ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

[kstriya]

What is the length and maximum weight of the drop tanks on tejas.

 

[Saichand K]

What is the length and maximum weight of the drop tanks on tejas.

Weight as per my knowledge is near 1000 kgs.

 

[ersakthivel]

Would these war machines be air conditioned?
I mean in passenger planes they sure are. But will they be thought of as useless by fighters possibly to carry an extra piece of equipment or weapon.

Yes Tejas has air conditioning , most planes in IAF don't have this spec

 

[SATISH]

Every aircraft has airconditioning I guess...or else the cockpit will get fogged.

 

[Anikastha]

Light Combat Aircraft manufacturing facility to come up in Andhra Pradesh

VIJAYAWADA: A weapons integration facility to manufacture Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), said to be the first-of-its-kind in the country in the private sector, will be set up in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh at a total cost of Rs 2,135 crore.

Wem Technologies Private Limited is partnering with Lockheed Martin, the largest defence equipment manufacturer in the US, to set up this facility, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said.

"We have decided to allot 350 acres of land for this facility spread over Vatluru and Bhogapuram villages near Eluru in West Godavari district. In the first phase, they will invest Rs 635 crore and provide employment to 650 persons. In all, 2510 jobs will be created when the facility becomes fully operational," Chandrababu told a press conference here last night.

Wem currently has orders worth Rs 560 crore on hand, he said.

Other details about the project or its Indian promoters are awaited.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ETTWMain

I hope CPI doesn't come up wid crooked idea to stop it.
@Prasanna kumar

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[Prashant12]

The Close Combat Missiles of R-73 class seeks for a heat signature in the proximity and locks onto the source. In order to simulate a target, a flare is dispensed in the close proximity

 

[silicon3]

Actually air cooler in the cockpit is as much a necessity as the ejector seat and each and every plane does have it. Here is an excerpt from Mr Kota Harinarayana.



You could read the whole article in Tejas website.

Wow...fascinating stuff indeed...

 

[Prashant12]

Dates back to Sept 2011, when Tejas fired a LGB for the first time. The image, presented here is one of those rare air to air shots we have in our entire journey. The flight per se signifies a lot in terms capability aircraft, more so because of rare occasion where the air-to-air shooting happened.
A truly nostalgic moment..

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[Prashant12]

KH-2013 taking off for a regular test sortie with the new quartz radome..

 

[Prashant12]

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[PD_Solo]

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Rambha giving a side eye to Tejas ...

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Published on May 17, 2016
The Indian Air Force Chief Arup Raha was all praises for India's first Indigenously built fighter Jet Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas soon after taking first sortie. Air Chief Marshal Raha said, "It is a wonderful aircraft, ready to fly. I had first sortie in this aircraft Tejas. It is a good aircraft and I think its a good aircraft for the airforce to fly", when an HAL officer asked to comment about the his first sortie in the aircraft.

 

[Prashant12]

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[Narasimh]

When is the next SP going to be handed to IAF? IAF day approaching, hope to see it on the tarmac

 

[Prashant12]

Executing a near vertical climb during Bahrain International Airshow..

 

[Shashwat]

Whats the point in posting every singe nonsensical outdated post here? Aside from the radome images I don't find anything useful coming out of Tejas FB. Moreover everyone here know Tejas FB address.

The thread has gone from a discussion hub to plagiarism hub.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Their are no updated displayed at official or unofficial portals, Updated on which a discussion can be based at the moment, If you want to search for older topics, This thread is a treasure ..

 

[pramsin]

Why ?
Unknown fact !

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It is correct Singapore is very small and does not have big enough air space to do air excersize

Are you sure ?
Not easy to believe .


It is True. Singapore is very small country and does not have enough aerospace to conduct the air exercise to train their pilots. India lands the air space to them and that way we also get knowledge of flying characteristics of F-16s.

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[sorcerer]

It is correct Singapore is very small and does not have big enough air space to do air excersize

Cramped Singapore Military Relies on Space Elsewhere

SINGAPORE— Whenever Tan Kah Han, a lieutenant colonel in the Singapore Air Force, takes off to the north for training in his F-16C jet fighter, he faces an immediate problem: Climbing at 540 kilometers per hour, he has barely 45 seconds to avoid crossing the border with Malaysia, less than three kilometers away.

Taking off to the south from their base at Tengah is not much easier for Colonel Tan and other pilots of F-16s, Singapore's most advanced combat aircraft. In no more than two minutes, they must turn into a narrow corridor that takes them to one of only two relatively extensive training areas available to Southeast Asia's largest and most potent air force.

One, over the Indonesian island of Sumatra, is the result of an agreement with the Indonesian government; the other, over international airspace in the South China Sea, is jointly administered with Malaysia, which in 1998 — in one of a series of disputes between the two countries — alleged that low-flying Singapore military planes were spying and banned them from its airspace.

Officials say that as a small but prosperous island-state in the middle of an increasingly turbulent region, Singapore must maintain a strong defense force. But keeping it well-trained and combat-ready is a constant challenge.

"Our airspace is very small and congested with aircraft because we are a busy civilian aviation hub," said Colonel Tan. "So we have to be very disciplined in sticking to our airspace limits."

Singapore, with a total land area of just 660 square kilometers (264 square miles), has a correspondingly small section of airspace, making it impossible to give air force pilots any extensive training or flying experience within national boundaries. Such factors, combined with erratic tropical weather conditions, are severe constraints.

Largely as a result, at least a quarter of Singapore's force of about 150 planes and helicopters is stationed abroad at any one time, mainly in the United States, France and Australia. Short-term flight training for Singapore military pilots is done in Indonesia, South Africa, Bangladesh, Brunei, New Zealand and Canada.




Faced with competing demands for land for industry, business, housing and recreation in Singapore's thriving economy, the 50,000-strong army and 200,000 reservists also face a space crunch. They, too, have to train and exercise overseas regularly, mainly in Australia, Brunei, Taiwan, Thailand and New Zealand.

The Singapore defense minister, Tony Tan, said during a budget debate in March that the Singapore military "trains regularly in about a dozen countries all over the world."

Analysts say that the costs involved in transporting troops and equipment over long distances, and of paying for foreign training rights, are a significant part of Singapore's annual military spending of about 7.4 billion Singapore dollars ($4.1 billion), or about 5 percent of gross domestic product.

The need to move army and air force components regularly over long distances has been cited by officials as one of the main reasons for the recent acquisition of new military equipment. It includes four locally built, missile-armed naval transports, each displacing 6,000 tons and carrying two helicopters. It also includes delivery of two of four long-range KC-135R tanker and transport aircraft ordered from the United States. These tankers can refuel any of the Singapore Air Force's fighters while they are flying.

Tim Huxley, who directs the Center for South-East Asian Studies at the University of Hull in England, said that Singapore's range of international military links and activities was the most extensive of any Southeast Asian state.

"The Singapore armed forces have benefited not just through access to realistic overseas training, but also from widespread exposure to combat-experienced Western armed forces' operational doctrine," he said. "The extremely close collaboration between the Singapore Air Force and the U.S. armed forces is the most obvious example of this."

Twenty-four of Singapore's 30 F-16C and F16D fighters are on long-term detachment at two U.S. Air Force bases in the United States. Some of Singapore's CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters and KC-135 tankers are also based in the United States.

To take advantage of better weather and extensive flying space, Singapore several years ago shifted its entire basic jet training unit to the Australian Air Force base at Pearce, near Perth, in Western Australia. Around the same time, it reached a separate agreement with Australia to station 12 of Singapore's Super Puma helicopters for 15-years at the Australian Army's Oakey base, in the state of Queensland.

"Increasingly close defense relations with the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Britain and France have helped to anchor these friendly powers' regional security presence in Singapore, improving the city-state's security by complicating the calculations of likely aggressors," said Mr. Huxley, the author of a recent book on the Singapore military.

Eighteen of Singapore's 50 upgraded A4-SU Super Skyhawk fighter-bombers, along with about 200 Singapore Air Force personnel and 140 family members, are stationed at the Cazaux air base in southwest France. The planes and crew rotate every two years.

The deployment, first agreed to between the French and Singapore governments in 1998, was extended last year to 2018, from 2002. Singapore is the only nonmember of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that is allowed to undertake long-term military training in France, officials said.http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/17/news/cramped-singapore-military-relies-on-space-elsewhere.html
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And now back to the topic!!

 

[sjmaverick]

The latest on the front of indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft, TEJAS is very heartening. LCA TEJAS, which after its astonishing and eye opening aerobatic performance at the Bahrain International Airshow 2016 in February is now touted for several critical inert bomb tests.
IDN has learnt from highly placed sources that two TEJAS jets have been dispatched to Jamnagar for the preparation of Tandem bombing release tests. During the same exercise, TEJAS will also carry out the all important Griffin Laser Guided Bomb drop tests.

The PYTHON-5 & DERBY Missiles integrated on a fighter jet
What will seem ordinary and routine to the pilot will actually be a “monumental achievement” for the much delayed Light Combat Aircraft program. A modern, jet-powered combat aircraft is nothing if it cannot put weapons on a target, and these two varied weapons release tests will be a moment of truth for the fighter, which until now only released weapons in development and operational testing.

It is worthy to note that TEJAS has participated in Hot Weather, Cold Weather, Iron Fist, Weapon Trials comprising of Bomb releases in CCRP/CCIP, R73E missile launching in MMR/HMDS Guided Mode, Stick bombing and separation trials of emergency Jettison of multiple stores/Drop tank conducted at various location in India
TEJAS had earlier successfully test fired the BVRAAM Derby missile. While the ground integration of fifth generation Air-to-Air Close Combat Missile, Python 5 is over; its aerial trials is slated to be completed very soon.
All the aforementioned form a part of the FOC consent.
India is eyeing export market for light combat aircraft, TEJAS has been much awaited by the IAF to replace its dwindling fighter squadrons and obsolete fighter fleet.