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I believe some LSPs are being prepared for delivery to kick start training to be returned back to HAL after newer ac join IAF. That is what they did with Jaguars, M2K & SU-30M.

It appears that ac from No-45 sqn will be moved to MOFTU and the LCA MK1 will replace them within this month. I believe about 4 LCAs are ready for delivery within 30 days.

Negative, What I stated was that it is based on same philosophy and thought. Light, small, high sortie rate, least maintenance support aircraft capable of being operated from grass strips and roads.

F-15 is non FBW, stable design. I hope that shud make things clear to you. Regarding the details, I wud not like to share them at this stage as we are at a very critical stage of design phase now. The final decision will be taken after the CFD analysis to continue or abondon the project.

I had a brain wave to create a small ac based on the same thought as Folland GNAT with some stealth features and internal weapons bay for launching missiles and bombs. I put that concept on paper and engaged couple of guys from IIT Mumbai to create initial digital mock up. Also engaged a Mumbai...

The Ghost will overtake them.

@Rahul Singh, Myself and Maolankar are from same squadron from NDA that is Delta sqn and also same service and also same sqn again in Navy. He is 66Th course and I am 70th course NDA. This is just for your information.

No one knows for sure but Boeing had indicated it to be about 108KN which translates to 11 tons of thrust. We have a thumb rule regarding what shud be the MTOW for optimum perf for a given thrust. And that thumb rule is that for best perf from an aircraft the MTOW of an ac must not exeed the dry...

It takes very little effort to modify an existing design than a clean sheet design. my suggestions were w.r.t Mk-1. these can be very easily incorporated into MK-2. The ADA & DRDO must dump their mentality of trying to keep it small and go for 14-15 meter length now itself.

It will be superior to Gripen NG as it will be able to carry more fuel internally and have better wing area of 38 v/s 30. While matching Gripen NG weapon to weapon and sensor to sensor with higher weaponload.

What you have stated now is what is the truth about LCA. It is a wastage of a great design. I will still not support a twin engined version. I wud rather go for 108KN version of F414INS6 and add 0.6 m each ahead of nose, behind cockpit and behind wings. The additional volume ahead of the nose...

In its present form LCA is a grossly under utilised design constrained not by design but by mentality of its designers and likely operators. Regarding N-LCA, levcons will not help this design as much for carrier landings as the Close coupled canard wud.

@ersakthivel, Let me reclarify my stand on LCA. It is one of the most remarkable and redical new design of the world. The tech break thrus made by ADA and DRDO for creating this aircraft are in the same league as that of our nuke and missile breakthrus. The design itself has huge growth...

Actually, HAL sold the idea to IN and IN true to its colors, went for this domestic industry product. But now it is very clear that N-LCA will be a trainer only with hardly any combat potential. But it will provide a huge tech boost to HAL/India.

I am very well aware of the complete design of LCA. Pls go thru the details of YF-23 also in your spare time. The effective sweep angle of a trapezoidal wing is the difference between leading edge sweep and trailing edge sweep. so A trapezoidal plan form with 42* LE sweep and 21* TE sweep will...

If you do a bit of research on aircraft design for low weight and low drag plan forms, you will find that LCA is the worst design for a light weight fighter. Also the sweep angle of this ac is the main problem for it being over weight. A tailless delta with sweep angle of 53* is probably the...

Jag nose had the laser designator which is now being modified to carry elta 2032 MMR and it will also carry the Litening FLIR pod for ground attacks.

Only Maritime strike Jaguars have radar.