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A key improvement that has taken place across some of the newest acquisitions by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Navy (IN) has been the substantially improved aircraft on tarmac availability.
The biggest change has been the willingness of both services to pay for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance and service support packages which guarantee aircraft readiness rates instead of merely providing the required spares and maintenance support. Such an approach also allows the economies of scale to be leveraged across a worldwide spares support base and clear forecasting of spares requirements based on the manufacturer and user data. This is a far cry from the Eighties and Nineties when brand new aircraft inducted from the erstwhile Soviet Union had poor flight line availability, with the manufacturers not being held accountable for significant shortfalls in aircraft reliability and excessive consumption of spare parts.
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135622
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If recent developments are any indication, the Indian Air Force (IAF) seems to have finally managed to grab a slightly bigger role in the design, development and acquisition of military aircraft. The government had appointed deputy chief of air staff (DCAS), Air Marshal S.B. Sinha in the board of directors of the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), catering to the long-standing demand of the IAF. Immediately after taking over in this new position, Air Marshal Sinha had reviewed the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme, Tejas. On September 3, he had flown the aircraft in Bengaluru to get a first-hand experience, and also reviewed the progress in the project. The press release from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) after the event quoted the DCAS as saying that “the aircraft handles well both on the ground and in the air”. P.S. Subramanyam, programme director (Combat Aircraft) and director, Aeronautics Development Agency (ADA) said, “This flight of Tejas by a senior IAF commander indicates the high degree of confidence in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft.”
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ID:
135642
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Helmet mounted display systems are now almost default for fixed and rotary wing combat platforms
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135619
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Is it only India that faces a two-front dilemma? Ask your friendly neighbours and they will tell you that you are not alone. While Pakistan faces a two-front dilemma (on its western border, more of its own making though), the Chinese would be hard pressed to admit that there are several ‘fronts’ open at any given time for them to deal with — most notably due internal strife.
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