Il is an imaginary aircraft, we will purchase it only if are dumb as f*ck as been during yesteryears. C130& c390 arent capable to lift 30T.
Why would they mention lower margin of 18 tons in the requirements of 18-30 tons then?
To get multiple responses. So as to understand options and study possible economics.
The actual requirement is a turbofan based platform with 20+ ton payload capacity.
But if they would have mentioned 20-25 ton turbofan, only UAC and EMB would have qualified.
Russians botched up the original effort, they should realise that India is a 3.5 trillion economy and Russia ain't. It's smaller and weaker. Not the other way round.
Cost will be an issue if Brazilians know we don't have options
Thats why they have asked in the RFI for anything which can fly and carry between 18-30 tons.
Remember they have put 18 tons as the minimum criteria. Why do that unless you want to keep possibilities open ? (An178)
Right now it's just about checking out the market and hinting HAL to get its act together if it wants to do any inhouse attempt.
In house development can also include buying rights of something which the original owners are unable to complete
Keep in mind EMB itself is bleeding money , E2 series being a huge failure, Brazilians reducing the KC390 numbers to 19 now. Even they aren't in a very good situation.
Then 2nd best option is An178. UAE and Saudis had the money but lacked technical resources. We have both.
And last is Russian offering.
Then 2nd best option is An178. UAE and Saudis had the money but lacked technical resources. We have both.
And last is Russian offering.
Cut down 5 yrs . You still have to build & validate it . HAL doesn't have any experience in building heavy transport class of Aircraft . That's where the additional time goes into .In house development can also include buying rights of something which the original owners are unable to complete
AN70 was the perfect option for us, but it is no longer an option because of the Russian invasion.In house development can also include buying rights of something which the original owners are unable to complete
Why A400M? When it's almost 3 times costly compared to C390
Do we need cargo compartment size of 4 x 3.8 m ( width × height ) of A 400
Or 3.4 x 3 m of C390 enough?
I do believe that C-390 has better chance here. It is identical to what was to be developed by HAL as MTA. It is not very costly if we compare it's competitors. It can be configured as aerial refueller and there is a high possibility that it can also be used as an awacs platform. But all of this can also be done by A-400M albeit with better parameters. Let's see which one will prevail. Any of them is fine for me.
