Coming Soon: The Story Of The Medium Combat Aircraft


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37 thoughts on “Coming Soon: The Story Of The Medium Combat Aircraft”

  1. Wow wonderful news? looking fwd for it…

    1. What kind of time based verifiable milestone are present to make sure HAL & ADA are going to deliver it on time.

    2. Are we incorporating any of the FGFA learning's in this project, If so what all are the commonality of components.

    3. Since a fighter jet design is an expensive & risky venture is there a possibility or scope for us to incorporate some junior partners like some south american/african countries to foot some of the Development costs, like the F35 programme.

    4. Are we counting on Kaveri for the prototypes?

    5. Is it going to be a single pilot or twin seat model like FGFA?

    6. Is IAF actively involved in the development process.

  2. Now, now, now, Is this going to be one heck of a story or another sorry tale of unfulfilled promises debated over innumerable chai-biskoot babu sessions along with the (D)aily (R)ona (D)hona (O)raganization?

  3. I have complaint against u,

    u dont respond to querries put up on ur blog properly or on regular basis.

    By the way I have some qeurries, hope u can answer them

    Q1. Why v r developing the MCA when v r developing the FGFA.

    Q2. Which plane will it replace,

    Q3. Any idea of the numbers to be built, n by what time can c it operational

    Q4. Is it going to be a single or twin seat plane.

    Q5. will it have thrust vectoring

  4. Q1. Why v r developing the MCA when v r developing the FGFA.

    why is US developing JSF when it has the F-22 ? same reason. an air force needs different types and different sizes of aircrafts.

    Q2. Which plane will it replace,

    mirage-2000, jaguar, mig-29

    Q3. Any idea of the numbers to be built, n by what time can c it operational

    numbers > 200
    program starts 2015
    first flight 2018
    IOC/induction 2025
    FOC 2027

    Q4. Is it going to be a single or twin seat plane.
    both

    Q5. will it have thrust vectoring
    yes

  5. to anon 4.55

    India does not have budget, US has a bigger budget, even F22 production is being scrapped or scaled back.

  6. To The Above Anonymous(9.05,
    Looks like we have a new Defence Minister. From when you(a fanboy) started to decide which aircraft we need and which aircraft we don't need. MCA is said to be an medium weight attack aircraft which would replace Jaugar and Mig-27 while PAK FA would be a heavy weight air superiority aircraft. PAK FA and MCA are two aircraft built for different purpose, aspect and operation.

  7. Hi Shiv,

    Looks like u are back to reporting and in style!

    Please can we have this article sooner than later? I agree with some complaints posted above in commnents that you promise to write some articles and dont write them. Eg Your article on Indian Light Tanks competition is still highly awaited as promised by you and despite me reminding u of the same in comments!!

    I love to read the highly informative articles please post this and other articles asap as u can!!! Keep it up!!!

  8. anon @ 7:30

    yes US has a bigger budget, their products are also many times costlier.

    cut back to what value ? from more than 500 to around 200.

    IAF will be happy if it gets 200 FGFA.

  9. this project is not started yet by the time it matures our airforce needs will definetly change even for americans it has taken 15+ years for raptor so assume how much time our hal wale can take

    who ever it is drdo , hal, nal, bla, bla beta dont waste valuble money and even more valuble time

  10. If India wants to duplicate F-16 success story with 5th gen fighter then this would be it. Don't wait, start work and build it around Eurojet 200 so that uncle sam cannot affect its sales and hinder it from becoming a cost effective competition to JSF.

  11. one knid advise… when ever you are giving a topic like this. please have some thing line

    === in x days
    —- within a week
    —– or atleast in next few days..

    Having a topic like this really creates too much hype and it is not good

  12. Shiv, we all are dying to read your article on MCA…..please update soon. The suspense is killing us!!!! Could you please let know when can we expect to read the article?

  13. Coming SOON? Shiv, please atleast tell us what according to you is "SOON". 1 week? 1 month? more?
    And do you think LCA has attained complete success, before even thinking of MCA?

  14. When i first heard about the MCA, i downloaded images that showed the MCA to be a tailless aircraft.. now i see a different picture… Does ADA keep changing designs??

  15. whatever happened? where is the MCA article?

    I guess some of the posters above were correct in assuming it will never come..

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