Thanks!!!
My personal thoughts on AMCA : The project should be scrapped!!!! There is no additional advantage that AMCA brings to the table that PMF/FGFA doesn't. We should put all the funding for AMCA into developing the joint program with RAC for PAKFA/FGFA, and deploy it in large numbers. Instead of having 50 PAKFA's and 200 FGFA/PMF along with 200 additional AMCA's we should deploy 400 FGFA's. It will drive down the cost's of FGFA, it will bring commonality to the table and will make India an export hub for the program too.
3 days for servicing the current crop of LCA is exceptionally good, There is an immense amount of telemetry and data acquisition setup that goes into these test flight, 3 days is almost better than international standards...everything from hydraulic pressure, control surface deflection, response time, strain levels, engine performance, LLID's, need to be monitored realtime, If HAL/ADA is doing it within 3 days.. that is extremely good!!!!!!