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Jeff Head · Jan 7, 2016

aksha said:
First glimpses of INS Kadmatt at Visakhapatnam

These are very capable ASW frigtaes.

I know they plan 4 of them (and I believe the fourth was launched in May of this year), but I would recommend more like 12 of them.

The newly launched Kadmatt:

...and here's the Kamorta (the 1st in class) at sea:

damitch300 · Jan 8, 2016

Looks like a meko haha

Jeff Head · Jan 8, 2016

damitch300 said:
Looks like a meko haha

Well, the South African Valour class, which are relatively new Meko frigates commissioned in 2003 and 2004 do indeed look similar.

But they are larger, and true multi-role frigates, whereas the Indian vessels are really specialized at ASW.

Here's a South African Valour, followed by the Kamorta:

aksha · Jan 8, 2016

P-15B taking shapes

aksha · Jan 9, 2016

In a first,,French Army contingent to participate in Republic Day Parade celebration along with Indian Armed forces , French president is cheif guest

aksha · Jan 9, 2016

Great shot of India's brand new ASW corvette INS Kadmatt at sea.

aksha · Jan 9, 2016

the LCA tejas has an official tejas facebook page linked to the official government LCA Tejas website website,(

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) to give new pics and videos, no. of test flights to the public,

but no one thought that this page will start answering the public's queries,
yeah surprisingly the page admin is answering questions, even said that the Mk1 will not have a gun

it seems that the LCA Tejas facebook page is controlled by one of the ADA engineers

i will quote the questions asked and the answers as well

i suppose it is a result of the news media taking potshots at the tejas programme by spreading fake information by quoting "unnamed officials".

i will quote the questions asked and the answers as well

started like this, the guy who asked the questions is a moderator at BRF

Indranil Roy- Lovely picture of LSP3. Is it from the HAL platinum jubilee celebrations? And congratulations to team Tejas on 8G.

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and this followed

Indranil Roy- The aircraft "behaved" at 8G. Did the structure behave? What is max sustained G?

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The aircraft behaved well at 8G. A big step forward to the program.

Indranil Roy -
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, I know that the fuel flow proportioner on Mk1 restricts the movement of CG within 1% of MAC. This was true for fuel drawn from internal fuel tanks. Is this also true with external fuel tanks?

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No.

Indranil Roy -Thank you. Are you guys planning on an active fuel proportioner on Mk1A/SOP18?

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MK1A will primarily address the maintenance issues plus the gun integration, AESA radar integration, BVR integration (whenever IAF gives a clear indication on the kind of BVR) etc..

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ASTRA for sure.

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Derby will be for the naval version.

Indranil Roy- Another question related to CG. Is Mk1 still flying around with a 300kg ballast. Or is this a modern myth.

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Flies with ballast but the no is not this big in number.

Indranil Roy- And this is expected to come down after the IFR probe is bolted on? Is it likely that this ballast is completely done away with restructuring and reorganizing the LRUs/MLG on the Mk1A.
Reports claim so. I have learnt not to believe reports.

Amitava Maity -If I'm not completely mistaken, the LSPs and the SPs already had the internal plumbing built-in for the IFR. So maybe hydraulics for the Probe, the Probe itself and the Probe-plumbing interface etc needs integrating - so I'd doubt the entire forward-fuselage ballast can be done away just by IFR integration. However what would be interesting to find out the weight-penalties wrt 2052 (vs 2032) integration

Indranil Roy -Of course. I just meant ballast commiserate to the weight of just the probe to be added will come off

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Indranil Roy , You are absolutely right, Sir. The IFR probe will reduce the ballast weight. As currently, only the prototypes are flying, the ballast is a variable. Once, the final version, rather the frozen SOP starts flying, things will streamline.

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Sir, the last of the LSPs are getting modified for the IFR probe.

Indranil Roy -Thank you for your replies. No "sir" please. Your gun integration on Mk1A has fluttered some feathers. Won't Mk1 have a gun?

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The gun integration was initially part of mark1. However, will be done post FOC thereby appropriately for mark 1A.
This is a lesson for the indian foghter aviation development process. All other prigrams, gun is the first store to be integrated onto a fighter simply because the uncertain modifications it throws. The other profram houses will never reveal the experiences which they have earned in a harder way. Same is appliex to us too.
However, the initial integration activity shows promise. It is only a matter of when will the prototype be offered to carry out the modifications.

Geetesh Bhave- is it true that there are issues with the landing gear..there were some news reports about this..(dint believe the reports..)

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Please understand that any design bound to have problems and remains to be seen how do we solve it. All the aircraft programs all over the world have undergone this process. Yes, there were problems and got sorted out too. Please be assured that the correct picture can be seen only when it is seen and understood from close quartet. Reports are always exaggerated or according to the convince to the reporting agency.

Indranil Roy -1. Are we trying to get tandem bomb racks by FoC? Some recent reports have indicated the same and ofcourse the old NAL wind tunnel models show the same.
2. Moving forward, it would nice if there is a official statement from ADA saying what the Mk 1A (or whatever it is called later) is going to look like. Otherwise, the media is a field day with misinformation and speculations.

Thank you,
One of the biggest LCA fans.

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Indranil sir,
The tandem bombs will be tested soon and they are part of air to ground weapons meant for LCA.
The mark 1A will be free from all prevailing maintenance issues and the AESA radar plus the EW Suite will be integrated. The integration process has already been started.

Abhishek Shrivastava- Is tejas flown to bahrain air show?

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Not yet, sir. Prep is on to be flying there for the international airshow.

Sajeev Jino- Ferry Flight or direct flight

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It has to stage in between.

aksha · Jan 9, 2016

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its going to be Mig 29K v/s MKI

The Indian Air Force and Navy plan to re-enact an exercise performed off the northern coast of Gujarat nearly 40 years ago in the next few days. It will not only test the country's defences in the western front but also be an attempt to display India's strengths in the air and sea. Nearly 50 years ago, in September, 1965, the Pakistan Navy bombarded Dwarka in an attempt to shift focus from the raging air war that was taking a heavy toll on its aircraft.

The 44,500-tonne carrier along with accompanying ships will approach the Gujarat coast from the Gulf of Oman region. Air Force Station Jamnagar will have to react when the flotilla reaches Indian Territorial Waters and scramble fighter jets to meet the challenge. It is likely to send in Jaguar long-range maritime strike aircraft or even Su-30MKIs this time round. The Mig-29Ks on board the INS Vikramaditya will respond to the defence put up by the IAF.

"The idea is to test the level of preparedness and skills of our frontline ships and aircraft. The air force will treat the ships as an invading force while the carrier group will take on the land-based aircraft as aggressors in neutral waters. It will be an interesting exercise with a lot of learning for everybody," the official added.

The Navy has been taking the INS Vikramaditya through its paces ever since it was inducted.
After the exercise, the carrier is likely to sail for an overseas deployment before returning to the eastern coast in time for the Presidential Fleet Review at Visakapatnam in February, 2016.

aksha · Jan 9, 2016

DRDO Helicopter Composite armor

aksha · Jan 11, 2016

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The all-clear is here, and there's no way to tell it but straight. Livefist can confirm that India and France are all set to sign a government-to-government deal this month for the supply of 36 Dassault Rafale fighter jets to the Indian Air Force. A crucial final meeting on Monday, Jan 18 of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) will provide final approval, paving the way for contract signature. France's Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, a man plenty familiar with India as a result of the meandering Rafale process, arrives in Delhi when the DAC meets, spurring reports that an agreement has already been reached -- with formalities pending.

All 36 jets will be supplied in flyaway form from Dassault's facility near the Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport. The deal will be signed on January 25 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi & French President François Hollande who will be in Delhi later this month as chief guest at India's Republic Day Parade.

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