Mate, aren't you missing the whole psyche of the article, I did point out in my pov for the article being dated, hence posting in the history section.....regardless of the outcome a decade later, the point is that LCA is not indigenous as claimed by the fan boys who never stop gloating about it.....but then you are not interested in that part but rather the age of the article.
And no i didn't spend a sleepless night .....i actually posted it a few hours before hitting the bed. !!!
There is NO GLOATING, yes we are proud of LCA. The admirals article that you dug up is based on rumor mills in defence circles, same rumor mills do produce article 33 and super7 and lavi stuff.
The bottom line remains there is nothing that came from lockheed, neither did anything came from russia, wind tunnels were made in India, i personally know the contractors who supported the functions.
The CFRP composites, and the trials and tribulations , millions of cycles t-t tc tests, nearly 5000 combinations of different prepregs that we had to test to finally come to the required strengths produced one of the most advanced airframes I have come across.
There is no Idea in the public domain of the quality of the CFRP used on this a/c, I have been working in US in composites for 4 years now, and by the standards I see here, ADA is miles ahead and have done a brilliant job.
@Aeronaut;
I know it's easy to come to the conclusion that LCA should be shutdown and AMCA be pursued, but you have no clue how brilliant is the airframe. From what I have seen, I can tell you If the Right landing gear can be perfected, LCA will outlast every other aircraft in the world wrt serviceability (if FG 414 is as good as they say).
Other article mentions that the Tejas will participate in exercises but that is not for IOC-2 ...
and even sweden have gripin which have american engine and radar and few of their avionics but still its called as swedish jet.
