Prof. Prodyut Das 2

  The alternate AMCA Part 1.    Prof. Prodyut Das Introduction The Americans fought the air war over Vietnam with two technically superb warhorses the F4 Phantom and the F105 Thunderchief. These aircraft represented what the most powerful and innovative Aircraft Industry in the world could develop. 761 of the former and 382 of the latter were lost over a seven-year period in their attempts to “bomb North Vietnam back to the stone age” falling to a low-cost Air Defence system.   The Americans appear to have one of the most data-based process of aircraft specification fixing that we know of and yet had the Americans had included a good Astrologer in their processes they may have got the prediction to ignore the above to focus and expedite the aeronautically mundane Grumman A6 Intruder, the North American OV 10 and the Republic A 10. These aircraft were more suited to the scenario. For example, the Americans, engaged as they were in destroying low value targets defended by low value

  The ADA Tejas Mk1 Twitters Prof Prodyut Das        There was much Twittering on the subject of the Tejas following a Podcast by Commodore Maolanakar. Subsequently The Commodore took the trouble to put down his agenda I thought his note was important enough to put down my viewpoints. We differ but our aim I feel is identical i.e – to see the Tejas in large scale service and that the AMCA project does not drift down the same dismal path. The Commodore’s points   are in italics on the top of each section.         1.    A lot of hard work and includes permanent gains well beyond specific capabilities visible in the current Tejas Mk1 platform The equivalent of 80,000 crore has been spent. It is expected that there will be visible  permanent gains. It is the denominator of forty years that diminishes the achievement. We have buildings and facilities and computers etc but we have not “built” the people or “skill”. Without the people all is nothing. One visible indication of “people