Lockheed unveils new F-21 fighter jet configured for India

[Haris Mansoor]

NEW DELHI: Lockheed Martin offered India a new combat jet, F-21, on Wednesday to be made locally, in a bid to win a large military order worth over $15 billion.

The U.S. defence firm had earlier offered its F-16 fighter used by countries around the world for the Indian air force's ongoing competition for 114 planes to be made in India.

But Lockheed, unveiling the plan at an airshow in the southern city of Bengaluru, said it was offering India a new plane configured for its needs.

"The F-21 is different, inside and out,” Vivek Lall, vice president of Strategy and Business Development for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, said in a statement.

The company will build the plane in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems, the firm said.


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What does it releases at 0:51?

 

[Foxtrot Delta]

Americans think indians are lame and won't notice?
That's an f-16 block 60 airframe! They just update it with f-35 avionics change name from f-16 to f-21 and call it a new aircraft....

 

[d00od00o]

Americans think indians are lame and won't notice?
That's an f-16 block 60 airframe! They just update it with f-35 avionics change name from f-16 to f-21 and call it a new aircraft....

They are lame, and they probably won't notice.

 

[Skull and Bones]

They are lame, and they probably won't notice.

Indian eyes open a bit wider than chinese.

 

[Great Janjua]

Indian eyes open a bit wider than chinese.

Gay

 

[d00od00o]

Indian eyes open a bit wider than chinese.

Indians also poop on the beach more.

 

[Ali Tariq]

Indian eyes open a bit wider than chinese.

Not bad

 

[Myth_buster_1]

This still doesn't compete with the Rafale or Typhoon.

are u kidding me? do u have any professional background in this or u just relying on ur peanut size brain? this f16 is going to be one of the most advance 4.5 gen fighter and as good as rafael and ef. indians r gonna be 1 lucky so sob if they get their hands on this

 

[randomradio]

are u kidding me? do u have any professional background in this or u just relying on ur peanut size brain? this f16 is going to be one of the most advance 4.5 gen fighter and as good as rafael and ef. indians r gonna be 1 lucky so sob if they get their hands on this

Best not to talk about stuff you don't know anything about.

 

[Imran Khan]

its just an f-16 man

 

[Great Janjua]

its just an f-16 man

Better than our f-16s we need to start procuringggggggggg better fighterrrrr jetsssss

 

[Imran Khan]

Better than our f-16s we need to start procuringggggggggg better fighterrrrr jetsssss

we buy them in 1982 and then 2006 sir some are 37 years old and some are 10 years old . today in 2019 buying f-16s are nto on card used dirt cheap may be yes new a big no

 

[Frank Martin]

New gimmick to sell the old F16 Old wine in a new bottle.

 

[Great Janjua]

we buy them in 1982 and then 2006 sir some are 37 years old and some are 10 years old . today in 2019 buying f-16s are nto on card used dirt cheap may be yes new a big no

I don't know man...... seems India is getting a good deal at least in my opinion

 

[Peshwa]

but who will fly them. as per indian airforce experience. they should higher pakistani pilots. they don’t know how to drive a car. how thy will fly high tech jets.. it is proven saying in arabs don’t let indian drive cars. in arabs when indians get driving license. they keep it in home for a year and they don’t drive the car for year to afraid of accidents lol..

The Chinese/Asians have an even worse reputation for being bad drivers here in the US.
Are you going to discount the PLAF due to this cliche of the Chinese being bad drivers? Do you think the USAF or the IAF take the PLAF threat lightly because of this reputation?
Either way, PAF is free to take the IAF and the Indian war machine lightly. That’s something your armed forces have done in the past and the results are for all to see.