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[tejas warrior]

Why Tejas got delayed by a decade - Parrikar explains

http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/why-tejas-got-delayed-by-a-decade-parrikar-explains_1904993.html

"The third plane will be delivered by July-end or first week of August, the fourth in September-October. So it is six this year and in the next year it will be possibly 12 to 16 planes. That means one squadron will be formed and a second will start. We have given HAL an order of 120 planes at the cost of around Rs 40,000 crore to Rs 45,000 crore," Parrikar said.

"Fifty-five per cent of the equipment of Tejas is manufactured in this country," he added.

 

[south block]

The new EW suits was tested ..

DRFM?

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[kamaal]

Hey am new here,just had a question regarding LRU system in fighter jets?

 

[Indx TechStyle]

Hey am new here

Introduce yourself in introduction and greetings section.

 

[HariPrasad-1]

Hey am new here,just had a question regarding LRU system in fighter jets?

Well come. What specific question do you have?

 

[kamaal]

Introduce yourself in introduction and greetings section.

Can't post new thread there may be some message constrains.

 

[Prashant12]

Tejas trainer PV-6 On the Tarmac of AFS, Jaisalmer

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[Indx TechStyle]

Can't post new thread there may be some message constrains.

No, there are not. Complete 10 messages, if even then, creates problem, contact to @Yusuf or @LurkerBaba

 

[JAISWAL]

idrw.org . Read more at India No 1 Defence News Website , Kindly don't post our articles on other copycat

websites http://idrw.org/lca-tejas-foc-pushed-back/ .

Final Operational Clearance (FOC) of indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas has been again been pushed back to March 2017 again surpassing earlier deadline of December 2016 said reliable sources close to idrw.org . FOC was expected by mid-2016 for Tejas but was pushed back to year end and after Two, LCA-Tejas were handed over to Indian air force to form the first Squadron earlier his month , IAF and various developmental agencies have mutually agreed to extend the deadline again since many key system integrations are still pending . Integration of Air-to-Air Refuelling probe with LCA Tejas and its trials are pending which most likely will commence post monsoons said reliable source and more tests of Derby Beyond-Visual- Range Air-to- Air Missile (BVRAAM) missile have been planned along with first test firing of Python 5 Close Combat Missile (CCM) but at present LA-Tejas is armed with a Russian CCM R-73 Air-to-Air missile .

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[Prashant12]

KH-2017 returns to dispersal after the second day's aerobatic demonstration at BIAS -2016.

 

[Yumdoot]

Why cannot we produce the radome indigenously, is there no way we can produce a quartz part. We need at least 120 radome.

Sorry for the late reply.

But first 120 is not a very great number. Cobham type orders can never be generated here in India.

Then there is the additional question of priority to be solved. An aircraft has many different Radomes - datalink, radar, satcom, jammer and some other radome may be taking priority. This is especially important for 'The Untouchables' like LCA. One wrong move and the user will make it an izzat-o-gairat issue. Then there is the additional need keep making radomes for LCA because, as it is, LCA is getting ready for third Radar (MMR-Indian, MMR-Hybrid, 2052, Uttam in future) all with different radome permutations and combinations. On top of that there is similar radome work to be done on other several aircarft upgrades (Jags, probably even Mig-27, Dorniers waghera) and missiles (Akash, Brahmos, Nag waghera). So its not exactly easy either.

BTW even the Kevlar radome takes time while at the same time, given the right resources even the Quartz or freq. selective radome tech should not be an impossible thing to achieve. In the ultimate analysis most tough engineering R&D is essentially a rigorous step by step process of elimination, selection and integration. FSS radomes are a wishlist for AMCA and they will come eventually in Indian make. NAL has apparently done some work in this regard and the following link http://nal-ir.nal.res.in/12108/2/ja477a.pdf seems to suggest they have actually worked on basic science around this:

Then at times there are considerations like not having to re-invent the wheel.

Unfortunately, if you are relying on foreigners with a large product package, they will of course abuse our order to make you further dependent on them.

So whenever one part of the GoI says that we should not re-invent the wheel and import, that part must normally be queried as to why the wishlist came in at an inopportune time and what plan is there to avoid getting green-mailed.

 

[Arjun25]

Why tejas got delayed for a decade

Flying tejas felt like being on top of the world

Hal tejas induction historical day for india

 

[Prashant12]

A different perspective to the double delta platform..
KH-2018 carrying out duty at AFS

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[Prashant12]

Tejas is getting ready for high altitude hot weather trials

 

[Prashant12]

Tejas from the archives of Aero India 2013

 

[Prashant12]

Tejas participated in IRON FIST 2013, the triennial exercise by IAF in the deserts of Rajasthan, for the first time and successfully demonstrated the swing role capability by dropping an air-to-ground store and firing an air-to-air CCM within the allotted time. The same feat was repeated in IRON FIST 2016 too with considerable success. Two of the prototypes would get airborne as hot standby to each other during the entire exercise starting from the free practice days to dress rehearsal to the final show.
Here, we present the fans an image during the exercise in 2013. The standby aircraft returning back to base with the stores in tact as the main aircraft did the job.

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[Rikky choudhary]

Enter in 30 @ss and more 30

 

[tejas warrior]

Source: Facebook

Fake reports of an LCA Tejas crash are going around in the online community.

The tail number KH2014 designated for the LSP-4 was photo shopped in an attempt to create confusion and malign the program which has an unmatched safety record throughout its flight tests.

The original image is of a SEPECAT Jaguar crash in 2015.

 

[Pandora]

Source: Facebook

Fake reports of an LCA Tejas crash are going around in the online community.

The tail number KH2014 designated for the LSP-4 was photo shopped in an attempt to create confusion and malign the program which has an unmatched safety record throughout its flight tests.

The original image is of a SEPECAT Jaguar crash in 2015.

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Lol JT is Jaguar Trainer............

 

[Narasimh]

CD Balaji's interview