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Faced with continuing deadlock in the mega deal to acquire 126 French Rafale fighters, India is now pressing the throttle to seal the even bigger project with Russia for the FGFA.

ndia is ready to seal a big project with Russia for the stealth fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA), The Times of India wrote referring to the country’s defense ministry.
"Faced with continuing deadlock in the mega deal to acquire 126 French Rafale fighters, India is now pressing the throttle to seal the even bigger project with Russia for the stealth fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA)," the newspaper wrote.
"India will overall spend around $25 billion on the FGFA project if it goes ahead with its plan to induct 127 such fighters, as earlier reported by TOI

Meanwhile, India is ready to forego the earlier plan for a 50:50 design and work-share agreement with Russia on its under-development FGFA called PAK-FA or Sukhoi T-50."
The PAK FA - "Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation" - is a fifth-generation fighter program of the Russian Air Force. The T-50 is the aircraft designed by Sukhoi for the PAK FA program. The aircraft is a single-seat, twin-engine jet fighter, and will be the first operational aircraft in Russian service to use stealth technology. It is a multirole combat aircraft designed for the air superiority and ground attack functions. It combines supercruise, stealth, manoeuvrability, and advanced avionics to overcome previous generation fighter aircraft along with many ground and maritime defences.
The PAK FA is intended to be the successor to the MiG-29 and Su-27 in the Russian Air Force and serve as the basis for the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) being co-developed by Sukhoi and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force. The T-50 prototype first flew on 29 January 2010 and production aircraft is slated for delivery to the Russian Air Force starting in 2016. The prototypes and initial production batch will be delivered with a highly upgraded variant of the AL-31F used by the Su-27 family as interim engines while a new clean-sheet design powerplant is currently under development. The aircraft is expected to have a service life of up to 35 years.

India to invest $25 billion in FGFA project | Russia & India Report
 
Yes it's a pathetic climb down by India, for short term expediency missing the long term objectives of self reliance
no infact that was a clever move speciallipressed by top IAF and beurocrats of MOD to sctule the FGFA intentionalli and the new goverment is not in agreement with them as its wants 5th gen fighters in IAF onfast track basis ....ite better to buy FGFA off the shelf and do owr own research on AMCAfrom the lessons we learned with LCA project ... nonation will ever part with its key techs just because one nation intendents to buy products in huge quantities ... take it or leave it

i wont be surprised even if tomorow MOD drops TOT clause altogether from rafale deal andtake all of them off the shelffrom france if french are OKwith dropping the price tag considreballi
 
no infact that was a clever move speciallipressed by top IAF and beurocrats of MOD to sctule the FGFA intentionalli and the new goverment is not in agreement with them as its wants 5th gen fighters in IAF onfast track basis ....ite better to buy FGFA off the shelf and do owr own research on AMCAfrom the lessons we learned with LCA project ... nonation will ever part with its key techs just because one nation intendents to buy products in huge quantities ... take it or leave it

i wont be surprised even if tomorow MOD drops TOT clause altogether from rafale deal andtake all of them off the shelffrom france if french are OKwith dropping the price tag considreballi
what is the chance of failure of PAK FA

rather chance of success
 
I mean ..it should not become another F35
well all those who think too much went into F35 are ignorant of fact that ammount of new leathel techs USA devloped in disguise of F35 and even as it is there is nothing accept power to wieght ratio that can hold a candle to F35 in the world today

nowas for FGFA well russians had been doing the reverse all this while they were secretlli developing leathel techs for there 5th gen berkut and Mig 1.47 something were just few of platforms they tested and FGFA in itself is almost ready

so FGFA will be is RAF & IAF much before critics ever thought possible

as forIAF within this decade itself IAF will be flying at least 1 full squad of FGFA
 
well all those who think too much went into F35 are ignorant of fact that ammount of new leathel techs USA devloped in disguise of F35 and even as it is there is nothing accept power to wieght ratio that can hold a candle to F35 in the world today

nowas for FGFA well russians had been doing the reverse all this while they were secretlli developing leathel techs for there 5th gen berkut and Mig 1.47 something were just few of platforms they tested and FGFA in itself is almost ready

so FGFA will be is RAF & IAF much before critics ever thought possible

as forIAF within this decade itself IAF will be flying at least 1 full squad of FGFA
Thanks for clearing clouds
 

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