Fighter jet proposals after HAL Marut, before HAL Tejas

[Water Car Engineer]

Ground Attack Fighter, GAF-1

Advanced Strike Aircraft

HSS-73/HF-73 Hindustan Supersonic Strike aircraft (proposed by MBB and HAL)

Air Superiority fighter ASF-300

Hf-23M53

HF-25

All turned down obviously. Interesting designs to look at though.

 

[sms]

It's definitely lack of vision and a gross mistake done by our planners and rulers.
Continuation of Marut would have ensured a better place in aviation world for India and self-reliance.

 

[Kompromat]

I like the ASA design.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

These ones are pretty interesting.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

It's definitely lack of vision and a gross mistake done by our planners and rulers.
Continuation of Marut would have ensured a better place in aviation world for India and self-reliance.

That did not happen because of a number of reasons; primarily lack of resources, a comfortable dependence on the Soviet Union, deteriorating relations with the west that choked off any western inputs and a lack of long-term vision on part of the planners. All came together to create this big void.