ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

[abingdonboy]

 

[abingdonboy]

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[su35]

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Excellent photography :biggrin2: i always wonder whey there is so less hd photo available for su 30mki and mig 29 upg of IAF

 

[lcafanboy]

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Man you are my favourite, you have posted some of the best pictures of LCA Tejas across the forums.

 

[Prashant12]

Pvt firms to produce Tejas body, wings; HAL to play integrator

In a path-breaking move, part-production of the Light Combat Aircraft, The Tejas, has been outsourced to Indian private companies, with an aim to speed up production to cover up the dwindling number of Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets. The IAF is operating with 33 squadrons (16-18 planes each) as against the need for 42 squadrons mandated to effectively fight a simultaneous two-front war with Pakistan and China.

T Suvarna Raju, Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), said, “We are getting fuselage (body) made by private companies and the HAL, in future, will just be an integrator. We have outsourced fuselage and the wing production to three companies and these have to come back with deliveries in two years.”

This was part of a three-pronged plan to speed up Tejas production, Raju said.

There are 123 Tejas jets – in two variants — on order and HAL has an installed capacity of producing only eight planes every year. In the past, a private company made the hull (body) of the nuclear submarine INS Arihant.

Raju said, “The increased production rate will be visible from 2018 when we will be able to provide 16 planes per year under a Rs 1,300-crore expansion project (at the HAL facility in Bangalore).”

The HAL CMD said the second part of the “increase-production plan” is to use the existing facility of the hawk trainer jets and a pilot project has already started.

The third part involves outsourcing to private companies, thus turning HAL into an integrator – a concept adopted by leading foreign manufacturers. This will mean the Tejas fleet of 123 jets can be delivered earlier than planned.

The IAF is operating with 33 squadrons (16-18 planes each) as against the need for 42 squadrons mandated to effectively fight a simultaneous two-front war with Pakistan and China.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/na...body-wings-hal-to-play-integrator/379448.html

 

[tejas warrior]

Air Force likely to get 123 LCA Tejas by 2024-25

Dinakar Peri
NEW DELHI MARCH 19, 2017 20:36 IST


To enable this Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is in the process of setting up a new assembly line.

If the present development and capacity enhancement plans go as per schedule, the Indian Air Force will have 123 indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas fighter jets in its fleet by 2024-25.

To enable this Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is in the process of setting up a new assembly line and is also involving the private sector in a big way, said the Chief Managing Director (CMD) of the public sector aerospace major T. Suvarna Raju in a conversation with The Hindu.

The IAF has placed orders for 40 jets in two batches of which the first 20 are in the Initial Operational Configuration (IOC) while the remaining 20 are in the Final Operational Configuration (FOC). Last July the IAF for operationalised the first Tejas squadron ‘45 flying daggers’ with three aircraft. Two more aircraft will join the squadron shortly.

Last November the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) had given initial clearance for 83 aircraft in the Mk-1A configuration with specific improvements sought by the IAF.

Mr. Raju said that about 45 improvements have been implemented in the 1A and HAL has already floated a tender for the Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar and Self-Protection Jammer (SPJ).

On the timeline for the development of the 1A, Mr. Raju said that the tender would be opened by March end after which technical evaluation and commercial negotiations would be held. “We will be able to prove it on the 1A by 2018 and start producing by 2019,” he observed.

Apart from the development, the induction is also delayed by the low production rate of eight aircraft per year. The government has recently given sanction for setting another assembly to increase production rate to 16 per year.

“The IAF will get Mk-1A in 2019 by that time our capacity will also go up to 16 aircraft per year,” Mr. Raju added.

To increase the production of the aircraft HAL has outsourced major parts of the jet. “We are trying to be an integrator rather than a manufacturer, he said.

The IAF is in urgent need of new fighters and the LCAs will replace the Mig fighters that are currently being phased out. IAF is scheduled to phase out all 11 squadrons of Mig-21 and Mig-27 fighters by 2024 on completion of their technical life.

On the issue of spares and supports which has been an area of constant concern from the services, Mr. Raju said they have now signed long term supply contracts with their vendors and stated that the availability of all platforms manufactured by HAL has now gone “above 65 percent.”

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...-123-lca-tejas-by-2024-25/article17532355.ece

 

[TPFscopes]

LCA PRODUCTION will incorporate PPP policy

TEJAS UPDATE : IAF will receive 120+ LCA TEJAS by 2024 for sure

 

[Prashant12]

Project to develop unmanned variant of Tejas planes in works

NEW DELHI: In what would break new ground, India has started work on developing an unmanned combat version of the home-grown light combat aircraft (LCA), with a task group being constituted to study how to convert the fighter for a futuristic role.

A team has already started work on the project to convert the LCA into a drone and India’s premier aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is confident that the project can be carried out within a short time frame.

“We have started an internal study on making a unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) on the Tejas platform. Besides, we are confident on coming up with an unmanned version of Chetak helicopter as well,” HAL Chief T Suvarna Raju told ET.

The Air Force has already placed orders for 123 LCA fighters and HAL is targeting a gap of 200 fighters that the Air Force will face in coming years.

An unmanned version of the LCA could be used for cross-border strikes — missions that place a high risk on pilots in case of a ditching in enemy territory. India is also working on a project named AURA to make a futuristic combat drone that would be powered by a modified version of the Kaveri engine.

The drone, however, is several years away as the project is still at the design stage. While unmanned LCA would be no match for a futuristic stealth drone, officials pointed that out converting a flying platform into an autonomous unit could be faster and cheaper short term option.

The US, for example, uses unmanned F-16 fighters for aerial target practice.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ejas-planes-in-works/articleshow/57741657.cms

 

[bhramos]

Tejas is superior than France's Mirage and China's JF-17 fighter jets.

Talking about Tejas, which has been inducted in the IAF, he said, IAF has placed an order of 123 Tejas Mark 1. "Every year, 16 Tejas aircrafts will be built on two assembly lines. By 2024, all the aircrafts will be inducted in the IAF whereas Tejas Mark 2 version will be ready by 2021,"

"So far, Tejas has taken 4,000 flights and in none of them it has met with even a minor accident which is a record in itself.

The technical staff can replace engine of Tejas within 45 minutes and the cockpit and flight control system are world class," he said, adding that although some countries have evinced interest in procuring Tejas from India, the government is yet to take the decision on whether it should be exported. On the inaugural day of Footprints, Dr Ulrich Bez, former CEO and current non executive chairman of Aston Martin also delivered a guest lecture while a workshop of 'Biped Robotics' where participants were taught how to make an autonomous robot capable of running, walking and even doing 180 degree split was taught to the participants.

 

[Armand2REP]

Tejas is superior than France's Mirage and China's JF-17 fighter jets.

Superior to Mirage how exactly?

 

[bhramos]

Superior to Mirage how exactly?

sorry mate, i'm no expert, i just copy & paste news source

i give you all sources..

http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics...-mirage-and-china-s-jf-17-fighter-jets-370263

http://www.defencenews.in/article/L...than-Mirage-2000-and-the-Chinese-JF-17-250673

http://idrw.org/tejas-mark-1-is-superior-then-mirage-2000-and-jf-17-project-director-lca-tejas/

 

[dude00720]

This is exciting. UnManned tejas in progress.
http://www.defencenews.in/article.aspx?id=251083

 

[Kunal Biswas]

No comparison sake debated in dedicated threads ...

Carry on ..

 

[tejas warrior]

Hunt on for next ADA boss with Tejas FOC at striking distance

http://english.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/n ... -1.1816448

 

[tejas warrior]

Updates from Tejas-LCA FB page:

On gun integration, we will have good news soon.

Once all the testing is over for Cobham radome, the fleet will have these radomes - All Tejas including IOC2 & FOC series.

All the LSPs are getting ready for the forthcoming trials connected with Gun integration, Derby firing, RTOs and all.

 

[shankyz]

LCA development reminds me of a quote from Moneyball :

"I know you've taken it in the teeth out there, but the first guy through the wall - it always gets bloody , always."

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[tsunami]

First look At DRDO's Gallium Nitride (GaN) Based embedded panels and technologies.

 

[tejas warrior]

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First look At DRDO's Gallium Nitride (GaN) Based embedded panels and technologies.

Source of these images please ?

 

[HariPrasad-1]

Whoaa!!
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I guess that Bangalore based private firm Centcom Electronics also had developed an AESA Radar. Any update over that?

I think it was not AESA but some system such as cooling system was made. It was very critical and no foreign firm was able to make it. Bangalore firm made that in 2 years.

 

[Hemu Vikram Aditya]

We should immediately cancel the order for Israeli AESA and we should choose our own indigenous Uttam on Tejas Mk 1-A. Even though uttam is heavier than its counterpart we should choose it as our indigenous capabilities would improve and most of all we would get bragging rights.