Is Rafale better than Eurofighter Typhoon?
Although the Rafale can carry more weapons that are connected to the 14 points of connection (and even nuclear weapons), Eurofighter carries something better weapons, especially in the case of air-to-air missiles….Rafale vs Eurofighter.
| CATEGORY | DASSAULT RAFALE | EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON |
|---|---|---|
| Overall Rating | excellent | excellent |
Is Rafale better than f35?
Rafale is more agile, has better thrust to weight ratio and has lot more chance to win. F-35 can only win if attack Rafale before it detect threat… 3. F-35 RCS is lot lower than Rafale, so in 90% cases Rafale will not see F-35……Dassault Rafale vs F-35 Lightning II.
| CATEGORY | DASSAULT RAFALE | F-35 LIGHTNING 2 |
|---|---|---|
| RCS – Radar Cross Section | 0.5-2.0 | 0.005-0.3 |
Why is Rafale so costly?
Rafale was chosen as the lowest bidder based on life-cycle cost, which is a combination of cost of acquisition, operating cost over a duration of 40 years and cost of transfer of technology. The negotiations with Dassault dragged on due to disagreements on warranty for aircraft produced by HAL.
Can f16 beat Rafale?
– Max speed winner is Rafale 579 knots. The Rafale reaches a maximum speed that is 410 knots faster than the F-16. – Maximum thrust is 34,000 (lbf / pound-force). Rafale produces 5,000 more pound-forces of thrust than the F-16.
Is Tejas better than Rafale?
Air-to-air (short-range, medium-range, and long-range), air-to-surface, laser-guided and conventional drop/launch ordnance as needed (up to 11,685lb)….Direct side-by-side comparison of two aircraft.
| Type | Dassault Rafale | HAL Tejas LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) |
|---|---|---|
| Range (km) | 3,700 | 3,200 |
Which country buys Tejas?
HAL is looking at setting up logistics facilities in Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Sri Lanka to woo the countries to buy Tejas and military helicopters. This is because having logistics facilities is key to selling the products and ensuring after-sales services.
Is America buying Tejas from India?
On January 13, the Narendra Modi government cleared the largest-ever contract for an indigenous weapon system, when it announced 83 Tejas MK-1A jets would be purchased at a cost of around Rs 48,000 crore.
Why is Tejas expensive?
The reasons for this high cost is the four major improvements the IAF has demanded over the current Tejas Mark 1 version. The most challenging involves equipping the Mark 1A fighter with active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, in place of the current manually scanned Israeli Elta EL/M 2032 radar.
Is Tejas better than JF 17?
The HAL Tejas is both faster, lighter than the JF-17 and has a more powerful engine too. The payload carrying capacity is more than the JF-17 too. The HAL Tejas is also modified to use for Naval forces and can take-off and do arrested landing on aircraft carriers, as recently demonstrated by HAL and Indian Navy.
How many Tejas India have now?
45 Flying Daggers, currently operates the type. HAL has struggled to speed up annual deliveries of Tejas jets, but these are now are supposedly set to increase to 16 per year in 2021 due to outsourcing and the opening of a second production line.
Is Tejas any good?
India’s homegrown fourth-generation Tejas MK1A fighter jets are believed to be more reliable than Chinese combat aircraft, according to a report by US Magazine. Developed by the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Tejas is a single-engine, fourth-generation, multirole light combat aircraft.
Is Tejas a failure?
Tejas aircraft development gained global disdain from aviation experts for being the first Indian-designed fighter jet to have been only declared fit to fly after 26 years of design and development in 2011, with countless delays and design flaws. DRDO designed Tejas’ canopy electrical system is malfunctioning.
Why can’t India make jet engines?
Jet engine designs, optimised to the peculiarities of India’s specific atmospheric conditions including particulate profile, temperatures and weather, will be difficult to deploy.
Is Kaveri engine dead?
On 20 November 2016, DRDO Director General for Aeronautics Cluster C P Ramanarayanan confirmed that DRDO and French Snecma have tied up to revive Kaveri Engine as part of the offsets deal for 36 Rafale jet. It is expected that the engine would be integrated and tested in LCA Tejas by 2018.
Why did Kaveri engine fail?
After several more years of futile development and supplementary financial assistance, the MoD in 2010 uncharacteristically listed five reasons for delays in Kaveri’s development: technological complexity, lack of critical equipment and materials, engine technology denial by advanced countries, absence of domestic …
Can India make fighter jet engines?
India needs to make a fighter engine. This is one technology which is part of the strategic technology development plan of even the DRDO. And they would obviously need industry partners to make the parts and the real metal that is required in the engine. It will happen.