TEDBF or ORCA Updates

[Bhartiya Sainik]

Who said angled stealth planform shaping kills lift but curved body doesn't??????
Since say 1950 in just 75 years we have NOT reached the dead end & the zenith of naval jet design with Rafale. Every naval jet doesnt have to be like Rafale or a delta-canard.
But still if we search for "stealth rafale" then we get come good conceptual CADs:

https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-rafale-2-stealth-model-2075399

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But the above concept is an inflated stealth Rafale, as big as F-22 or YF-23.

Just like France skipped 5gen with FCAS/SCAF & surprised the world, it can surprise again with stealth naval jet any time. Time will tell soon.

Approximate scaled comparison of the stealth Rafale fan concept Vs current TEDBF design.

 

[randombully]

Approximate scaled comparison of the stealth Rafale fan concept Vs current TEDBF design.

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France has confirmed that fcas is designed with carrier operations in mind, just like rafale was.

Dassault confirms the Future Combat Air System will operate from aircraft carriers - Naval News

In October 2018, during the last edition of Euronaval, Dassault Aviation unveiled a scale model of what could become the Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) or Système de Combat Aérien Futur (SCAF). This first model displayed a tailless delta-winged aircraft clearly inspired by...

www.navalnews.com

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

France has confirmed that fcas is designed with carrier operations in mind, just like rafale was.

Dassault confirms the Future Combat Air System will operate from aircraft carriers - Naval News

In October 2018, during the last edition of Euronaval, Dassault Aviation unveiled a scale model of what could become the Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) or Système de Combat Aérien Futur (SCAF). This first model displayed a tailless delta-winged aircraft clearly inspired by...

www.navalnews.com

Yes you shared that earlier. I hope we won't require that if our JV developes 210 KN wet thrust class VCE which would be a lifetime kind of opportunity, now or never.

 

[Spitfire IX]

There is a feature today on Indian Defence Updates suggesting that TEDBF is to be redesigned to become a 5G fighter. Any real chance of that happening?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0rBi67_Vt4

 

[Asmodeus]

View: https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1910768126914158713