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Fifth gen fighter aircraft to be unveiled in India by 2014
Topic Started: Aug 19 2012, 08:26 PM (1,281 Views)
arnie
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Fifth gen fighter aircraft to be unveiled in India by 2014

New Delhi: The initial version of a fighter plane, being jointly developed by India and Russia and tipped to be one of the most-advanced in the world, will be unveiled in India in 2014.

The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) with stealth features is slated to be inducted in the Indian Air Force by 2022.

The two sides are close to signing a key contract expected to be worth over USD 11 billion for research and development phase of the project in the near future.

"The first prototype of the FGFA is scheduled to arrive in India by 2014 after which it will undergo extensive trials at the Ojhar air base (Maharashtra)...We are hopeful that the aircraft would be ready for induction by 2022," IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne told a news agency.

The IAF Chief was in Russia in the second week of August where he reviewed the progress made in the programme and the prototypes of the aircraft developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau at Zhukovsky there.

India plans to acquire 214 of these fighter planes by the end of 2030 at an estimated cost of over USD 30 billion.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/fifth-gen-fighter-aircraft-to-be-unveiled-in-india-by-2014_794600.html
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steelDUST
Aug 20 2012, 05:39 AM
I hope this is not another spin from Russia and India.

What I'm wondering is why would they develop another 5th gen ac when the Russia already have the T-50 running tests???

It's either a waste of money (and time) OR a propaganda to divert attention from T-50's limitations (RCS, weapons bay, weapons).
Its the same plane steel with some modifications as per IAF requirement. Its not like unveiling some completely different planes. Russians will be demonstrating PAKFA for the first time in India so the article used the word "unveiling". I don't need to go into details because icefrog's post is spot on.
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gary oldman
Aug 21 2012, 12:17 PM
Haters gonna Hate....India is slowly but steadily achieving everything
No one is hating anything brother. There is no harm in good healthy discussion.
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