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www.ajaishukla.com/2023/04/hal-inaugurates-third-assembly-line-for.html?m=1 HAL inaugurates third assembly line for Tejas fighters, raises capacity to 24 fighters yearly The Mark 1-A would be faster and more agile than the current Mark I. Developing it would involve shaving off 800 kilogrammes...

Did hear Dr Deodhare in an interview say that he returned to be able to get his hands on 'core work', implied meaning, something that would have been denied to him abroad whichever big aerospace firm he joined.

Delusions of grandeur? https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-india-will-soon-have-a-buffet-spread-of-indigenously-built-fighter-aircraft-to-serve-the-needs-of-iaf-says-the-man-behind-tejas/article66953839.ece/amp/ Andhra Pradesh: India will soon have a ‘buffet...

Due respect but that's a load of bull poop. How can we mango men advise the professionals in IAF on what they should be doing? It's almost like we think they don't know their job or that we can do a better job than them, at any rate. If the ASQR for Mk2, AMCA & TEDBF allowed a 73kN Kaveri in...

We have to break the cartelisation on jet engine manufacturing. The simple choice for RR, Safran and GE is to either make billions from the opportunity here or let it pass them by. The key thing is out of these three participants there is only one winner and that's why we have pit them against...

Why are defence journos such absolute ar$es? He is not letting the test engineer complete his thoughts before cutting him & starting on a different question. Don't even get me started on the Mig-29K shot when they talk about Atmanirbharta & NLCA landing on INS Vikrant. :facepalm: Maybe he...

Impossible. These decisions have been winding their way from one sarkari table to the next among gazillion rounds of chai samosa before being finalized. Nothing here happens in a snap. But it is an indicator that additional orders for Mk1A are coming.

Everyone on this forum was saying the same about the vanilla F414 engine not so far back! The game has moved forward from then, read iCET. US has pointedly promised us everything we demanded few years back in the now defunct DTTI (same spiel of Congress, sensitive tech transfer laws etc were...

India also needs to quit fighter jet imports in toto to be able to brandish a similar legacy. We should be able to say the upcoming Rafale Ms for IN and maybe F-35 for IAF (long shot but if they open up the tech for 116kN GE F414 and also enhance it further with new materials then anything's...

France also had the easy option of just buying F-16s but instead chose to go the whole hog with Rafale. Later for the engines again France had the option to take it easy by simply buying F404 off the shelf yet they chose to invent the M88. That is a wonderful precedent to follow because great...

That is over-optimistic! If recent pronouncements by IAF are anything to go by they will not give up on MRFA. However, ordering more Mk1A (bird almost in hand is worth several in the bush) makes eminent sense to arrest falling squadron numbers because of slippages in Mk2 schedule, retiring...

Ex is still on (27 Feb to 17 March 2023). Wait for it to finish to hear anything.

RCS will be greater, but then that is also true of Rafale, EF, Gripen & J-20. Mk2 is bigger in size but the question is how. It is bigger longitudinally, with a plug each in the nose and behind cockpit so may not affect the crucial frontal RCS so much because of being 'bigger', even the wings...

Source please. From what I could gather nose cone of both Mk1 & Mk2 are nearly identical. To house IRST, radar mounting point is forward in Mk2 effectively reducing the diameter available for it. Some optimisations have been carried out: ..but not seeing any reference for...

LCA Mk2 has a more powerful radar (GaN based) than Mk1A (GaAs based) even though Mk2 has a smaller radome. This was true atleast till Mk1A had 780 GaAs TRMs & Mk2 992 GaN TRMs. idrw totally skips on the details so hard to say if this is further refinement of Uttam Mk1 or upscaled Uttam Mk2...

Nooo! Internal IRST of Mk2 pushes the radar plate forward reducing it's diameter in a conical radome compared to Mk1.

https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1050664 HAL signs deal with Argentinian Air Force, Safran Helicopter Engines Wed, Feb 15 2023 07:33:58 PM From Our Special Correspondent Daijiworld Media Network Bengaluru, Feb 15: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a contract...

Thanks for a realistic assessment. Am sure FAA will choose whatever's best for Argentina!

@Roland55 www.financialexpress.com/defence/argentina-looking-towards-india-to-build-military-might/2714015/lite/ Argentina looking towards India to build military might Argentina has expressed interest in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. South American nation Argentina stands...

what is holding up Tejasmk1 gun certification? Any ideas? My guess, fbw logic needs to be added, mature and proven for gun firing in air. It's an unstable plane and firing does impart significant impulse force and can pitch and yaw the plane. Low priority for now, will get done in due course...