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They will lengthen the fuselage to accommodate the canards. Look at the air intakes, they moved forward. "cockfic" :rofl:

If this is true, I wonder about the change of heart in the Navy...... did some senior officer get posted out and was replaced by a more honest one? Whatever happened to the "no single engine fighter from carriers" logic? But it could be due to the fact that LCA MkII is now MCA, so greater...

My bad. Missed the LPTB part in that article. Since it is already being used and research is ongoing on using CMC HPTB, we can be sure that it is certainly closer to completion than an intergalactic battleship. But now that we have had this discussion on CMC in high pressure turbines, let me...

Where has he written LPTB in the article I quoted? And if it is indeed so that GE has only used CMC blades in the low pressure turbine, then how do you explain their claim that GE 414 EPE has 20% higher thrust and has a completely re-worked core?

No. Read my post again. I said GE used CMC in turbine blades, not compressor blades. Read this:- source: http://www.americanmachinist.com/news/ge-notes-success-cmc-engine-rotating-parts

AFAIK, GE has tested CMC turbine blades in GE-414. Did not know that EPE was with CMC. He meant improved materials in turbine blade, hp compressor and seals.

This article: http://archive.is/3yV6#selection-1937.0-1937.39 says that the engine is on offer to India. The article also says that GE 414 EPE will make the Gripen capable of supercruise. Wonder what will it do to the Tejas? :drool:

Bro I was about to post this good news and you beat me to it. Good job! @Sancho bhai, still day dreaming about the SE MMRCA tender? Tejas Mk-2 is for meeting original ASQR meant for Tejas? I am sure the original ASQR did not ask for a medium fighter. This is awesome, but the engine is a...

Radar Absorbent Material is going to increase turnaround time of the fighter. Also, not sure how much difference RAM will make when engine's front is not hidden by a serpentine intake. This, along with cockpit will give the largest radar return. Increasing composites might help though.

Nonsense article. He is quoting Parrikar as source for the 2019-2022 timeline. Plus the article mentions that IAF ordered 83 Tejas Mk-2. First time I've heard about 83 Tejas-Mk2 ordered (unless the writer got confused between Mk1A and Mk2, which he did). Although, if the timeline is still...