LCA TEJAS MK1 & MK1A: News and Discussion

[Corvus Splendens]

Pakis and a few holier than thou westoids brigading the comments here

 

[spacemarine2023]

nice quality camera work

 

[NutCracker]

Pakis and a few holier than thou westoids brigading the comments here

17th Gen Tayyara JF blunder.

 

[Soldier355]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew on the Indian-made Tejas multirole fighter aircraft. The flight took place during his visit to the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. in Bangalore, which produces a light multi-role fighter. The Tejas fighter was developed in 2001 and is equipped with engines jointly developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and General Electric USA; Israeli specialists also took part in the development of the aircraft. All airframe elements are manufactured in India. The Indian Air Force is expected to receive a total of 123 aircraft. The rate of their production is stated at 20 aircraft per year. The Tejas aircraft costs $26 million.

 

[Corvus Splendens]

 

[TopWatcher]

equipped with engines jointly developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and General Electric USA;

Is tejas engine developed by HAL??

 

[johnj]

Is tejas engine developed by HAL??

No.
Developed by GE. GE F404

 

[Bleh]

The Indian Air Force is expected to receive a total of 123 aircraft.

Adter 40 & 83 what's the newest order number?.. 50 or 97?

I'm seeing both

 

[LakshmanPST7]

Adter 40 & 83 what's the newest order number?.. 50 or 97?

I'm seeing both

Existing orders:- 40 and 83
Proposed order:- 97

Total 220...

 

[TopWatcher]

No.
Developed by GE. GE F404

Then wrong sentence written.

 

[Tejbrahmastra]

For a real fighter

Modi’s recent flight on the twin-seat variant of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft highlights the determined political push for the development and induction of indigenous fighters. The Tejas, in its variants, is set to become...

t.co

Modi’s recent flight on the twin-seat variant of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft highlights the determined political push for the development and induction of indigenous fighters. The Tejas, in its variants, is set to become the mainstay of the air force, replacing aging jets like MiG-21. While initial years of Tejas’s development saw technical snags and non-enthusiast reception in certain quarters, those bad memories have been firmly put behind now. The turning point in quality upgrade came thanks to the emergence of China as India’s principal strategic adversary. The next push was the Ukraine war, which jeopardised foreign defence supply chains.


As one of the largest defence importers in the world, India is faced with the triple challenge of ensuring advanced combat capabilities, supply chains that can’t be disrupted by external geopolitical events, and meeting China’s growing assertiveness. This is where the Tejas comes in. The air force is already down to 31 squadrons when at least 42 are required to meet the combined China-Pakistan challenge. The deficit can only be made up through faster production of Tejas, which currently stands at a tardy eight fighters a year. In fact, of the first order for 40 Tejas Mark-1 jets, which was to be initially completed by December 2016, just 32 single-seat fighters and two of the eight twin-seat trainers have been delivered so far.
Plus, another 83 Tejas Mark-1A jets are in the pipeline, slated for delivery by 2028. Add to this another 97 Tejas Mark-1A fighters waiting for the acquisition go-ahead and the development of the advanced Tejas Mark-2 with greater range and weapons payload. Crucially the Tejas Mark-2 will have the American GE-414 engine to be manufactured in India with 80% transfer of technology.

Therefore, the issue with Tejas is no longer about advance orders. Rather, HAL has to significantly improve its production rate to meet its targets and ensure that the air force’s combat capabilities are not compromised. The other aspect that Indian defence manufacturing needs to look at is safety and servicing. Earlier this year, Malaysia decided to select the South Korean FA-50 over the Tejas for its air force because of HAL’s lacklustre safety record, especially in the context of the horrible accidents involving its Advanced Light Helicopter exported to Ecuador. Hopefully, with Tejas becoming the mainstay of the air force, quality and spare parts will meet the requisite standards, even inspiring confidence among foreign buyers.

 

[daya]

For a real fighter

Modi’s recent flight on the twin-seat variant of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft highlights the determined political push for the development and induction of indigenous fighters. The Tejas, in its variants, is set to become...

t.co

Modi’s recent flight on the twin-seat variant of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft highlights the determined political push for the development and induction of indigenous fighters. The Tejas, in its variants, is set to become the mainstay of the air force, replacing aging jets like MiG-21. While initial years of Tejas’s development saw technical snags and non-enthusiast reception in certain quarters, those bad memories have been firmly put behind now. The turning point in quality upgrade came thanks to the emergence of China as India’s principal strategic adversary. The next push was the Ukraine war, which jeopardised foreign defence supply chains.


As one of the largest defence importers in the world, India is faced with the triple challenge of ensuring advanced combat capabilities, supply chains that can’t be disrupted by external geopolitical events, and meeting China’s growing assertiveness. This is where the Tejas comes in. The air force is already down to 31 squadrons when at least 42 are required to meet the combined China-Pakistan challenge. The deficit can only be made up through faster production of Tejas, which currently stands at a tardy eight fighters a year. In fact, of the first order for 40 Tejas Mark-1 jets, which was to be initially completed by December 2016, just 32 single-seat fighters and two of the eight twin-seat trainers have been delivered so far.
Plus, another 83 Tejas Mark-1A jets are in the pipeline, slated for delivery by 2028. Add to this another 97 Tejas Mark-1A fighters waiting for the acquisition go-ahead and the development of the advanced Tejas Mark-2 with greater range and weapons payload. Crucially the Tejas Mark-2 will have the American GE-414 engine to be manufactured in India with 80% transfer of technology.

Therefore, the issue with Tejas is no longer about advance orders. Rather, HAL has to significantly improve its production rate to meet its targets and ensure that the air force’s combat capabilities are not compromised. The other aspect that Indian defence manufacturing needs to look at is safety and servicing. Earlier this year, Malaysia decided to select the South Korean FA-50 over the Tejas for its air force because of HAL’s lacklustre safety record, especially in the context of the horrible accidents involving its Advanced Light Helicopter exported to Ecuador. Hopefully, with Tejas becoming the mainstay of the air force, quality and spare parts will meet the requisite standards, even inspiring confidence among foreign buyers.

The supply of engine is most important, as we could not develop a capable engine.

 

[MirageBlue]

Adter 40 & 83 what's the newest order number?.. 50 or 97?

I'm seeing both

97. 50 was the number that was earlier rumored to be the follow on number. But the IAF Chief has confirmed the number as 97 more Tejas Mk1A.

 

[Bleh]

97. 50 was the number that was earlier rumored to be the follow on number. But the IAF Chief has confirmed the number as 97 more Tejas Mk1A.

220 LCAs then...

UUUURRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

 

[NutCracker]

Earlier this year, Malaysia decided to select the South Korean FA-50 over the Tejas for its air force because of HAL’s lacklustre safety record, especially in the context of the horrible accidents involving its Advanced Light Helicopter exported to Ecuador.

TOILET PAPER NE APNI AUKAT DIKHA HI DI..

 

[Tejbrahmastra]

220 LCAs then...

UUUURRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

10 squadron of MK1A and 40 FOC Tejas

 

[Bleh]

10 squadron of MK1A and 40 FOC Tejas

12 LCA squadrons, 180-200 MWF will make 10 more, AMCA Mk1 & 2 another 10, plus 2 of Rafales.

We'll have 35-40 squadrons eventually.

 

[Bleh]

TOILET PAPER NE APNI AUKAT DIKHA HI DI..

Kidhar equador owr unka maintenance... kidhar ALH... Kidhar Tejas... Kidhar 40 jets pe 15000hrs...

 

[NutCracker]

Kidhar equador owr unka maintenance... kidhar ALH... Kidhar Tejas... Kidhar 40 jets pe 15000hrs...

Also Tejas was fighting out of its category in LIFT-primary competition.

Also just few years back over Article-370 issue, Malaysia under Mahatir was creating Caliphate triad with Imrand and Erdog , that can also be reason .

 

[NutCracker]

Have you guys noticed something. Mudiji's Tejas trip was atleast 35 mins long. (Some say 45 some 30).
Considering that for safety 10-15 mins of backup fuel was kept intact, That too in a trainer jet(in which some fuel compromise were made), we can safely assume that Tejas with 2 .6T (3xfuel tanks) can easily fly for 100 minutes.

now add some A2A Missiles and we got a really potent fight that can do CAP operations for 1.2 hour.