LCA TEJAS MK1 & MK1A: News and Discussion

[Azaad]

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[Spitfire9]

It sounds like the schedule for delivering Mk1A to the IAF is subject to ongoing “disruptions in the supply chain” for the programme.

I wonder when ongoing “disruptions in the supply chain” for the programme are scheduled to come to an end.

HAL delays delivery of first Tejas Mk 1A to mid-2024 (janes.com) ** sorry, link doe snot work **

 

[Aniruddha Mulay]

It sounds like the schedule for delivering Mk1A to the IAF is subject to ongoing “disruptions in the supply chain” for the programme.

I wonder when ongoing “disruptions in the supply chain” for the programme are scheduled to come to an end.

HAL delays delivery of first Tejas Mk 1A to mid-2024 (janes.com) ** sorry, link doe snot work **

A fully-completed aircraft that has already completed its first flight will take 2 more months to be delivered, yeah sure LoL

 

[MirageBlue]

It sounds like the schedule for delivering Mk1A to the IAF is subject to ongoing “disruptions in the supply chain” for the programme.

I wonder when ongoing “disruptions in the supply chain” for the programme are scheduled to come to an end.

HAL delays delivery of first Tejas Mk 1A to mid-2024 (janes.com) ** sorry, link doe snot work **

It is clearly stated that certain components from Israel, Russia and Ukraine for the Tejas Mk1A program have been delayed, leading to this delay. Anyway, mid of this year is next month. Chill, the Tejas Mk1A program will be delivered mostly on schedule.

Better than Boeing which is struggling to manage both the F-15X program which is delayed due to Boeing's in-house forward fuselage production issues as well as the T-7A program that is delayed by several years already.

 

[shade]

It is clearly stated that certain components from Israel, Russia and Ukraine for the Tejas Mk1A program have been delayed, leading to this delay. Anyway, mid of this year is next month. Chill, the Tejas Mk1A program will be delivered mostly on schedule.

Better than Boeing which is struggling to manage both the F-15X program which is delayed due to Boeing's in-house forward fuselage production issues as well as the T-7A program that is delayed by several years already.

What are these components? Israel i guess it's some electronics but the ex-Soviet biraders?

 

[Spitfire9]

It is clearly stated that certain components from Israel, Russia and Ukraine for the Tejas Mk1A program have been delayed, leading to this delay. Anyway, mid of this year is next month. Chill, the Tejas Mk1A program will be delivered mostly on schedule.

Better than Boeing which is struggling to manage both the F-15X program which is delayed due to Boeing's in-house forward fuselage production issues as well as the T-7A program that is delayed by several years already.

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I'm curious. I did not know Mk1A had Russian or Ukrainian parts in it. Are they in the first Mk1A to fly?

 

[Satish Sharma]

LCA Tejas

Why that (megaproject) guy made this video private ??
It was a good video

 

[mist_consecutive]

 

[vidhwanshak]

which missile is that ?

 

[mamamia12]

which missile is that ?

ASRAAM

 

[Smoothbore125mm]

another analysis by western guy (havent seen it)

 

[Blood+]

another analysis by western guy (havent seen it)

Watched it this morning. Not entirely unfair but based off of somewhat outdated information. Matt should have explored it more in depth.

 

[Smoothbore125mm]

Watched it this morning. Not entirely unfair but based off of somewhat outdated information. Matt should have explored it more in depth.

he always does slightly lazy research work tbh its not the first time
(even for western equipment sometimes)

 

[Satish Sharma]

another analysis by western guy (havent seen it)

Many many flaws in this video..
He is straight away comparing it with f16s and gripens e which are medium weight aircraft are bigger in size.. why is this thing discussed because a retired mc from iaf has given statements in past it doesn't keep up with f16 in payload & range. Like this mc doesn't know they're bigger aircraft. And then media took this and published tens of articles..
Talking about range mofos this has highest fuel capacity in LCA category still he says doesn't have much of range. F16 is bound to outperform Tejas as it's bigger
Nobody talks that this aircrafts has highest payload in LCA category.
No LCA carries 7x500kg bombs at once..
Mofos said its radar is not sofisticated enough. What does it lack it's an AESA. It will get a better aesa in future..
And Tejas mk1 was not a maintaince hungry aircraft it just airforce thought of improving ease of maintainance in mk1A so they asked for changes.. the fact that it can do 6 sorties one after another with refueling tells how less maintainance it requires.

Defence matrix had said he will make a video in English to counter this misconceptions look like he has forgot it. Bhai if u are reading it make one mentioning this megaproject & matsimus

 

[Smoothbore125mm]

Many many flaws in this video..
He is straight away comparing it with f16s and gripens e which are medium weight aircraft are bigger in size.. why is this thing discussed because a retired mc from iaf has given statements in past it doesn't keep up with f16. Like this mc doesn't know they're bigger aircraft. And then media took this and published tens of articles..
Nobody talks that this aircrafts has highest payload in LCA category.
No LCA carries 7x500kg bombs at once..

Defence matrix had said he will make a video in English to counter this misconceptions look like he has forgot it. Bhai if u are reading itale one mentioning this megaproject & matsimus

as i said searching for indian equipment is already a big task but equipments like arjun and lca luh etc just wiki have good amount of content btw lets see i can quote both alpha def and def matrix on twitter too but they most probably wont bother

 

[Blood+]

Many many flaws in this video..
He is straight away comparing it with f16s and gripens e which are medium weight aircraft are bigger in size.. why is this thing discussed because a retired mc from iaf has given statements in past it doesn't keep up with f16 in payload & range. Like this mc doesn't know they're bigger aircraft. And then media took this and published tens of articles..
Talking about range mofos this has highest fuel capacity in LCA category still he says doesn't have much of range. F16 is bound to outperform Tejas as it's bigger
Nobody talks that this aircrafts has highest payload in LCA category.
No LCA carries 7x500kg bombs at once..
What does it lack it's an AESA. It will get a better aesa in future..
And Tejas mk1 was not a maintaince hungry aircraft it just airforce thought of improving ease of maintainance in mk1A so they asked for changes.. the fact that it can do 6 sorties one after another with refueling tells how less maintainance it requires.

Defence matrix had said he will make a video in English to counter this misconceptions look like he has forgot it. Bhai if u are reading it make one mentioning this megaproject & matsimus

Dude, relax!! You are gonna blow a gasket or somethin' at this rate!! And attack the message, not messenger, especially when the said messenger never even so much took a jab at you.
Granted, guy did not do his due research and should be called out for it, but this is not how you do it. You need to keep your emotions completely out of it when you are debating on the technical aspect of things.

Mofos said its radar is not sofisticated enough.

He was talking about the radar of the MkI, not the MkIA as it is yet to enter service. So he was not necessarily wrong in this regard. He did mention that MkIA will be an entirely different beast when it rolls out.

Talking about range mofos this has highest fuel capacity in LCA category still he says doesn't have much of range.

He said compared with the likes of F 16s and Greipen E, which is again, a factual statement. It is altogether another debate whether you can even compare both aircrafts at all.

What does it lack it's an AESA.

Not yet, it doesn't!! The MkIA is technically yet to be inducted.

 

[Satish Sharma]

Wh

Dude, relax!! You are gonna blow a gasket or somethin' at this rate!! And attack the message, not messenger, especially when the said messenger never even so much took a jab at you.


He was talking about the radar of the MkI, not the MkIA as it is yet to enter service. So he was not necessarily wrong in this regard. He did mention that MkIA will be an entirely different beast when it rolls out.


He said compared with the likes of F 16s and Greipen E, which is again, a factual statement. It is altogether another debate whether you can even compare both aircrafts at all.


Not yet, it doesn't!! The MkIA is technically yet to be inducted.

Whatever, does the Audience know what LCA vs medium weight difference is..
Tejas is bound to face f16 no doubt about that but when you're talking abt performance it should be compared with similar category Then you're are comparing it with f16 how fair is that ? Audience will think too Tejas is poor aircraft. Despite being the best LCA right now..
If it is compared to medium category obviously it will lack range and payload. Because of size limitations.. still it is at par to f16 when it comes to avionics, radars ew, datalink, a2a missiles.

 

[Blood+]

Whatever, does the Audience know what LCA vs medium weight difference is..
Tejas is bound to face f16 no doubt about that but when you're talking abt performance it should be compared with similar category Then you're are comparing it with f16 how fair is that ? Audience will think too Tejas is poor aircraft. Despite being the best LCA right now..
If it is compared to medium category obviously it will lack range and payload. Because of size limitations.. still it is at par to f16 when it comes to avionics, radars ew, datalink, a2a missiles.

Dude, I'm not disagreeing with your assessment at all, just your delivery. If you want to combat a false narrative, then you'd first need to make people want to hear your side; you'd want people to take you seriously. But if you start all your arguments with Ad Hominem attacks and expletives and come across as vitriolic and emotional, you think anyone would even want to listen to you, let alone take you seriously??

 

[Smoothbore125mm]

Wh

Whatever, does the Audience know what LCA vs medium weight difference is..
Tejas is bound to face f16 no doubt about that but when you're talking abt performance it should be compared with similar category Then you're are comparing it with f16 how fair is that ? Audience will think too Tejas is poor aircraft. Despite being the best LCA right now..
If it is compared to medium category obviously it will lack range and payload. Because of size limitations.. still it is at par to f16 when it comes to avionics, radars ew, datalink, a2a missiles.

im gonna be honest youtube audience is next to dirt and racist too they dont know the difference (at least 50-60%)
while we cant compare the f16 and tejas they are bound to face the f16s too so its natural that those comparisons take place and lca mk1a isnt too bad if compared to f16 too its avionics are better (pak f16s are older) and its rcs is also much better than f16 once the astra mk2/3 is in production we would have an edge over the f-16s easily
plus we have one thing that pak cant counter ie MONEY and dont get me wrong in any military case money is the answer of every problem we have against pak and china too

 

[DumbPilot]

Wh

Whatever, does the Audience know what LCA vs medium weight difference is..
Tejas is bound to face f16 no doubt about that but when you're talking abt performance it should be compared with similar category Then you're are comparing it with f16 how fair is that ? Audience will think too Tejas is poor aircraft. Despite being the best LCA right now..
If it is compared to medium category obviously it will lack range and payload. Because of size limitations.. still it is at par to f16 when it comes to avionics, radars ew, datalink, a2a missiles.

If it will be facing against the F-16 wrt PAF, then why shouldn't it be compared to the F-16?

Morever, all these comparisons shouldn't really matter on the battlefield if the IAF is smart and sets up the fight with us in the advantageous position(the capability to perform offensive actions when we like them, and where we like them)