Concept ya ndege ya India ilikua itoke kwa Su-57 ambapo wahindi walikua wanataka mabadiliko kidogo mfano wao walitaka ndege iwe two seater (Pilot & Co-pilot) na baadhi ya sensor ziwekwe za kwao. Lakini baada ya Urusi kutengeneza prototype ya Su-57 na kuwapelekea India wajiridhishe ili watoe fedha kuendelea na project ya pamoja ya Sukhoi/HAL FGTA wahindi walikataa wakasema uwezo hiyo ndege haijawaridhisha,wakaamua kujitoa kabisa Kwenye hiyo project na sasa Wana project Yao wenyewe ya kutengeneza fifth Generation fighter jet inaitwa HAL/AMCA.
Na hicho walichofanya wahindi sio kipya ndio walichofanya kwa Marekani, kabla ya kununua predator drone walitaka wajiridhishe kwanza uwezo wa hiyo drone. General Atomics ikawakodisha India Predator drone waitumie waone uwezo wake,India imeridhishwa na uwezo wa Drone inataka kununua drone 30 kwa $3 BN,bado wananegotiate Bei maana wahindi wanasema Bei kubwa wapunguziwe pia technology transfer. Wakishindwana wahindi wamesema watanunua kwa Israel.
India's $3 billion Predator drone deal with US at advanced stages, certain issues being sorted out: Report
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Aug 21, 2022, 20:05
Sources told PTI that talks between India and US are under way for the government-to-government procurement of the drones manufactured by US defence major General Atomics. They rejected reports that the deal is off the table.
India's $3 billion Predator drone deal with US at advanced stages, certain issues being sorted out: Report | India News - Times of India