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At last some good news for IAF.......
Lets wait and see for official statements from our side, Sputnik is not that realiable as a source and the "first test aircraft after 2018" would be a huge delay from earlier plans.
I also noticed that, We were supposed to induct it by then....... But let us be realistic.......I dont think it is possible before 2018.....
No induction was planned after 2020 only, but the earlier plan was to have the first prototype available in India around this year, with the last (serial production) version delivered around 2019 before the production can start. We need at least 4 prototypes of different stages to develop FGFA and starting from 2018 it would delay production start to around 2025 or later.
Realistically, we should get one of the current T50 prototypes to test it in Indian conditions and to give IAF a better idea on what changes they need. I still hope that we will get our own cockpit layout, with own displays and the way IAF wants it to be, not as it suits Russian forces (see problems in the MKI). The later prototypes then will also include more changes, like the Type 30 engine, most likely external and internal customizations. But with the new MoD, things are a bit blurred, if we make a complete U turn or what they actually want now.
Brilliant scrap rafale lets get behind the Fgfa fully now
That seems to be a good idea........ Is there any discussion happening on this?
HAL is to get three Russian prototypes for re-design and testing in 2015, 2016 and 2017, and will hand over the first series produced aircraft to the IAF in 2019, Mr. Subrahmanyan said.
Aero India 2015: New UAC chief bullish on fifth-gen fighter progress
New United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) CEO Yuri Slyusar is confident that Russia and India will sign a contract for the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) in 2015.
"Rosoboronexport [Russia's defence export body] is in the final stage of negotiations for the FGFA contract," Slyusar said on 19 February at Aero India 2015. "We think there is a possibility to sign the agreement within 2015. At least the Russian side thinks it will be done in 2015."
Slyusar, a deputy minister of Industry and Trade who replaced Mikhail Pogosian on 15 January, said that the two sides had signed preliminary and detailed design contracts for the FGFA programme, which is based on the Sukhoi T-50 PAK-FA fighter due to enter Russian Air Force service. "The level of co-operation we have with India [on this programme] is something we don't have with any other country," he added.
Pressed for details, he said that the workshare between the two countries on the FGFA was still the subject of negotiations, but "when we can tell you we will tell you" how the programme will be split between UAC and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)...
AERO INDIA: Upgraded T-50 PAK-FA powerplant in rig tests
The Izdeliye 30 engine for Russia’s T-50 fighter is undergoing rig testing, and will enter flight trials in 2017.
United Aircraft Corporation chief Yuri Slusar says the Saturn 117S (AL-41) is already a “very deep modernisation” of the AL-31 that powers the Su-27 and Su-30 fighters, and is “sufficient” for the current stage of the T-50 test campaign.
He adds that the company has six T-50 test aircraft, two for ground tests and four for flight testing. Three additional aircraft will join the fleet in 2015.
“Everything is on track,” he says. “We are moving on as per the schedule agreed with our customers.”
He adds that it was always the plan to operate the T-50 test campaign in two phases, the first using the Saturn 117S and the second with the Izdeliye 30...