India line will build 3 to 4 F-16s every month, claims Lockheed Martin

[GuardianRED]

You think your representatives will perform his duties base on your interest?

You are indeed from the dumb caste

The troll is strong with this one!!!! ....

 

[neem456]

US administrators says otherwise, while LM says this constantly.
Why don't they sort it out between them first.

 

[friendly_troll96]

hehe... now who is begging? loser. we will not select F-16, whatever Lockheed says.

But some people jumped like idiots..

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/us-d...-and-f-16-fighter-production-in-india.510261/

@sohail.ishaque @Salman Zahidi @Sully3 @Zee-shaun @DESERT FIGHTER @django @friendly_troll96

Why did you tag me? I don't talk fighter jets and stuff.

Do you happen to be in the dumb caste?

lmao that was hilarious

 

[ashok321]

The US as always would withhold critical technology and offer the F-16 to Indians as Johny walkers black label whiskey without any alcohol content.

Lol

The US has history of such things. There is precedent.
Still this silly, 10th pass Modi does not understand this;

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

hehe... now who is begging? loser. we will not select F-16, whatever Lockheed says.

But some people jumped like idiots..

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/us-d...-and-f-16-fighter-production-in-india.510261/

@sohail.ishaque @Salman Zahidi @Sully3 @Zee-shaun @DESERT FIGHTER @django @friendly_troll96

HI, DEAR BRATI RETARD ......TAG WHEN SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPENS.


OR U CAN KEEP BAITING TO PROPOSED "DREAMS" AND WET URSELF.

Why did you tag me? I don't talk fighter jets and stuff.


lmao that was hilarious

COZ, He has a "KEERA" in his rectum.

 

[GodToons]

PAID ARTICLE.. Ignore

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

THey will promise all the moons except they cant approval from Congress.

No thanks.

 

[seesonic]

Representatives will perform his duties based on our interests, thats democracy. You spend your entire life under the army dictators, you cant even imagine that.

Poor soul, you better go and stand in front of a Predator drone COMING FOR HUNTING.

Interesting.

Tell that to the millions of impoverish indians if anyone ever represented their interest

The Asian Development Bank estimates India's population to be at 1.28 billion with an average growth rate, from 2010-2015, at 1.3%. In 2014, 49.9% of the population aged 15 years and above were employed. However, there are still 21.9% of the population who live below the national poverty line.

Appro 20 percent of 1 billion is 200 million living on less than $3.10 per day.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

Without complete TOT there will be no production line

Good for You, because You are not getting full ToT for Gripen, F-16 nor Tejas.

 

[illusion8]

While entire world is procuring 5th Gen aircraft our neighbors are still acquiring least technology. Raise your standards as per current situation and by pass this 4.5 Gen machines.

Rafale & PAKFA are "least" tech?

 

[Burhan Wani]

Rafale & PAKFA are "least" tech?

Yes.
F-35 is more better than them.
F-35 and F-16 combination is perfect and you can add Eurofighter as a supporting role instead of vipers which can be a plus.

 

[SingaporeGuy]

if india gets 36 + 36 more rafales

I fail to see how this will materialise, india is getting poorer as it is

 

[egodoc222]

Yeah, I have a say in IAF's procurement, because I pay taxes and voted the people's representatives who will make actual selection.

Now you will not understand this, because you were brainwashed in a way that dont even know whats happening in your military establishments, lol .

Lol you burned him

 

[jessysingh]

http://ajaishukla.blogspot.co.ke/2017/08/indian-f-16-line-will-build-at-least.html?m=1


Ajai Shukla
Business Standard
August 22, 2017

Lockheed Martin, the world’s biggest defence vendor, which is pitching strongly to sell the Indian Air Force (IAF) its new F-16 Block 70 fighter, told Business Standard on Tuesday that, if India chose its fighter, an Indian production line would churn out three-to-four F-16s every month.

“We want to create the capacity to build three or more aircraft per month; we could do four. It depends upon how many aircraft India needs and when it will buy those”, said Randy Howard, who markets the F-16 globally for Lockheed Martin.

For the IAF, which is making do with just 32-33 fighter squadrons instead of the 42 squadrons it wants to defend two borders with China and Pakistan, inducting 36-48 fighters per year would correct the shortfall quickly.

The Tejas production line in Bengaluru will build just eight fighters this year. It will take another two years to scale up to 16 Tejas annually.

Last year, even before the IAF solicited interest from multiple global aerospace vendors in building single-engine medium fighter aircraft in India, with transfer of technology to an Indian partner, Lockheed Martin announced a partnership with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) to manufacture the F-16 in India by shifting its production line from Fort Worth, Texas.

That mammoth, one-mile-long manufacturing line was once regarded as an industrial marvel on which 13,500 workers churned out one new F-16 every day. But after the US Air Force bought its last F-16 in 1999, production tapered off to just 12 fighters per year. Next month, after having built 4,588 F-16 fighters, the Fort Worth line will transition to building the fifth-generation F-35 Lightening II fighter that America and its allies have ordered in the thousands.

But with India undecided about buying the F-16, and uncertainty over the proposed India line, Lockheed Martin is re-establishing F-16 production in Greenville, South Caroline. Countries like Bahrain and Indonesia are evaluating the acquisition of 19 F-16s and Lockheed Martin needs to keep the line alive.

On Tuesday, Howard indicated to Business Standard that, if India decided quickly to buy the F-16 Block 70, the Indian line could begin building fighters not just for the IAF, but also for other global F-16 orders.
Lockheed Martin has aggressively marketed the F-16 in India against its key rival, Saab’s new Gripen E fighter. The Swedish company is believed to be formalizing a partnership with the Adani Group.

There is another dark horse contender amongst Indian companies: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). With HAL no longer establishing a production line for licence producing Rafale fighters in India, the public sector aerospace giant has pitched for building whichever single-engine medium fighter the IAF chooses.

The defence ministry has reserved the production of the single-engine fighter for the private sector under the “strategic partner” policy, which aims to build private defence industry. Even so, it is not inconceivable that the government rules in favour of HAL, given the lack of experience in the private sector.

The “Make in India” programme demands indigenization of over 50 per cent of the production of defence equipment. Lockheed Martin executives claim they are ready to meet that target, having developed over 60 Indian suppliers in the Bengaluru-Hyderabad-Chennai area that will feed into F-16 manufacture.

Both Saab and Lockheed Martin claim they are offering India the better aircraft. Saab points to the brand new technology on its Gripen E fighter, which is still being flight tested, while Lockheed Martin claims it is offering the world’s most battle-tested combat aircraft.


With both aircraft likely to meet the IAF’s performance requirements, the winning bid could be the one that offers the lowest cost and the best industrial proposal.

Ajai Shukla super tattu & lallu he does not know about defence trishul only indian defence is most venerable and trusted blog baki sab sale indian news channels te tra he bamdlbazz hai

hehe... now who is begging? loser. we will not select F-16, whatever Lockheed says.

But some people jumped like idiots..

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/us-d...-and-f-16-fighter-production-in-india.510261/

@sohail.ishaque @Salman Zahidi @Sully3 @Zee-shaun @DESERT FIGHTER @django @friendly_troll96

LOL or yeh bechare kar bhe kyea sakte hai porki beggars for f 16 or usa ne ghanta fda dea and then suddenly f 16 old ho gea or jf1777 block 3333 f 16 or Rafael se bhi jida advance technology vala hai kyu k china ke technology hai (Chinese mall lol) or china khud russian se fighter jet le rha hai kyea baat hai