tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post5798611164350484117..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: HAL’s record turnover masks concern over dwindling order bookBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-76727577463839411132018-04-07T07:14:01.527-07:002018-04-07T07:14:01.527-07:00Do you realise that by batting for HAL all the tim...Do you realise that by batting for HAL all the time you are supporting inefficiency and a poor performer!!<br />Please do an audit of their performance of the last 5 years, I am surprised with the following<br />1.) LCA cost is around 500 Cr - seriously?? that is around $80 mil which is the target price of a series F-35 :) and more than a F-16 :)) and that too for IOC variant, imagine for FOC and MK1a?? and Mk2??<br />2.) It was supposed to have been 150 to 200 Cr so how can it double with no great value addition!!<br />3.) Price difference is 100 Cr with a Su-30mki? how can this happen? Why is Su-30mki made in India costlier than one made in Russia?? anyways HAL makes 1 plane a month!!<br />4.) This year they delivered 40 aircrafts - last year or the year before it was 60!! how the hell they make more money with fewer planes!! Have they been cooking their books??<br /><br />But your only concern is to give them orders thats all. Do you not realise that LCA and Su-30mki and all repairs and refits has to be done at HAL? and 80 LCA MK1A will definitely be costlier than the existing LCA's to it cannot be 33000 Cr but will be around 50000 Cr which is a lot of money.<br />LCH will come so that will bring money as also Su-30mki upgrades.<br /><br />In no other country comparable to IAF do we have just 1 company doing everything for IAF!! Looks like you have been treated very well at HAL but what a pity to see their mis-management. You are not bothered about failure of IJT!! you conviniently overlook that they make no more than 4 or 5 LCA's a year and promise 20!!<br /><br />Even shipyards like HSL and GRSE went through this phase - MoD can never let it die that too after investing so much in the facilities. In this age of competition you must take bold decisions, shut down or move your facilities you don't need, all around companies do that. how can you expect MoD to give you orders lifelong just to keep a company afloat.<br /><br />If you as an organisation is confident and capable then you don't have anything to worry or fear!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-75609496560227397222018-04-04T09:52:12.671-07:002018-04-04T09:52:12.671-07:00F16 F18 RAFALE TEJAS STEALTH FIGHTERS FROM RUSSIAN...F16 F18 RAFALE TEJAS STEALTH FIGHTERS FROM RUSSIANS AND F35 FROM USA<br /><br /><br />DOES OUR AIRFORCE HAVE A LONG TERM VISION....DRONES ARE GOING TOBE THE MAINSTAY OF CHINA IN TEN YEARS<br /><br />CHINA WILL soon transfer them to Pakistan...via one belt economic linkVikram_prasadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198432511981448264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-85306117007993918322018-04-03T09:57:48.496-07:002018-04-03T09:57:48.496-07:00NSR says ---
India badly needs bombers (like SU-3...NSR says ---<br /><br />India badly needs bombers (like SU-34) and ground attack fighters (like (SU-25) immediately to be ready for a two front wars...<br /><br />Relentless attacks by SU-34 and SU-25 in Syria tipped the hand in favor of Syria...<br />Since these are Sukhois, their technology has commonality with SU-30MKI to some extent...<br /><br />So India must seriously consider buying 36 Super Sukhois (near 5th Gen technology) and some numbers of SU-34 and SU-25 as a stop gap if Russia is willing to transfer all of the technologies (Engine, AESA, IRST, and EW) to upgrade all of Indian SU-30MKI to Super Sukhois...<br /><br />Perhaps it would make Russia feel comfortable about future strategic relationship and ease on transferring the technologies...<br /><br />Perhaps they may help with Kaveri Single Chrystal Blade technology to realize it as a fighter bomber engine that India so yearns...<br /><br />I think it worth a try during RM Sitharaman visit to Moscow...<br /><br />India badly needs a combination of SU-34 and SU-25 to win the Tank war with Pakistan and may be swarming Chinese soldiers in the Himalayas...<br /><br />India has enough fighters in SU-30MKI and Mig-29 for it to go for additional Mig-29s<br /><br />Whatever is the case, they must not vacillate further on urgent IAF needs as Tejas and MCA are far away to help India in any way...<br /><br />Pakistan and China are relentlessly upgrading their fighters and also numbers ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-12493829011995871022018-04-03T05:40:12.842-07:002018-04-03T05:40:12.842-07:00HAL like al other major aerospace companies world ...HAL like al other major aerospace companies world over has to learn to survive on own developed products. <br />No short cuts here. They are lucky GoI will be supportive. <br />Hence best way to maintain growth is to bring out HTT, IJT,LUH, LCH, Saras quickly to manufacturing lines. Once indian forces use them in bigger numbers they can try to export them.<br />I suggest they stay away from imported screwdriver giri and maybe pickup a stake in Kaveri too. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-62475055392307197112018-04-03T00:12:52.904-07:002018-04-03T00:12:52.904-07:00I hope I don’t sound like a needle stuck in a brok...I hope I don’t sound like a needle stuck in a broken record, repeating this theme over again, in the comment section of this excellent blog.<br />I have argued previous this company must be broken up, into smaller pieces and sold. <br />HAL has been a millstone around India’s neck and has thwarted progress. <br />The aim must be to create “Competitive tension” within HAL. Competition is the greatest driver for innovation, productivity and earning power in any economy. <br />It should be our defence policy to develop and foster this competition. Failure to do so has resulted in third rate Tejas and other shoddy goods not a par with the best.<br />Our Government has a responsibility to obtain the right capability for our Armed Forces - and to get value for money for the taxpayer. <br /> Ensuring That Our Armed Forces get the best value for money, will happen only by open competition in the global market . <br />By open-competition I mean, we create an environment that encourages a thriving and globally competitive Indian defence sector. HAL is a hindrance to companies wishing to do business with the government. The private defence supplier, will not invest, research and tender while Government assisted HAL has been given an advantage. <br />To repeat, Competition and NOT favouritism and subsidy must remain at the heart of our approach.<br />This is how Home grown Indian defence industries will achieve exportability and meet the needs of international customers too.<br />The policy should be on making it easier for Indian private sector companies to do business with Indias defence buyers. IITs should be encouraged to work in partnership with private companies.<br />Particularly make it easier for companies with innovators and those which are small and medium-sized private enterprises to do business with defence buyers. The small should be encouraged the big must stand on their own feet.<br />Intelligent use of competition and new sources of supply, particularly from adjacent private sectors of the Indian economy, can help us bolster value, productivity and innovation. <br />Meanwhile if, as Broadswords reporting informs us, HAL has a declining order book, tough we should take away its crutches - our taxpayers have subsidised HAL for decades with very little in return.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-12637034768480443972018-04-02T09:27:01.444-07:002018-04-02T09:27:01.444-07:00Cost wise tejas and sukhoi are comparable.
So is ...Cost wise tejas and sukhoi are comparable.<br /><br />So is not sukhoi a more capable fighter...complete in all aspectsVikram_prasadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198432511981448264noreply@blogger.com