Tejas to cost 42 Million USD a piece to IAF

[denel]

Have read plenty ! Part of one. I suggest - you understand how an industry is created from scratch.

I worked in this industry for your info.

 

[anathema]

Read a definition of a project.

On a side note - do you represent Denel industries from SA ?

I worked in this industry for your info.

Good to know ! But that doesnt mean anything. Does it ! I suggest you to read book from Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar .

 

[denel]

On a side note - do you represent Denel industries from SA ?



Good to know ! But that doesnt mean anything. Does it ! I suggest you to read book from Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar .

i am speaking about scope and deliverable for a project.

 

[anathema]

i am speaking about scope and deliverable for a project.

Good ! How can you really scope - if you never had experience before ! We all can create fancy project timelines ! But one issue comes and the entire chart goes out of the door !
Unforeseen events
Just an annecdote - LCA team were testing FBW in Lockheed Martin facility in 1999 ; Next day after nuc sanctions , they were shown the door ! They had to virtually write the code all over again. This single incident had a ramification of almost 5 years.
Inexperience events
Flutter issues due to AM pairing caused team to abandon our CCM; No one could have predicted this ; There were so many issues that one would never know till you actually do the stuff.

You should know i if you represent Denel industry. First step is the hardest step. Hereon - evolution will be much faster.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

According to the tweet i quoted , it will take another 8 years for the 83 Tejas to be inducted in IAF.
The first Prototype flew in 2001, by 2028, it will be a 27 year old project.

By lengthening the project the Indians could learn more.....

 

[anathema]

New HD pics. Great improvement in build quality - you can see the new HUD and HMDS

https://twitter.com/x/status/1240595317721989120

 

[newb3e]

Paa Jee @Mangus Ortus Novem has directed us to show due respect to ancient Indian Lingam Technologies.

i am just praising the flying lingham!

 

[Safriz]

I worked in this industry for your info.

In your industry people do amazing work and can't tell anyone about it and that is the irony. You can't brag about your life's work.
My son was offered an apprenticeship at QinetiQ , but their secrecy clauses are very strict. He declined , saying that if I can't brag about my good work, then no point in doing it, and I don't blame him.

 

[denel]

test

 

[Safriz]

i never asked for any recognition either. you will not believe it how that idea came. Even the night when this ephinany happened i still remember. The reason i smile always - my counterparts are my actual real friends in Rafael.
work is work, friendship is friendship.

But Rafael is Israeli company?
Raptor is South African weapon?

 

[denel]

But Rafael is Israeli company?
Raptor is South African weapon?

on wrong thread.

yes; many of rafael engineers and ones here are colleagues from a long time.

 

[Kaniska]

We ll see when something happens...These are just speculation only without any Teja on ground

 

[khansaheeb]

You can claim whatever you want but the reality is it would still be on a truck.

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I have seen it more times on the ground then I have seen it flying. Its seems Indian pilots feel safer piloting it on the ground than in the air. Should be called Groundas instead of Tejas.

 

[Baba_Yaga]

Do these cost figures really mean anything. You can reduce cost extensively by manufacturing more. If they make 200 Tejas, it would be something like 30-35 million a piece. If they make 40 of them, it will be 65-70 million a piece. Single B2 bomber costs around 2 billion dollars, since only 8 were made. F35 costs 100 million, since around 2000 will be manufactured. You can only know the true cost per aircraft once the entire program is over and no more of the jet will be manufactured, or if you have a clear idea about how many you are going to procure.

 

[JafarQureshi]

Do these cost figures really mean anything. You can reduce cost extensively by manufacturing more. If they make 200 Tejas, it would be something like 30-35 million a piece. If they make 40 of them, it will be 65-70 million a piece. Single B2 bomber costs around 2 billion dollars, since only 8 were made. F35 costs 100 million, since around 2000 will be manufactured. You can only know the true cost per aircraft once the entire program is over and no more of the jet will be manufactured, or if you have a clear idea about how many you are going to procure.

These are actually manufacturing costs not program costs.