Saurabh Joshi explains why the Indian Navy’s fighter contest is expected to be cut short, with the aircraft being selected by default in a walkover next month.
NewsReel | Indian Navy fighter pick likely by July walkover
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Tag: F/A-18
NewsReel | Fighter engine to power India-U.S. relations
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Saurabh Joshi analyses the significance of the agreement to produce GE F414 fighter aircraft engines in India and its far-reaching consequences for India’s military aviation industry, indigenous fighter capability and defence ties with the U.S.
26 by ’26: India has a chance to get new naval fighters quickly, with Boeing’s Super Hornet production ending
Boeing has announced it will complete F/A-18 production by the end of 2025
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Boeing has announced the end of production for the U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters in 2025. With no scope for early Rafale M deliveries, here’s how this could become an opportunity for the Indian Navy to get all 26 of its new Multi-Role Carrier-Borne Fighters by the end of 2026.
F-35 for India?
The F-35 Lightning II offered a thrilling display of aerobatics at Aero India 2023, but here's why the fifth generation stealth fighter doesn't make sense for India
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The acquisition of the S-400, differing points of view on the war in Ukraine, eye-watering costs, a domestic 5th gen fighter program and never having operated any U.S. fighter aircraft are some of the reasons why India can’t and shouldn’t consider the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.
U.S. brings ‘largest-ever delegation’ to Aero India 2023
U.S. Air Force F-16 and U.S. Navy F/A-18 fighters will display at the airshow
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Leading U.S. defence companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, GE Aerospace, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc, Pratt & Whitney, and TW Metals, LLC will be exhibiting at the show.
NewsReel | Could India finally get its first U.S. fighter?
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In the first edition of a new weekly video series, StratPost editor Saurabh Joshi examines whether India could acquire its first-ever U.S.-built fighter aircraft, with the navy considering the F/A-18 Super Hornet for its next carrier fighter.
DefExpo22: Boeing to showcase F-15, F/A-18 fighters
CH-47, AH-64E helos & P-8I naval aircraft will also feature at the show
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While the F/A-18 Super Hornet is being offered for the Indian Navy’s carrier-borne fighter jet requirement, it is also a candidate, along with the F-15, for Boeing’s offer for the Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter requirement.
Indian Navy has a new plan to buy fighter aircraft
| But some of the aircraft it's considering can't operate from aircraft carriers
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A quiet, hybrid process is underway to buy a reduced number of new fighters for the Indian Navy’s aircraft carriers. But remarkably, some of the fighters being considered can’t operate from aircraft carriers.
Boeing’s Loyal Wingman offered internationally
The Manned-Unmanned Teaming concept relies on AI to operate autonomously
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The concept is a pilotless jet aircraft with almost the size and range of a conventional fighter that can fly autonomously and deploy a variety of sensors carried in a swappable, modular nose.
Boeing to offer F/A-18 CFTs to Intl’ customers
Block III Super Hornet Conformal Fuel Tanks will be available to international customers even after the U.S. Navy passed on the extra earlier this year
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Boeing confirmed last week that it would offer Conformal Fuel Tanks (CFTs) on the F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter to international customers even though the U.S. Navy has declined the option for their order of the aircraft.
That Fighter Thing Again
The IAF's new contest for fighters has major problems ahead
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The IAF’s new contest for fighter aircraft is expected to get underway over the next few months. But there remain a number of significant outstanding problems ahead, that could delay or derail the process.
#RafaleScam: The Crucial Date
The date reveals what was known, to whom, and when
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Part III of this analysis examines the implications of the single most interesting data point to emerge from the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. This date has never been mentioned in earlier media reports, and what is almost startlingly significant is not only what transpired on this date, but the fact of the date, itself.
How the MMRCA was killed #RafaleScam
And the Eurofighter was shafted by interpretation of costs
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Part II of this analysis examines how the defence ministry’s Contract Negotiation Committee (CNC) interpreted an inflated cost analysis of the Eurofighter bid and undervalued the cost of the Rafale bid, five times.
#RafaleScam: The CAG’s History
How the game was fixed for the French fighter
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Part I of this three-part analysis is a contextual reading of the February 2019 CAG report and outlines how the IAF’s MMRCA contest was fixed to get the Rafale back into the contest after it was rejected, three times, and how the threats to a Rafale win were removed.
Aero India 2019 begins today
403 exhibitors, 63 aircraft, A330 Neo, AN-132, C-295 and a B-52 to fly in
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The airshow has 403 exhibitors participating in this edition of which 165 are international exhibitors. 63 aircraft will be present at the show, either on static display or for flight demonstrations.
