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ID154349
Title ProperRevamping the combat fleet of the IAF
LanguageENG
AuthorSachdev, A K
Summary / Abstract (Note)In the absence of any indigenously produced combat aircraft discounting the non-operational Tejos, India's current aircraft are Russian (MiG-2, MiG-27, MiG-29, Su-30MKI), French (Mirage-2000) and the Anglo-French Jaguar. The IAF has learnt, nay mastered, the art of managing mixed fleets, even integrating Western and Indian avionics into Russian aircraft, but HAL has remained at the lowest point of the learning curve in terms of producing its own combat aircraft design, Thus, in future too, the IAF appears destined to live with mixed fleet although some rearrangement is foreseeable. So what are our foreign options?
`In' analytical NoteIndian Defence Review Vol. 32, No.2; Apr-Jun 2017: p.58-63
Journal SourceIndian Defence Review 2017-06 32, 2
Key WordsIndia ;  Rafale ;  Procurement Procedure ;  French Aircraft ;  Combat Fleet ;  Russian Aircraft ;  Combat Aircraft Design