New Member Introductions: Let's Get to Know Each Other

[motleyeximco]

Hello all

I hold a UK passport but my great grandparents were from 8 countries including England and Scotland, so I have no overwhelming affiliation with the UK. Cosmopolitan in outlook.

Interested in aviation from a very young age. I have much experience of hang gliding, some gliding, a little powered flight, a little aerobatic flight. Interested in Indian fighter projects and other military aviation projects.

Have done many things, worked in many different places but was until recently a database programmer analyst. Closed my company and am now retired.

I look forward to debating Indian military aviation with all.

Rapid development timelines like Zorawar's are a real positive for the Indian ecosystem — it shows the public–private model is maturing. One thing that'll be interesting to watch on light tanks is survivability at low weight: with cheap thermal-equipped drones everywhere now, signature management (thermal/IR) is becoming as important as armour on a platform this light. Good to see indigenous progress.

 

[motleyeximco]

Hi Paul0998
From UK
Love talking defense politics related to South Asian affairs X
Bern on PDF but it's ridiculous biased so thought I'd try this
I'm.punjabi

iDEX has genuinely opened the door for MSMEs and startups to work directly on service problem statements — access that simply didn't exist a few years ago. One suggestion for proposals: keep the TRL claims honest and tie every capability to a test method or standard, because that's what evaluators actually trust. Good to see more industry folks engaging here.