tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post4283337307396680342..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Replacing the Avro: Private defence companies see failure ahead in first aircraft building projectBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-31228065454895923902013-06-14T18:51:36.130-07:002013-06-14T18:51:36.130-07:00It still seems that the only competitor likely to ...It still seems that the only competitor likely to match the requirements well would be Antonov, since (only) their product meets all the specs and already serves a civil aviation role, in fact the version with rear ramp is not yet in production. Antonov is already pimping themselves out to the Chinese besides depending on Russian MoD, so receiving money they would otherwise not get by transferring production to India is completely reasonable. The question is whether that really is a competitive tender, whether a de facto single vendor solution is acceptable, or whether transferring An-148 production to India really is a forward-looking goal. <br /><br />It should be noted that EADS has been making noise about future military airlifter products now that A400M is entering full production, they have floated the idea of a new C130 class replacement and of a C295 replacement. Where the funding for this would come is a mystery, although if a foreign partner (like India) emerged then it becomes much more viable. Albeit it seems highly likely that Brazil could get France to buy C390 and (crucially) not fund a competitor if they go for Rafale. Whether C295 actually needs to be replaced is an open question, but parallel with India's military/civil plan, it could find synergies with a civil turboprop... as is being researched in Europe (essentially for ATR to turn into a commercial product). That (civil) product looks set to have a great commercial future, so India getting on board should be an obvious move. But both that and a C295 replacement are not immediately available for production... Licence producing some parts of C295, with aim for synergies in future ATR 90 seater class would make sense... but C295 flat out does not meet the stated speed requirements of the tender, which only Antonov does. I'd say this tender is problematic on several levels. Not offering the RfP to local vendors who are supposed to participate is just another disturbing sign.Kananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-4114457977404818882013-06-14T00:00:29.531-07:002013-06-14T00:00:29.531-07:00It is nothing but a game plan by MoD and HAL. They...It is nothing but a game plan by MoD and HAL. They both do not want any private player to start manufacturing unit in India , since it will expose incompetency of them as well as DRDO. Live examples LCA and other aircrafts.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-31046290564930692402013-06-13T20:32:27.384-07:002013-06-13T20:32:27.384-07:00This is going to end making the MoD look incompete...This is going to end making the MoD look incompetent in the eyes of the world - once again! In the end, after wasting everybody's time,HAL will probably get the contract. In the meantime, the IAF will have to soldier on with the vintage Avro.<br /><br />Nothing really changes, does it?BeasF137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-82893782261938825872013-06-13T07:09:25.368-07:002013-06-13T07:09:25.368-07:00Have you bothered to look at the origins of Pilatu...Have you bothered to look at the origins of Pilatus or any western aircraft manufactuirer? If you did, you would find that ALL of them without exception were nutured by their governments in the interests of building viable global defence competitors free of government inefficiency. No country of note wants to mess around with their defence capability. India is absent from that list. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-22827024369895126122013-06-13T07:03:08.448-07:002013-06-13T07:03:08.448-07:00Yup, the rfp is designed to fail. Why would the Mo...Yup, the rfp is designed to fail. Why would the MoD babus (and their political handlers) let go of a source of power and wealth? In their minds, only HAL--known worldwide for its incompetence and non-performance--deserves the Indian taxpayers' hard-earned money to waste. In the meantime, Indian private companies have set up top notch oil refineries and car plants that compete worldwide in sharp contrast to these wasteful PSUs. <br /><br />As long as HAL and other DPSUs remain alive under government control, India will never make even world class guns and bullets, forget fighters and transports.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-18504650565521760022013-06-13T04:11:45.719-07:002013-06-13T04:11:45.719-07:00This is completely backwards, the RFPs should be i...This is completely backwards, the RFPs should be issued to Indian companies and we need to allow those companies to go find their partners, if needed to bid on this.<br /><br />cujoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-91354074704226206742013-06-12T13:58:29.836-07:002013-06-12T13:58:29.836-07:00Let one private company make a Pilatus competitor ...Let one private company make a Pilatus competitor and bring it commercial production, prove its mettle to join IAF. We can then divulge RfP's and the like.Chinese_Indian Ajaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-84850825369965242232013-06-12T00:48:16.380-07:002013-06-12T00:48:16.380-07:00Nothing but crybabys. Do they really expect that e...Nothing but crybabys. Do they really expect that everything will be given to them on a platter?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-73387351080565769682013-06-11T23:00:36.100-07:002013-06-11T23:00:36.100-07:00Shuklaji, fully agreed, nicely elaborated & it...Shuklaji, fully agreed, nicely elaborated & its bang on target. The entire process is a delay tactics. I doubt how these govt. economic planners clear to get the jobs & if they have any other equivalent in other countries also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com