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  1. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    Please locate the specification section on the same board and look for store stations.
  2. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    We are dead serious about this which is why the MRCBF #s were toned down from 57 to just 26 If we put all our eggs in the TEDBF basket, FF 2026, service entry by 2032 is an optimistic timeline- still that's 10 years Vikrant will have to sail without a reliable fighter! The current incumbent on...
  3. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    frontierindia.com/ada-to-ready-aircraft-carrier-based-fighter-tedbf-for-the-indian-navy-by-2026/ Expect funds release once the project moves from design to implementation phase.
  4. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    Twin Engine Deck Based Fighters Update: -Apr 2020 #IndianNavy & Aeronautical Development Agency proposal and $1.75 Bn #Indian govt approval -Sep 2022: Preliminary design phase begins -2024: Design phase to implementation phase -2026: 1st prototype flight -2032: Mass production
  5. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    + innovation is cheaper in India. https://sputniknews.com/20190517/india-second-moon-mission-1075079536.html
  6. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    2.2 Stealth shaping reduces payload also since you are not concerned with optimising lift, but making it LO is the primary concern On a side note, I'm reasonably certain of the TEDBF were to incorporate IWBs, then we will all start crying about reduced range and how TEDBF will be restricted to...
  7. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    https://man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/ac/docs/990414-ART-Super-Hornet.htm This particular section is worth its bytes in gold- Stealth is not the be all & end all. It is just one approach to survivability. These are the thoughts of a USN TP. Crucially: You spend your money wisely always balancing...
  8. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    You are absolutely right! Why we don't go full stealth with TEDBF: 1. Serpentine intakes distort the airflow arriving at fan blades of the engine, if not enough air pressure can be built at engine inlet, power out of engine is reduced. For STOBAR ops we need all the power the engines can...
  9. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    I'm sure in the 10 years it takes to come online- we'll be calling 2x110kN also underpowered. We are perpetual whiners. It's not the engine that is a problem, it's this mentality that nothing world beating can come out of ADAs hangers and we can't produce something that will beat the cr@p out of...
  10. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    Don't think so! How's the Rafale-M managing with 2x M88s? Please compare it's specs with 414. Never hear of it being under powered. First they got the 404, and that was underpowered. Now they moved up to 414 and even this is underpowered. May be we should just slap 3 or even 4 engines on our...
  11. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    I'm more excited by the GaAs to GaN shift for Mk1 (Uttam Mk3?) - much lower power requirements, many times better range.
  12. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    From wiki.. As per Sameer Sir's tweet, the modules double approximately in the GaAs to GaN shift. Su-57 will sport nearly double the above numbers once it makes that radar leap. 5x RF power will give us mind numbing range. Mk1 has a gigantic nose for its small size with no IRST to accomodate...
  13. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    doesn't N036 Byelka use GaAs also ? That 1500 number should itself approach 2800-2900 with shift to GaN.
  14. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    Oh I think it will be more than 1300. A whole lot more.
  15. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    Salivating at the prospect of this GaN AESAR moving into the Mk1s bigger nose in MLU. We could have 1400-1500 TRMs? How many in the Su-30?? :drool: https://infotonline.com/53-tejas-mk1a-to-be-equipped-with-uttam-aesa-radar/
  16. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    Because we like to think of our military equipment like consumer goods- like our phones or cars. We want it to be feature loaded and throw all the buzzwords at it. Mission requirements be damned. People have gotten so enamoured with stealth that they forget about pressure recovery at the engine...
  17. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    Why do you say that? It will be the F414. Two of them. https://idrw.org/tedbf-will-enter-production-in-2031-navy-chief/ I mean if the engine is not decided upon now- add another decade to the program.
  18. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    My conclusions exactly & have been at peace ever since.
  19. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    They are ready for orders when i last checked- only orders weren't forthcoming for very very long- until very recently for LCH. No orders still for LUH which did see some flying by the user on the LAC when the dragon was breathing down our neck. Look at the cost of imported AH-64 and the LxH-...
  20. MonaLazy

    TEDBF or ORCA Updates

    HAL & ADA-DRDO are two separate entities. Mk1A is HALs baby. ADA is only designing the mk2 and AMCA both programs on for very long. Canards were studied for Mk1 Tejas. Mk2 has nothing new, in the interest of saving time they did not even bother with DSI. The only real challenge is AMCA but all...
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