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"India must accelerate Ghatak": Air Marshal Dixit (source added)
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"India must accelerate Ghatak": Air Marshal Dixit (source added)

https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/May/15/india-must-accelerate-ghatak-build-joint-drone-warfare-centre-says-cisc-air-marshal-dixit

Air Marshal Dixit told that we must accelerate Ghatak production and deployment.

My doubt is: Assuming that Pakistan is going to field J20s/J35s and we already have 100s of J20s deployed in the Chinese flank:

  1. If your enemy has stealth aircraft and if you have stealth aircraft, both cannot shoot each other's jets (assuming long range). Hence, the question comes to having better sensor suite, datalinks, sensor fusion and better A2A missiles. And, stronger ground-based air defense systems. Based on this assumption, whether we field a Ghatak UCAV or a Stealth Fighter Aircraft, how does that change the power balance? Because, each other's stealth jets are simply going to take out Air Defenses and Air Bases of each others' enemy.
  2. What if, we divert all AMCA funding, into mass-producing Ghatak UCAV and improving Ghatak's stealth technology? We can field 1 thing in massive numbers, right? Ghatak is NOT going to win against a J-20 in a dogfight. We will be fielding Super Sukhois for that (hope).
  3. In a close-range combat (dogfight), how does a Su-30MKI or the Super Sukhoi stack-up against Chinese J20 and J35s? No BVR.
  4. Why can't this be an optimal, currently more realistic and possible strategy:
    1. Ghatak's Engine ~ Dry Kaveri (non-afterburning version of that GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri). Provides subsonic stealth capability. So we escape the engine curse if our engine integration and operation is succesful.
    2. Field Massive swarm Stealth Ghatak UCAVs to neutralize Stealth J35/J20 threat.
    3. Field Super Sukhois for close-range/dogfights against J35/J20 threat.
    4. The ecosystem matters way more than the aircraft alone. so we need to up our game in AWACS, Datalink, long-range SAMs, satellites, EW systems, sensor fusion, etc. I hope we do this
    5. Use huge swarms of Ghataks to carry out SEAD and Damage enemy runways. Targeting an equally stealthy ghatak (like a J35/J20) is a harder thing than due to the size. And in mass numbers, we can overload the enemy AD systems. We cannot use Ghataks for air-to-air combat. it's extremely difficult. we can use it to carry out SEAD/Runway denial.
    6. For air-to-air combat, we can field Tejas Mk1s, Mk1As and Mk2s (hopefully), Rafales and Super Sukhois. And we have a good network of AD systems.

why cant we do this instead of worrying about Su57Ms, F35s, the unborn baby AMCA etc?

I'm currently doing a BS-MS in Mathematics. Is there any possible way where I can participate in this whole game to contribute? Obviously, not joining HAL but a startup/or something? I am very good at Machine Learning and Edge ML systems.

Edit: just saw that we're going to induct ghatak in 8 years. why 8 years? why cant we do it faster? even with private players?

u/Beginning-Discount61 — 26 days ago
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How feasible is it to get an informal/unpaid long-term (1.5-2 years) Research Assistant position at an IISc lab with an ongoing (online) bachelor's degree?

TLDR:

  • Can contribute to research as a full time commitment
  • Do not require stipend/pay
  • Available for 2+ years (after which I am aiming to join IISc for my MTech Research)
  • Ongoing bachelor's degree

I'm currently enrolled in the IITM BS Data Science program (ongoing, 9.23 CG) and have been doing independent ML research in world models and a slight bit in continual learning for a while (I am interested in ALL research that's being done in the 4 labs I listed, especially QUEST Lab's ALL areas): I don't have a formal publication yet but I have a reasonable technical portfolio. I have reproduced around 16 research papers, ran my own ablation studies and for some papers I've even changed a few methodologies and got better results.

The thing is, I want to embed myself in a research environment for the long term (for the next 2+ years) while I finish my degree in parallel (my degree is very lightweight, so I can commit almost full time to the lab). I know formal RA positions require a completed bachelor's, but I'm wondering if these labs at IISc ever take on people informally: basically showing up, contributing to ongoing work at my fullest capacity, attending reading groups, and co-authoring research papers, being genuinely useful without the formal designation or pay. I live in Bangalore within a 2km radius from IISc Bangalore. I can fully commit to the work as a usual Research Assistant/Project Assistant would. I do not want any stipend or pay.

I am not using the specific wording as 'Research Intern' because some labs do not want Research Interns as they feel that Interns come for a couple of months and leave. Hence, the Professors are hesitant utilizes their time and bandwidth to train someone who's going to leave in a couple of months anyway. But, due to my conditions, I can serve as a long-term research intern (24+ months) after which I am going to write GATE and aim to join IISc Bangalore in MTech (Research) anyway.

Specifically I've been looking at these labs in CDS and CSA labs:

  1. QUEST Lab
  2. ML Lab (Prof. Chiru)
  3. IACV Lab
  4. StatML Lab

My doubts are:

  1. Has anyone done this or seen it done? Is it professor-dependent or is there a blanket norm against it?

  2. What would a cold email to a professor actually need to demonstrate for this to be taken seriously?

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u/Beginning-Discount61 — 1 month ago
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  • They've taken out the AN/FPS-132 Early Warning Radar we have in Qatar at a cost of $1.1billion
  • They've taken out 4 AN/TPY-2 THAAD Radars in Jordan, UAE, and Saudi Arabia with cost estimates between $500 million and $1 billion
  • They have taken out, and continue to take out, 24 U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones costing $720 million.
  • They destroyed two AN/GSC-52B terminals SATCOM terminals costing nearly $150 million
  • They've taken out an F-15E Strike Eagle costing roughly $90 million
  • They've taken out an A-10 Thunderbolt II costing nearly $120 million
  • 2 MC-130J Hercules transport planes costing $200 million
  • 4 MH-6/AH-6 Little Bird special operations helicopters cost roughly $20 million
  • Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS costing $1 billion
  • Numerous US military bases have been hit with early conservative estimates for cost at over $5 billion
    • U.S. Navy 5th Fleet Headquarters (Bahrain)
    • Al Udeid Air Base (Qatar)
    • Al Dhafra & Al Ruwais Air Bases (UAE)
    • Prince Sultan Air Base (Saudi Arabia)
    • Camp Buehring (Kuwait)
    • Ali Al Salem Air Base (Kuwait)
    • Muwaffaq Salti Air Base (Jordan)
    • Erbil Air Base (Iraq)

>This is unprecedented in scope and cost. I can't stress this enough. The US hasn't seen losses like this since possibly WW2 or Korea. The sheer cost of the high tech equipment they've successfully targeted is breath taking. And I haven't even included the cost of the weaponry we've launched at them. I haven't even factored in how we've depleted our stockpiles to dangerous levels, leaving us with little options if another front were to open anywhere. Iran is still a powerful threat.

Found this on a few news websites and a subreddit.

I remember the way they were all trolling us during the sindoor losses on the credibledefense etc subreddits

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u/Beginning-Discount61 — 1 month ago
▲ 164 r/BITSPilani

For some specific purpose, I linkedin DM-ed a bunch (13-14) of people out of which 4 were bitsians. the only people who replied to me were bitsians (all 4 replied). we weren't from same campus we dont even know each other but still they were the ones who DMed and helped me.

i fucking swear i will only help bitsians in my life i love this intitute i love this tribe i will only help bitsians in future i will do everything to help only my insti people. no amount of philosophy will change my mind.

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u/Beginning-Discount61 — 1 month ago