvements. In my state it has improved lot but in other state still it is not improved. I can see a thousands of migrant workers coming to my state for working as labourers in hotels , industries for low wage . So it is not because of reservations
Kaveri dry lacks afterburner, it's fine enough for something like the Ghatak drone
Haters will say it's not true
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It amazes me how people who have never done any actual engineering work keeps making all these comments on engine changes. An engine change will lead to structural changes (unless the dimensions of engine being replaced have similar dimensions) in the aircraft airframe and one needs to re do all sort of modifications to maintain the flight envelope. This will again lead to lots of delays.
Actually they only got ahead because of copying or stealing the technology. Also their jets are not really 5th generation at all. Our 20yr old Sukhoi could clearly see their so called stealth jet across the LAC. Just by sticking a name on something doesn’t make it a reality.
We can win by using our nuclear weapons. All it takes is a well timed and well placed saturated nuclear attack on their capital when their senior leaders and top command are all present.
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RD93 engines will require ADA certification. Lots of dumb people here commenting that HAL gets to choose the engine
How can we force GE to supply an engine when they are having supply chain issues or whatever issues themselves? The engines and contract were signed which is legally binding. What investigation are you going to do from our side when we have no jurisdiction in the USA?
Not everything in life can be controlled by our government and not everything is their fault. So what’s a joke?
Whatever the reason for the delay India should keep producing the jets and install an engine whenever they come here. Ideally we should make a deal to manufacture the GE 404 engines in India as in total we will be using 200 Tejas MK1A jets and on average over a 30-40 year period the jet will use at least 3-4 engines so the total requirement is 600-800 engines. We will also need to setup its MRO facilities anyway so we should make a long term deal with GE.
The other alternative is to buy and import 200 F404 engines off the shelf from GE. Then we can replace them with the F414 engines which will give it more speed and power when the F404 engines have completed their lifespan. With the F414 engine we get 80% of the technology and manufacture that amount with indigenous content. Also it’s possible that with any upgrades to the jets technology and equipment the Tejas MK1A will need an engine upgrade sooner or later. If we need to make some minor modifications to the jet and its air frames to fit the F414 engine then it’s better to do that.
The other alternative is to buy and import 200 F404 engines off the shelf from GE. Then we can replace them with the F414 engines which will give it more speed and power when the F404 engines have completed their lifespan. With the F414 engine we get 80% of the technology and manufacture that amount with indigenous content. Also it’s possible that with any upgrades to the jets technology and equipment the Tejas MK1A will need an engine upgrade sooner or later. If we need to make some minor modifications to the jet and its air frames to fit the F414 engine then it’s better to do that.
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Our need is so large that all the options should be exercised to achieve our minimum inventory levels
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And practically all nuclear powers have some form of fall-back system in case of a decapitation strike such as the one you suggested. No one wins if you use nukes.
