Prof. Prodyut Das 2

  History, Old wives tales, TEDBF and the NLCA                                                         . Prof. Prodyut Das   September 27, 2025   There has been talk of having a common fighter for the IN and the IAF. The advantages of a common platform are obvious but if you dip into those aspects of aircraft design neglected (unfortunately!) in India- history, common sense, superstition, back of the envelope calculations and old wives tales, perhaps the enthusiasm for the obvious solution may dampen. What I put down here is not a challenge to the views held by the proponents of a common airframe for the IAF and IN but as a sort of grist to the discussion’s mill that the precedents for the idea ...