The UAV fiasco – An analysis & corrections. ISS3. Prof. Prodyut Das Iss2. 15/1/2024 Note 1 on stabilizer effectiveness added Iss3. 11/02/24Syntaxes corrected. DRDO is to be monitored by the PMO. It was overdue that the common-sense credo i.e. the Maalik (Hindustani: owner) must keep an eye on his enterprise be implemented but we hold our breath. DRDO failures (or more precisely the failures of elements like ADE and ADA) are far too valuable an aid for the Import Lobby for the existing cosy arrangement to be tampered with for the sake of mere reforms. I wait to see implementation of monitoring by PMO. Most of DRDO failures have been due to poor qu...
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A dissent note on Dr. Kota Harinarayana’s interview of 1.12.2023 Here’s Dr Kota Harinarayana’s take on #Tejas orders going up M Anantha Krishnan (As told to #AKM on 1.12.'2 3 ) #avgeeks #aviation #defence #military @IAF_MCC Dr. Kota Harinarayan (KH) needs no introduction in India. He was the guiding light of the Tejas project upto the TD a/c which led to the Tejas Mk 1. He was brought in around 1985 as the Chief Designer & Programme Director replacing Raj Mahindra (ex-HAL HJT 16) the first Chief Designer elect who was eased out of the post by possibly planted questions raised in Parliament- rather in the manner of Mohua Moitra’s recent questions about Adani. KH is a 1960 (?) graduate of BHU and was a Ph. D student of Prof. R. Narasimha who along with VS Arunachalam & Prof. Raja Ramanna were the main force behind the setting up of ADA to develop the LCA. Unlike V. Krishnamurthy who set up Maruti none of the above Thr...