IAF plan for upgraded Jaguars fails to take off

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Maybe 294 is too many but atleast we need 200 atleast will raise confidence in Hal as they a have to manufacture more complicated Technology and n their future project's like AMCA in the Future.

The problem is that it's far too delayed. MK2 will be ready only by 2019 and then the 80 ordered + the N-LCAs will need to be produced, before theoretical additional orders could come for IAF, but by that time it hardly will offer operational advantages anymore and we would do the same mistake like we did with the Jags again. Keep producing them, only because we could, not because they will remain a capable option and that is just silly.
There is not much that can be diverted from LCA to AMCA, especially not the way ADA/DRDO plans the AMCA development, so don't put too much hope on that yet.

 

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India delay the modernization of Jaguar!

Bangalore, India, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has announced a significant delay of almost two years to modernize fighter aircraft SEPECAT Jaguar. Modernization had however started well November 29, 2012 with the first flight of the prototype Jaguar modernized...

...The causes of delays:

Two elements are at the origin of these two years of delay, the first relates to reliability problems with the new mission computer (Darin III). This new mission system was originally intended to be validated at the beginning of the year 2012, excluding the technical test center HAL did validated at the end of 2013.

The second problem is this time of the assessment of motor and its integration into the cell. HAL has not finished fixing the book adaptations of the cell to the final integration of the new engine...

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