Another great informative vid from the stables of Anantha K M.
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Some important observations-.
1. All PDR of various sub systems and LRU have been completed for Amca . Aircraft level PDR was completed last month. Configuration has been frozen.
2. The project is in detailed design phase now. Ada plans to roll out Amca mk1 by 2024 and have the first flight in 2025.
3. A Hyderabad based firm is currently fabricating a full scale model of AMCA for RCS tests at Project Orange
facility. Various laboratories and academic institutions are engaged in RCS reduction studies and other facets of stealth tech. And they have all made good progress . There is a good level of understanding on what is expected from the team .
4. DSI has been incorporated in Amca which has gone a long way in reducing frontal RCS and also resulting in other benefits like a simpler more reliable air intake due to absence of movable ramps.
5. Regarding the TEDBF, the project is in preliminary design phase. The final will be frozen by middle of this year. So in all probability, the TEDBF diagram we saw at Dr Reddy's briefing is most likely the actual stuff and not some diagram from initial conceptual studies.
6. Canards of the close coupling kind waas developed for Tejas mk2 aka MWF. Diverteless intakes is being developed for Amca and both these technologies will be incorporated in Tedbf.
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7. ADA boss Dr Girish Deodhare is expecting Tedbf to roll out in 2025 followed by first flight in 2026. Tedbf is being designed to replace MiG-29K. So it's MTOW will be atleast 24.5 tons .
8. There's a Naval Project office associated with the TEDBF . In other words, the end user which is Navy is closely involved and they are providing inputs on the configuration and other aspects based kn which the the ac is being designed by ADA.
9. When asked about the challenging and aggresive timelines , the good Dr says that they are achievable since most of the technologies have already been developed and validated and unless something unforseen happens , Amca mk1 will fly in 2025 and Tedbf will fly in 2026 .
PS- Amca will get IOC and get inducted in IAF by 2027-28 . Tejas mk2 will get inducted even earlier .
According to R Madhavan ,HAL CMD , they plan to roll out mk2 in Aug of 24 and have its first flight exactly a year later .