Sri Lanka Military Aviation

**ecureilx** · 23-10-2017, 09:58 AM

Originally posted by SLD

Why can't Sri Lanka ever create aircraft?

Saw this late.

Meaning manufacture ?

Supply/demand. And the cost of building a safe plane is in Billions of $s

Unless SL has lot of spare money ..

Oh, even India has failed miserably trying to build a commercial plane.

They do build War planes, as War planes don't have stringent safety standards and can spend lot of time in maintenance.

Commercial planes make money - as long as they fly

**LukeSkywalker** · 23-10-2017, 10:21 PM

Originally posted by ecureilx

Saw this late.

Meaning manufacture ?

Supply/demand. And the cost of building a safe plane is in Billions of $s

Unless SL has lot of spare money ..

Oh, even India has failed miserably trying to build a commercial plane.

They do build War planes, as War planes don't have stringent safety standards and can spend lot of time in maintenance.

Commercial planes make money - as long as they fly

And for argument sake SL had the money and stringent engineering standards to manufacture, we will not be able to compete because SL is hideously expensive. If you look at what's happening now and see items such as clothing etc which we used to make in the 90s are now being bought down from India or Bangladesh.

This is not because of some conspiracy where we have to arm ourselves to the teeth but due to the scale of economics.

**ecureilx** · 25-10-2017, 02:37 AM

Originally posted by LukeSkywalker

And for argument sake SL had the money and stringent engineering standards to manufacture, we will not be able to compete because SL is hideously expensive. If you look at what's happening now and see items such as clothing etc which we used to make in the 90s are now being bought down from India or Bangladesh.

This is not because of some conspiracy where we have to arm ourselves to the teeth but due to the scale of economics.

But.. but. .. some guys have decided to build planes. For SLAF. And then grow to modern planes ..

Honestly I am not against innovation.

but reinventing the wheel ?? Of course, we can, if we have a couple of billion dollars spare ..

Sri Lanka can expand the wide reach

If somebody asks why SL can't build a plane, see how many countries can successfully make SAFE and reliable planes:

Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier .. any more ?

Heck, The russians with trillions of $ can't get it right. And include India too, with nearly half century of doing local assembly and manufacture of licenses, can't get a original product out.

Maybe our Einsteins can get it right ?

**Randy** · 25-10-2017, 05:20 AM

Originally posted by ecureilx

But.. but. .. some guys have decided to build planes. For SLAF. And then grow to modern planes ..

Honestly I am not against innovation.

but reinventing the wheel ?? Of course, we can, if we have a couple of billion dollars spare ..

Sri Lanka can expand the wide reach

If somebody asks why SL can't build a plane, see how many countries can successfully make SAFE and reliable planes:

Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier .. any more ?

Heck, The russians with trillions of $ can't get it right. And include India too, with nearly half century of doing local assembly and manufacture of licenses, can't get a original product out.

Maybe our Einsteins can get it right ?

Dude don't get angry...!! OMG

There is no plan to build passenger aircrafts or something like Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier

SLAF just got plan develop single engine small scale plane like Zlín, PT...

We have done it previously also. Ray Wijewardana developed plane like this back in 70s or 60s. Did you ever visited Air Force museum? in Air Force museum there was another small plane like this which build in Sri Lanka by SLAF back in 60s or 70s.

And also there is no possibility that government invest public money for this. So Don't worry..!!!!

SLAF will develop it using their allocated budget and their resources. Just like Sri Lanka Army SLEME developed Buffel and Unibuffel.

SLAF currently developing medium range UAV also.

It is very good approach. At least they can use that for basic training and air shows. and it is very good motivation to our country. What is the wrong with innovations?

**ejanson65** · 25-10-2017, 07:32 AM

Originally posted by Randy

And also there is no possibility that government invest public money for this. So Don't worry..!!!!

SLAF will develop it using their allocated budget and their resources. Just like Sri Lanka Army SLEME developed Buffel and Unibuffel.

Where do you think this money comes from?

**ecureilx** · 25-10-2017, 09:21 AM

Originally posted by Randy

Dude don't get angry...!! OMG

There is no plan to build passenger aircrafts or something like Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier

SLAF just got plan develop single engine small scale plane like Zlín, PT...

We have done it previously also. Ray Wijewardana developed plane like this back in 70s or 60s. Did you ever visited Air Force museum? in Air Force museum there was another small plane like this which build in Sri Lanka by SLAF back in 60s or 70s.

And also there is no possibility that government invest public money for this. So Don't worry..!!!!

SLAF will develop it using their allocated budget and their resources. Just like Sri Lanka Army SLEME developed Buffel and Unibuffel.

SLAF currently developing medium range UAV also.

It is very good approach. At least they can use that for basic training and air shows. and it is very good motivation to our country. What is the wrong with innovations?

Well, our politicians have big ambitions, like the Satellite that went up there ...

As long as they do assembly of basic trainers, custom builds, there's nothing wrong. It does keep interest in aviation and all, nothing wrong, to be honest. Its a great recruitment tool for youngsters as well.

but the news that came out had high plans, like building the next F15 competitor ?

Originally posted by ejanson65

Where do you think this money comes from?

If SLAF needs money to build kit planes or assemble some trainers, for experience, and public interest and all, why not ?

As long as they don't progress to assembling SU 35s. Using PUBLIC Money. If they find a generous donor then it's a different issue...

**LukeSkywalker** · 25-10-2017, 11:56 AM

Originally posted by ecureilx

Well, our politicians have big ambitions, like the Satellite that went up there ...

As long as they do assembly of basic trainers, custom builds, there's nothing wrong. It does keep interest in aviation and all, nothing wrong, to be honest. Its a great recruitment tool for youngsters as well.

but the news that came out had high plans, like building the next F15 competitor ?

If SLAF needs money to build kit planes or assemble some trainers, for experience, and public interest and all, why not ?

As long as they don't progress to assembling SU 35s. Using PUBLIC Money. If they find a generous donor then it's a different issue...

SLAF was developing some UAVs in conjunction with Moratuwa university, now that is something where money is well spent in building up expertise (not à la missile spewing global hawks as some would immediately have wet dreams of but more in the range of disaster management, crop monitoring etc).

Building trainers and kit planes I think it is a waste of time you can get cheaper reliable trainers from China instead of having to waste money building or lives testing them.

**ecureilx** · 26-10-2017, 01:47 AM

Originally posted by LukeSkywalker

Building trainers and kit planes I think it is a waste of time you can get cheaper reliable trainers from China instead of having to waste money building or lives testing them.

I may still disagree on that.

Building kit planes, trainers etc helps keep the general public's interest in aviation alive, and gives wanna be flyers some joy.

Like how in the past, those joy rides were great recruiting tools for Airforces to find talent.

PS, trainers, I meant the likes of Cirrus, Cessna, and such

**LukeSkywalker** · 26-10-2017, 02:08 AM

Originally posted by ecureilx

I may still disagree on that.

PS, trainers, I meant the likes of Cirrus, Cessna, and such

Ah.. I get what you mean, that would be a good (assembling) instead of designing from scratch and building

**Randy** · 07-11-2017, 05:54 AM

US offers Secretary Class High Endurance Cutter to Sri Lanka Navy. Currently pending completion of Congress.

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http://www.colombopage.com/archive_17B/Nov07_1510029283CH.php

Hamilton-class cutter - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton-class_cutter

Probably USCGC Midgett (WHEC-726), USCGC Munro (WHEC-724) or USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717)

**SLD** · 21-11-2017, 10:18 AM

Did SLAF fix ADB-S transponders in there aircraft? FR24 is tracking a flight with Callsign N581 and has started flight from the jet aircraft hanger from SLAF ( this flight is cruising at 1300ft at 100knots in a holding pattern over Puttalam.

**Haleef** · 21-11-2017, 01:54 PM

Originally posted by SLD

Did SLAF fix ADB-S transponders in there aircraft? FR24 is tracking a flight with Callsign N581 and has started flight from the jet aircraft hanger from SLAF ( this flight is cruising at 1300ft at 100knots in a holding pattern over Puttalam.

No, no. That is a Training Cessna 172, which I think Sakurai Aviation got down to Colombo recently from US. It has still not been changed into a Sri Lankan registration yet.

**SLD** · 22-11-2017, 10:02 AM

Originally posted by Haleef

No, no. That is a Training Cessna 172, which I think Sakurai Aviation got down to Colombo recently from US. It has still not been changed into a Sri Lankan registration yet.

Anyway, why doesn't SLAF fix ADB-S transponders in Helitours flights?

**Haleef** · 22-11-2017, 01:27 PM

Originally posted by SLD

Anyway, why doesn't SLAF fix ADB-S transponders in Helitours flights?

Not sure. Probably they might not like the idea of the public tracking their aircraft I guess.

**Max** · 25-11-2017, 03:31 PM

Sri Lanka proposes increase in defence spending for 2018

The Sri Lankan government has proposed a 2018 defence budget of LKR290.7 billion (USD1.9 billion). The allocation is contained in the 2018 appropriation bill, which was presented to Sri Lanka’s parliament on 9 October.

The defence budget amounts to about 7% of total government expenditure for 2018, and marks a 2.3% increase over 2017 military expenditure, which totalled LKR284 billion.

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http://www.janes.com/article/74751/sri-lanka-proposes-small-increase-in-defence-spending

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