Lockheed Martin began flying F-16IN Super Viper trails for Indian Airforce on 7th September. F-16IN which is competing for MCRA deal is a advanced variant of F-16 which incorporates 5th generation technologies similar to UAE’s F-16 Block 60. The trials will be held in three places Bangalore to simulate urban conditions, Jaisalmer in Rajasthan to simulate desert conditions and Leh in Jammu and Kashmir to simulate high-altitude mountain conditions.
Archive for September, 2009
Lockheed Martin to begin F-16IN trials for Indian Air Force
by Larkins Dsouza on September 9th, 2009 No Comments »
All you need to know about Sukhoi/HAL FGFA
by Larkins Dsouza on September 1st, 2009 4 Comments »
The Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) being jointly developed by India and Russia will look substantially different for the two countries. While the Russian version will be a single-pilot fighter, the Indian variant will have a twin-seat configuration based on its operational doctrine which calls for greater radius of combat operations. The program is initiated to develop a fifth generation fighter aircraft to fill a role similar to that of Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II, the world’s first fifth-generation fighter jets. With all the hype about Sukhoi/HAL FGFA lately I thought I would have a post on the links to some FGFA related article on the web.
