Even awecs will have it tough to go beyond 400-450km due to
50m still very exepensive for fighter which received several waivers
Also every fighter has those cost built in
You dont get fighter without an engine
HAL is taking a too big cut here
IAF should have skipped mk1a and only went for mk2 (as they originally planned)
Or liscene produce gripen NG
No it's not. $50 million for a fighter with one of the most reliable engines, AESA radar, EW suite, fully composite airframe, HMDS, full digital FBW, carefree handling, etc. is not much. Waivers are immaterial when it is being built to the customer's spec. F-35 has over 700 "issues" that have not yet been resolved. But only an idiot would say it's not a good fighter.
You do get a fighter without an engine, when the engine is manufactured by another supplier. It happens with all major aviation OEMs. That's how contracts are negotiated. HAL doesn't build the GE F-404-IN-20 engine. GE does. HAL will have to source it from them at rates they negotiate with GE for.
HAL also has nearly 550 suppliers, both private and public sector, who are part of the Tejas supply chain. It has to negotiate with ALL of them for the prices they are willing to supply the parts at. HAL may or may not add a small percentage on top of that. But given that BOTH, HAL and IAF are basically directly under the Govt. of India, it doesn't matter too much. Anyway, we know this- HAL was asked to cap it's profit lower, after the initial round of negotiations where the IAF felt the prices were too high.
The Ministry of Defence is the go-between for IAF and HAL. So they're FULLY aware of what the HAL profit margins are and won't allow it to be high.
Tejas Mk2 requires development time..Mk1A was supposed to be lower hanging fruit. Basically AESA, podded EW Suite, maintenance improvements, new MC, new SMFDs, some other avionics and that was pretty much it. New weapons would be integrated with the Mk1 anyway with software updates. Since the Mk1 was already in production, this was considered the best way to quickly produce and deliver 4 squadrons of the same airframe/engine combination. It would use the same assembly lines already in place for the Mk1. But unfortunately, even despite being a domestic program, it's RFP and contract negotiations dragged on longer than expected.
Anyway, all that is water under the bridge. It's now confirmed, the IAF is eagerly looking forward to it and very importantly, it brings in a LOT of money into the domestic aerospace industry and supply chain. It's the big kick start required so that the Tejas Mk2, TEDBF and AMCA have a large pool of private suppliers from within India who will be involved.
Buying an imported design and license manufacturing it, like the Gripen E, is only going to help build assembly skills, which India already possesses. What we need are genuine Tier 1 and 2 suppliers who will scale up and build India's aerospace industry. Plus, a LOT of the money goes to Saab or whichever foreign OEM there is. This is the much needed stimulus for the aerospace sector.
Azm
do.you have evidence this project exists
I mean funding
labs wind tunnels technology
you have yet to.build s helicopter
and you throw this up.from thin air
do you have resources to.build a modern plane
AZM for me is s chinease fc31 for pak.to be designed and built in China to pak.specs on 20.years time . today it's pure thought desire
tejas,has infrastructure money people project etc
They haven't designed an indigenous fighter ever. AZM cannot change that. The gulf between Pakistan's aerospace industry and those of nations designing and producing 5th gen fighters is simply too big. 2-3 decades big. Plus, the economy is in the doldrums so it's not like they can afford a billion $ development program, which is what ANY 5th gen fighter development program costs.
