Is the current LCA(IOC) better than L15?
$US 14.6 million (2008 price)
L15 General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 12.27 m ()
Wingspan: 9.48 m ()
Height: 4.81 m ()
Empty weight: 4.96 t (6.5 t)
Max. takeoff weight: 9.5 t ()
Powerplant: 2 × Ivchenko Progress AI-222K-25 for AJT condition, Ivchenko Progress AI-222K-25F afterburning turbofans for LIFT condition
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 1.4
Combat radius: Over 550+ km ()
Ferry range: 3,100 km ()
Service ceiling: 16,000 m ()
Rate of climb: >200 m/s (afterburning) ()
LCA:
Specifications (HAL Tejas Mk.1)
Data from tejas.gov.in[90] DRDO Techfocus,[91] Aero India 2011,[92]
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 13.20 m (43 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
Height: 4.40 m (14 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 38.4 m² (413 ft²)
Empty weight: 6,500 kg (14,300 lb)
Loaded weight: 9,500 kg (20,944 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 13,300 kg (29,100 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × F404-GE-IN20 turbofan
Dry thrust: 53.9 kN[93] (12,100 lbf)
Thrust with afterburner: 85 kN[94][95][96] (19,000 lbf)
Internal fuel capacity: 2,458 kg
External fuel capacity: 2 x 1,200 litre drop tank at inboard, 1 x 725-litre drop tank under fuselage
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 1.8[97] (1,920 km/h) ; (CAS) at high altitude
Range: 850 km[98] (459 nmi, 528 mi)
Combat radius: 300 km[98] (162 nmi, 186 mi)
Ferry range: 3,000 km[64] (1,840 mi)
Service ceiling: 15,250 m[97] (50,000 ft)
Wing loading: 247 kg/m² (50.7 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 1.07[90]
g-limits: +8/−3.5 g[90]
Armament
Guns: 1× mounted 23 mm twin-barrel GSh-23 cannon with 220 rounds of ammunition.
Hardpoints: 8 total: 1× beneath the port-side intake trunk for targeting pods, 6× under-wing, and 1× under-fuselage with a capacity of 4,000 kg external fuel and ordnance
Missiles:
HAL Tejas carrying R-73 missileand Drop Tank.
Tejas weapon display Aero India 2011
Air-to-air missiles:
Python 5
Derby[102]
Astra Beyond Visual Range missile
Vympel R-77
Vympel R-73
Air-to-surface missiles:
Kh-59ME (TV guided standoff Missile)
Kh-59MK (Laser guided standoff Missile)
Anti-ship missiles
Kh-35
Kh-31
Bombs:
[99]
KAB-1500L laser-guided bombs
GBU-16 Paveway II
FAB-250
ODAB-500PM fuel-air explosives
ZAB-250/350 incendiary bombs
BetAB-500Shp powered concrete-piercing bombs
FAB-500T dumb bombs
OFAB-250-270 dumb bombs
OFAB-100-120 dumb bombs
RBK-500 cluster bomb stake
Others:[99]
S-8 rocket pods
Bofors 135 mm rocket
Drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time.
LITENING targeting pod[100][101]
$US 14.6 million (2008 price)
L15 General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 12.27 m ()
Wingspan: 9.48 m ()
Height: 4.81 m ()
Empty weight: 4.96 t (6.5 t)
Max. takeoff weight: 9.5 t ()
Powerplant: 2 × Ivchenko Progress AI-222K-25 for AJT condition, Ivchenko Progress AI-222K-25F afterburning turbofans for LIFT condition
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 1.4
Combat radius: Over 550+ km ()
Ferry range: 3,100 km ()
Service ceiling: 16,000 m ()
Rate of climb: >200 m/s (afterburning) ()
LCA:
Specifications (HAL Tejas Mk.1)
Data from tejas.gov.in[90] DRDO Techfocus,[91] Aero India 2011,[92]
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 13.20 m (43 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
Height: 4.40 m (14 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 38.4 m² (413 ft²)
Empty weight: 6,500 kg (14,300 lb)
Loaded weight: 9,500 kg (20,944 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 13,300 kg (29,100 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × F404-GE-IN20 turbofan
Dry thrust: 53.9 kN[93] (12,100 lbf)
Thrust with afterburner: 85 kN[94][95][96] (19,000 lbf)
Internal fuel capacity: 2,458 kg
External fuel capacity: 2 x 1,200 litre drop tank at inboard, 1 x 725-litre drop tank under fuselage
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 1.8[97] (1,920 km/h) ; (CAS) at high altitude
Range: 850 km[98] (459 nmi, 528 mi)
Combat radius: 300 km[98] (162 nmi, 186 mi)
Ferry range: 3,000 km[64] (1,840 mi)
Service ceiling: 15,250 m[97] (50,000 ft)
Wing loading: 247 kg/m² (50.7 lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 1.07[90]
g-limits: +8/−3.5 g[90]
Armament
Guns: 1× mounted 23 mm twin-barrel GSh-23 cannon with 220 rounds of ammunition.
Hardpoints: 8 total: 1× beneath the port-side intake trunk for targeting pods, 6× under-wing, and 1× under-fuselage with a capacity of 4,000 kg external fuel and ordnance
Missiles:
HAL Tejas carrying R-73 missileand Drop Tank.
Tejas weapon display Aero India 2011
Air-to-air missiles:
Python 5
Derby[102]
Astra Beyond Visual Range missile
Vympel R-77
Vympel R-73
Air-to-surface missiles:
Kh-59ME (TV guided standoff Missile)
Kh-59MK (Laser guided standoff Missile)
Anti-ship missiles
Kh-35
Kh-31
Bombs:
[99]
KAB-1500L laser-guided bombs
GBU-16 Paveway II
FAB-250
ODAB-500PM fuel-air explosives
ZAB-250/350 incendiary bombs
BetAB-500Shp powered concrete-piercing bombs
FAB-500T dumb bombs
OFAB-250-270 dumb bombs
OFAB-100-120 dumb bombs
RBK-500 cluster bomb stake
Others:[99]
S-8 rocket pods
Bofors 135 mm rocket
Drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time.
LITENING targeting pod[100][101]
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