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  1. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    83 Mk1As are ordered instead of earlier requirement of 83 Mk2. If thats not conversion, then what is? What assumption is there? IAF earlier said that they wanted 6 sqdrns of LCA, 2 Mk1 and 4 Mk2. Now there are 6 sqdrns of LCA on order, 2 of Mk1 and 4 of Mk1A. If thats not conversion, then what...
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    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    By they I assume you mean GE. I believe its more or less clear now that Kaveri's successor projects are now being run as purely research projects. For now, LCA Mk1 and Mk1A will be equipped with GE404 and Mk2 with GE414. If Kaveri's derivative gets ready, it can be the the MLU choice for LCA or...
  3. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    I haven't made any conclusions about Mk2. Kindly point out where I have said that. My counterpart didn't ask anything, he was making a wrong claim and I simply corrected him. The link provided by me clearly states that Mk1A is getting GE404. There are no doubts about that and if you desire...
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    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    If it is all in public domain, why is it proving so difficult for you to provide a link even after I have asked for it thrice? You are the only member on the forum who managed to find it in public domain, no one else. As for 99 G414 engine deal, your level of knowledge is terrible. So let me...
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    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    Can you prove any of this or are you just wasting my time?
  6. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    If 41 F404s have been ordered, more will be ordered from GE. GE has not stopped production of F404. You are repeatedly making a stupid claim that production of F404 has been stopped without bothering to prove it. IAF has already ordered 83 LCA Mk1As and all of them are going to use F404 only...
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    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    Your information is incorrect. LCA Mk1A will be using F404 engine also. So GE cannot have stopped production of F404. Kindly prove otherwise if you can.
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    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    Zero.................................
  9. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    There is no attempt to pressurise government. This is simply your own biasedness against anyone who says anything against the LCA/NLCA. If I ask you one single proof of this pressurization/foreign lobbies you will be able to provide nothing, zero, null, nada. Few years back IAF said they plan to...
  10. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    Navy is not answerable to the ordinary citizens of India and they don't need to explain anything to the public in a white paper. Navy answers to MOD. Their rejection will go to the MOD and only MOD can finally reject NLCA and search for an alternative fighter, which is elected by people of the...
  11. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    So, because navy's ships went through a few accidents someone else should be defining what the navy requires in a carrier capable jet instead of navy themselves? Who should that be and what are their qualifications to accept/reject NLCA?
  12. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    As I have said on this thread before, this production rate is good for the given number of orders. Any increase in production has be commensurate with increase in total orders for LCA. And if navy goes for some other aircraft and not NLCA, as hinted by CNS few days back, the projected orders for...
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    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    That was always the planned production rate for Dhruv. For LCA, planned production rate is 16 per annum.
  14. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    Possibility of clearance is a Quota?
  15. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    Wrong. The graph shows clearly show over 60 LCA produced by end of 2020-21. In next four years, i.e. 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, about 60 LCA are being produced according to the graph, giving an annual production rate of about 16 fighters per annum.
  16. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    We are producing with rates comparable to the world. Rafale is being produced only at 11 per annum. LCA will be produced at 16.
  17. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    Producing one squadron per year will never be possible even with the planned new production line. That is just another one of Parrikar's rants. The current and future production rate are comparable to production rate fighters worldwide except US. Also, it doesn't make sense to increase the...
  18. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    The LCA program is more or less set in stone now. I doubt you will be hearing anything new even if you login in 2020. HAL is expected to deliver 6 SPs by mid of next year. And then rate of 8 SP's per should continue till 2020 when it will be increased to 16 SPs per year and Mk1A enters...
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    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    There is no such quota. Kindly provide a source for the same if you claim otherwise.
  20. Defcon 1

    ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

    The author is probably suggesting twin engined LCA as a substitute for F18. Without any idea of timelines for such a product. I mean, the development can start at the earliest at 2025, when NLCA Mk2 is complete. Assuming that IAF doesn't ask for a Mk2 version for itself. And even then, it will...
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