ADA Tejas (LCA) News and Discussions

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:blah::biggrin2::biggrin2::biggrin2: it can be SP-6 or some LSP.

beening in bikaner means battle ready !!!

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[GiantWithFeetOfClay]

If the French were "good friends" of India they should have sold her the production line of Mirage-2000-5 since they are not interested in the development of the fighter any more.. This would be a fair deal! The Mirage-2000-5 could be redesigned into a "heavier" and "stealthier" Indian fighter to replace the obsolete MiG-21.. It would be far more capable than LCA..

Greek air force is traditional customer of the French aviation industry.. The Mirage-2000 is a fine fighter but the French do not allow foreign weaponry on French fighters.. They always blackmail when it comes to upgrade or modify the planes.. and of course they do not transfer technology to the customer.. That's why I suggest MiG-35 instead of Rafale to India..

 

[Narasimh]

If the French were "good friends" of India they should have sold her the production line of Mirage-2000-5 since they are not interested in the development of the fighter any more.. This would be a fair deal! The Mirage-2000-5 could be redesigned into a "heavier" and "stealthier" Indian fighter to replace the obsolete MiG-21.. It would be far more capable than LCA..

Greek air force is traditional customer of the French aviation industry.. The Mirage-2000 is a fine fighter but the French do not allow foreign weaponry on French fighters.. They always blackmail when it comes to upgrade or modify the planes.. and of course they do not transfer technology to the customer.. That's why I suggest MiG-35 instead of Rafale to India..

Dassault is very reluctant on ToT but LCA has some components of Mirage's design as the French were consulted during design Phase. LCA may not be super capable but its a Step-1 for India. For designing a new gen fighter, the LCA experience will be helpful. In coming couple of decades I am sure India would be having the technology for developing good enough fighters which can compete at a regional level(South Asia) if not at global level.

Rafale is a strategic purchase and not for squadron gap filling alone. Tejas along with another light medium fighter would form the backbone of the air force operations while Rafale and Sukhois will be for strategic and air superiority. Upgraded Mig 29s, Mirages and jaguars would also fill in some roles

 

[airtel]

If the French were "good friends" of India they should have sold her the production line of Mirage-2000-5 since they are not interested in the development of the fighter any more.. This would be a fair deal! The Mirage-2000-5 could be redesigned into a "heavier" and "stealthier" Indian fighter to replace the obsolete MiG-21.. It would be far more capable than LCA..

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production line means nothing .....we are assembling Mig-21 since 1960s & then Sukhoi 30 MKI too .............but most Important part is development & production components of a Fighter plane & creation of domestic industry and that is the purpose of Tejas program .

The Mirage-2000 is a fine fighter but the French do not allow foreign weaponry on French fighters.. They always blackmail when it comes to upgrade or modify the planes.. and of course they do not transfer technology to the customer.. That's why I suggest MiG-35 instead of Rafale to India..

Indians are Going to Integrate Indian BVR missile "Astra" & Indian Cruise Missile Bramhos in Rafale ...........and yes We will Modify Rafale according to Our requirement and we will Integrate some some Israeli components too .

 

[SajeevJino]

If the French were "good friends" of India they should have sold her the production line of Mirage-2000-5 since they are not interested in the development of the fighter any more.. This would be a fair deal! The Mirage-2000-5 could be redesigned into a "heavier" and "stealthier" Indian fighter to replace the obsolete MiG-21.. It would be far more capable than LCA..

Indeed they are, After buying the Mirage 2000 first batch IAF satisfied its performance and wanted more Mirages lets say some 100+, and the French also offered to move a Production line to India, well Govt downplayed IAF's requirements and choosen MiG 29 instead

well in India's case we Popeyed the Mirages to get stand off capability

Greek air force is traditional customer of the French aviation industry.. The Mirage-2000 is a fine fighter but the French do not allow foreign weaponry on French fighters.. They always blackmail when it comes to upgrade or modify the planes.. and of course they do not transfer technology to the customer.. That's why I suggest MiG-35 instead of Rafale to India..

Well the MMRCA tender was nice, French offered everything, even they said ok to add Brahmos missile on Rafale, anyhow the current Rafale order itself allows us to integrate the air launched Brahmos

the foreign policy is different to nations

 

[Saichand K]

If the French were "good friends" of India they should have sold her the production line of Mirage-2000-5 since they are not interested in the development of the fighter any more.. This would be a fair deal! The Mirage-2000-5 could be redesigned into a "heavier" and "stealthier" Indian fighter to replace the obsolete MiG-21.. It would be far more capable than LCA..

Greek air force is traditional customer of the French aviation industry.. The Mirage-2000 is a fine fighter but the French do not allow foreign weaponry on French fighters.. They always blackmail when it comes to upgrade or modify the planes.. and of course they do not transfer technology to the customer.. That's why I suggest MiG-35 instead of Rafale to India..

What happened to talk of Hellenic Air Force selling their Mirages to IAF?

 

[Narasimh]

An easy access maintenance panel on Gripen.

Tejas should get similar maintenance access panels in the mk1-A. Push and Click kind.

 

[Kay]

What happened to talk of Hellenic Air Force selling their Mirages to IAF?

Greeks have a rivalry with Turkey... Turkey is ramping up defence and may have a carrier later with F35Bs. Greece would be unwise to sell it's planes.

 

[Prashant12]

TEJAS NEARS MISSILE TEST AFTER I-DERBY INTEGRATION

India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas achieved a major milestone earlier this year when LSP-7 (KH2017) equipped with Israeli origin advanced Derby Beyond Visual Range Missile

Rafael has completed the integration of its I-Derby beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile on India’s Aeronautical Development Agency Tejas light combat aircraft, with a first test firing scheduled for the end of this year.

Yossi Horowitz, director of marketing and business development at the Israeli company’s air superiority systems division, says the I-Derby will become the Tejas fighter’s main air-to-air weapon following the completion of testing. India could also later equip its single-engine aircraft with Rafael’s latest extended-range (ER) version of the missile, he adds.

According to Rafael, the I-Derby ER has a range of up to 54nm (100 km), with the weapon also carrying a new radar seeker. The missile can be deployed from a fighter’s rail launchers, or by using a “shove” pyrotechnic charge that jettisons it from a fuselage stores station before its rocket motor ignites.


Meanwhile, Rafael is also preparing to offer its Spike ER air-to-surface missile to meet an Indian requirement for helicopter-launched weapons. A previous tender failed to advance after potential bidders were unable to match New Delhi’s requested technical specifications. Rafael will offer the 4.3nm-range Spike ER in combination with a new launcher.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/a...issile-test-after-i-derby-integration-439175/

 

[airtel]

SO ADA stopped working on Tejas MK-2 & they are concentrating on AMCA .

 

[Suryavanshi]

SO ADA stopped working on Tejas MK-2 & they are concentrating on AMCA .

What is LCA Mk2 status now
From what I remember engine is the only problem the aircraft has.

 

[airtel]

What is LCA Mk2 status now
From what I remember engine is the only problem the aircraft has.

according to Him ADA is not working on Tejas MK-2 anymore .

 

[vikata]

is it true that lcamk2 has been shelved
i saw saurabh jha tweet regarding this

 

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is it true that lcamk2 has been shelved
i saw saurabh jha tweet regarding this

according to Him ADA is not working on Tejas MK-2 anymore .

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ADA is making structural changes in the airframe of NP to fit the f414 engine for the navy........the same will be called mk2 for the airforce at around 2024...
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[airtel]

ADA is making structural changes in the airframe of NP to fit the f414 engine for the navy........the same will be called mk2 for the airforce at around 2024...
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i think interview with jha don't go well .......

thats it.......scienctists do get upset , when gernalists try to be oversmart......

 

[abingdonboy]

MK.2 will be more of a HAL lead effort now, ADA will soon start focusing on the AMCA exclusively.

 

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official update on naval lca.....

http://googleweblight.com/i?u=http:...a-navy-mk2-programme/&grqid=wyRyylfc&hl=en-IN

but the navy want a fighter for its new AC which will be ready by 2019.......

 

[sbm]

I had a discussion with the Tejas-LCA team and they said that while the F414 is essential for the Navy Tejas, for the IAF, the drag penalties may not be worth the extra engine thrust. So...

 

[sorcerer]

India’s Light Combat Aircraft to Be Armed With Beyond Visual Range Missile
Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems successfully completed integration of the I-Derby beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile on the Indian Air Force’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) with test firing of the missile scheduled for the end of 2017, Flight Global reports.


According to a Rafael representative, the new missile is slated to become the LCAs main air-to-air weapon following the completion of testing by the end of the year. The last test firing of a I-Derby BVR missile occurred at the Chandipur Integrated Test Range (ITR) in the Indian state of Odisha in May.

“The objective of the test was to assess the Derby integration with aircraft systems on board Tejas, including the aircraft avionics, fire-control radar, launchers and missile weapon delivery system and to verify its performance,” the Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a statement at the time.


“A safe separation was followed by missile guidance towards RADAR acquired target. The flawless launch was demonstrated with all on-board systems performing satisfactorily and the missile scored a direct hit on the target with complete destruction of it. The test firing achieved all its planned objectives,” the MoD statement added. “The Derby firing is a major step towards clearing BVR capabilities on LCA aircraft for FOC [full operational capability].”

The missile, fitted with a fire-and-forget guidance system, has an estimated range of over 50 kilometers and an estimated speed of Mach 4. According to Rafael, the LCA could be equipped with an extended-range variant of the I-Derby with a range of up to 100 kilometers. The weapon can be fired from missile rail launchers fitted underneath the aircraft’s wings.

The Tejas LCA is a supersonic, single-seat, single-engine multirole light fighter aircraft, which has been under development since 1983 by the Aeronautical Development Agency in cooperation with Indian state-owned military aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). As I noted elsewhere:

The Indian Air Force intends to induct a total of 123 Tejas Mark-IA aircraft. In November 2016, the Indian MoD cleared the purchase of a first batch of 83 Mark-IA LCAs. The IAF is also currently slated to receive 40 Tejas Mark-I aircraft by early 2018.

However, HAL has so far not yet been able to meet the target of eight aircraft per year. In July 2016, the IAF inducted the first two serially-produced LCAs, followed by three more aircraft during the year. A sixth LCA is expected to join the IAFs Number 45 Squadron. HAL is expected to produce 16 LCAs during the full-production phase.



The Mark-I variant (…) suffered from a number of technical shortfalls, according to a May 2015 report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India — the Indian government’s principal oversight body — including inadequate electronic warfare capabilities, problems with the on board radar system, and reduced internal-fuel capacity.

The technical shortcomings will be corrected in the Mark I-A variant. Gun trials for the LCA are slated to commence in August 2017.

http://thediplomat.com/2017/07/indi...to-be-armed-with-beyond-visual-range-missile/