Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

[shuntmaster]

Wonderful news..

 

[500]

there seems to be some confusion about another 80 fighters- seems that the iaf now wants 200 mrca but the mod doesnt have enough money for 200 rafales so they are looking for a cheaper machine to fill in numbers.
If this is indeed the case then the mig 35 seems perfect - damn cheap but has decent AESA radar and cool features like 3D TVC.

TVC is quite useless feature in combat. Good for airshows though.

 

[Screambowl]

I personally think that Both EFT and Rafale are too good.
India can still buy EFT, away from this deal, no one is stopping her. But MoD chose what suits us the best including the cost factor.

 

[Birbal]

TVC is quite useless feature in combat. Good for airshows though.

Cause the F-22 is an airshow plane right?

 

[500]

Cause the F-22 is an airshow plane right?

They made flat nozzles to F-22 for stealth, so 2D TVC came from it very easily. SH and F-35, on the other hand did not get any TVC.

 

[Abingdonboy]

TVC is quite useless feature in combat. Good for airshows though.

Um I'd have to disagree with you there. It is an extremely useful feature that offers exceptional manoeuvrabiltity so a plane can break lock and in close WVR dog- fights give an added advantage to help out turn/out manoeuvre the oposesing ac. Not to mention on some ac it makes the engines more fuel efficient.

 

[janon]

TVC is quite useless feature in combat. Good for airshows though.

Watch from 1.25 onwards to understand how TVC is useful in combat. It is explained by an IAF officer:

The Su-30MKI of the Indian Air Force - YouTube

 

[Abingdonboy]

Hey check it out:

THALES is also developing a digital colour head-up display (HUD) for the Rafale. This would be the first colour HUD in the world for a combat aircraft, as presently all combat aircraft have analogue HUDs that are able to display geometric forms in two dimensions only with a single green font. THALES’ new digital HUD will offer a three-dimensional display of the ground with important items like obstacles or the runway for example, assuring a safe flight by night and bad visibility. The higher resolution of this new HUD will allow displays of perfect geometric forms (variable line thickness and brightness) and several different fonts in different colours (green and red for the current prototype) in order to match the other displays’ colour codes used in the aircraft (such as red for high-priority threats).

How cool is that! IAF will be getting this on their Rafeles!!!

 

[jackyy]

France swoops to rob UK of £13bn Indian jet contract despite Government promises aid package would secure deal



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[jackyy]

Nicolas Sarkozy’s jibe at Britain

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[farhan_9909]

congrats to all my indian brother

MMRCA itself means a Multirole fighter and Rafale was the best multirole fighter among the competitors

 

[U.S Navy SEALs]

Congratulations India, you undoubtedly in the future will pose a great threat in Asia for other Asian nations. Probably the best
air force in all of Asia in a few years. It's amazing, a country that culturally hasn't changed in 5,000 years competing in the world for the better of the nation.

 

[Shaurya]

Congratulations India, you undoubtedly in the future will pose a great threat in Asia for other Asian nations. Probably the best
air force in all of Asia in a few years. It's amazing, a country that culturally hasn't changed in 5,000 years competing in the world for the better of the nation.

It's not about threat brother, but self security, we dont share the chinese mentality of attacking weaker countries without any reasons... But yeah, these are also required for power prokection...

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France swoops to rob UK of £13bn Indian jet contract despite Government promises aid package would secure deal



Read more: France swoops to rob UK of £13bn Indian jet contract | Mail Online

And what about trillions of euros britan stole from India??

 

[Shaurya]

Will the production start from this year itself or will it start next year ??

 

[IndoUS]

Will the production start from this year itself or will it start next year ??

Not just yet, there are still toooooooo............... many paper works to be done. Plus we will most likely buy some off the shelf with other being built in India with ToT so you can guess that it will take some considerable amount of time.