LCA TEJAS MK1 & MK1A: News and Discussion

[LondonParisTokyo]

Is there any news about these planes being delivered on war footing? First delivery in 2023 seems... odd

 

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[FalconSlayers]

Import dalal Ebhijeet at work.

 

[ManhattanProject]

Import dalal Ebhijeet at work.

He is only qualified to do food reviews.

 

[FalconSlayers]

He is only qualified to do food reviews.

Hotel management, ant too only if he is not lying about his degree in hotel management.

 

[Tang]

Actually Tejas can fit into Su30's wings

 

[Maharaj samudragupt]

Is there any real pic for mk1a ?

 

[Tang]

Actually Tejas can fit into Su30's wings

For reference:-

Su30MKI:

• Wingspan: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)

Tejas MK1:

• Length: 13.2 m (43 ft 4 in)

;D

 

[AMCA]

Import dalal Ebhijeet at work.

13 Feb 2021 :

 

[SimplyIndian]

For reference:-

Su30MKI:

• Wingspan: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)

Tejas MK1:

• Length: 13.2 m (43 ft 4 in)

;D

Tejas.....

 

[Tang]

Is there any real pic for mk1a ?

Wait for 2023

 

[JBH22]

He is only qualified to do food reviews.

His bias against Russian platform is mind boggling and his love for Gripen is unclear. For Shri Iyer, all Russian hardware crap even if we won all wars using these very platforms.
Sweden with unproven combat record is reportedly to have build the very best plane

 

[FalconSlayers]

His bias against Russian platform is mind boggling and his love for Gripen is unclear. For Shri Iyer, all Russian hardware crap even if we won all wars using these very platforms.
Sweden with unproven combat record is reportedly to have build the very best plane

Gripen is called Flanker killer because it only killed a Flanker in their promotional video, I’m not even joking or exaggerating.

 

[cannonfodder]

Import dalal Ebhijeet at work.

I think he is good to get lot of info out on geo-politics. Don't expect everyone to have same opinions as DFI members who regularly read on indian defence products.

 

[ManhattanProject]

I think he is good to get lot of info out on geo-politics. Don't expect everyone to have same opinions as DFI members who regularly read on indian defence products.

But the dude isnt humble, his agenda against tejas is quite apparent.

 

[Defcon 1]

HAL Plans to Certify Astra Mk1 and ASRAAM within This Year
April 15, 2021


Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is carrying out integration works on one of the Limited series LCA-Tejas aircraft that will enable it to fire Astra Mk1 Beyond Visual Range Air to air missile by end of this year, Plans are also been prepared to start computer-generated data for integration of Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) from the European missile-maker MBDA that has been approved for fitting on LCA-Tejas after talks were held between HAL and MBDA.
Heat-seeking, ASRAAM air-to-air missile will be supplementing Russian R-73 for Close Combat air to air combat for the entire LCA-Tejas fleet starting with the Tejas Mk1A fleet that goes into production in 2023. ASRAAM is already been integrated on the Darin-III upgraded Jaguar ground strike fighter jet fleet and IAF is keen that next-generation Close Combat air to air missile becomes a standard missile type across the fleet.
IAF also has been offered I-Derby-ER that has a range of 100km by Israel since Tejas Mk1 already has been integrated with older 60km range I-Derby, which according to Israeli company will be Plug and play system, that will be requiring no changes in the hardware or the Mission Computer system of the aircraft.
A final call on I-Derby-ER might be taken at a later stage, while the focus remains on enabling Astra Mk1 and ASRAAM on the Tejas Mk1A fleet, which will also be supplemented with I-Derby and R-73. Astra Mk2 a Dual-Pulse motor based 160km Beyond Visual Range Air to air missile is also being developed to be tested from Sukhoi-Su-30MKI later this year, it is expected that the missile will take few years of developmental and user trials before it is cleared for production. Astra IR (imaging infra-red homing seeker), along with the Astra Mk2 (160km) and Astra Mk3 (340km) will eventually replace imported air-to-air missiles in long run.

I wonder who was it who said that Astra will never be tested from LCA

 

[FalconSlayers]

I think he is good to get lot of info out on geo-politics. Don't expect everyone to have same opinions as DFI members who regularly read on indian defence products.

His critisism is right and would have been genuine if IAF wanted Tejas a frontline combat aircraft which it is not fully. The Tejas is a point defence and interceptor aircraft so all his critisism is useless. It doesn’t need all that heavy weight aircraft features.

 

[Bleh]

I wonder who was it who said that Astra will never be tested from LCA

Anyone knows anything on that.. Astra Mark2 was stopped to be tested from Su-30 in Feb.

 

[Lonewolf]

Anyone knows anything on that.. Astra Mark2 was stopped to be tested from Su-30 in Feb.

?????. Skme end moment design issue or ????

 

[warriorextreme]

His bias against Russian platform is mind boggling and his love for Gripen is unclear. For Shri Iyer, all Russian hardware crap even if we won all wars using these very platforms.
Sweden with unproven combat record is reportedly to have build the very best plane

He wants us to buy a fighter jet which has components from so many countries that we cannot risk to have bad relations with any one of them or these jets will be reduced to overpriced dust collectors.