LCA TEJAS MK1 & MK1A: News and Discussion

[Steven Rogers]

When India makes 60°+ attacking WVR missiles & when Tejas gets IRST, then. Otherwise without thrust vectoring or self-protection jammer it won't.

LCA has better hmds cueing capability with missiles than su30's sura k hmds.

 

[Prashant12]

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[IndianHawk]

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Beautiful pic. I want to see a pic of lca fully loaded. All pylons engaged. Does anyone has any?

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[IndianHawk]

Btw there is an RFI out for retractable air to air probe for mk1a .
Could be like mig 29upg. That also means mwf will also have retractable probe.

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[kamaal]

Btw there is an RFI out for retractable air to air probe for mk1a .
Could be like mig 29upg. That also means mwf will also have retractable probe.

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source plz?
LCA does not have enough space to accommodate such facility.

 

[tejascot]

Btw there is an RFI out for retractable air to air probe for mk1a .
Could be like mig 29upg. That also means mwf will also have retractable probe.

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Mk1a jet have not retractable probe
Last days iaf only test on retractable probe u don't see
Source ??~?

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[Manish Singh]

source plz?
LCA does not have enough space to accommodate such facility.

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[gryphus-scarface]

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Do you have the full source with the requirements? Or better yet a link?

 

[tejascot]

Do you have the full source with the requirements? Or better yet a link?

Where is tejas mk1a or mk2 full source

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[Steven Rogers]

Where is tejas mk1a or mk2 full source

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Here is the link.
https://hal-india.co.in/Tender_Details.aspx?Mkey=&lKey=&Ckey=MjA4ODA=&Divkey=MTY=

 

[Kchontha]

Here is the link.
https://hal-india.co.in/Tender_Details.aspx?Mkey=&lKey=&Ckey=MjA4ODA=&Divkey=MTY=

But it does not mention the aircraft to be fitted. Perhaps it might be meant for amca. Just a thought.

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[Steven Rogers]

But it does not mention the aircraft to be fitted. Perhaps it might be meant for amca. Just a thought.

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See the 2nd or 3rd page ,it clearly states project lca.

 

[gryphus-scarface]

Here is the link.
https://hal-india.co.in/Tender_Details.aspx?Mkey=&lKey=&Ckey=MjA4ODA=&Divkey=MTY=

That's interesting. It says project : LCA and mentions the date as 15/03/2019. Its pretty much confirmed for mk1A then.

 

[Steven Rogers]

That's interesting. It says project : LCA and mentions the date as 15/03/2019. Its pretty much confirmed for mk1A then.

Probabaly they are canibalizing one of the lsps for mk1a standard,the rfi says for one such probe.

 

[gryphus-scarface]

Probabaly they are canibalizing one of the lsps for mk1a standard,the rfi says for one such probe.

Don't they have a lot of prototypes they can work with? That seems to be better use of the PVs than to cannibalise an LSP.

 

[Advaidhya Tiwari]

Don't they have a lot of prototypes they can work with? That seems to be better use of the PVs than to cannibalise an LSP.

LSP is prototype itself. SP is IOC version and in use in IAF. LSP are meant to be sued s test bed

 

[gryphus-scarface]

LSP is prototype itself. SP is IOC version and in use in IAF. LSP are meant to be sued s test bed

Then what about FOC jets? Isn't the IAF supposed to induct 40 Tejas mk1? How many of these are LSP and how many are IOC/FOC?

 

[Advaidhya Tiwari]

Then what about FOC jets? Isn't the IAF supposed to induct 40 Tejas mk1? How many of these are LSP and how many are IOC/FOC?

SP are IOC jets for now. LSP was when Tejas was in dveelopment, it needed trials and hence prototype were made.

The definition of SP is "Serial Production" which is the production version to be handed to IAF. LSP means "Limited Serial Production" only emant for developmental activity and not handed to IAF.

FOC jets also will be SP jets. 16 SP jets are IOC & 16 are FOC while another 8 SP are trainer. LSP jets are excusively for testing and trials captive to HAL. So, any trial or test of equipment will e done in LSP before using in SP versions as IOC/FOC/MK1A planes. Tejas has 16 prototypes till now (in addition to 16SP planes in IOC specs). This includes PV, Naval and LSP planes

 

[Kchontha]

See the 2nd or 3rd page ,it clearly states project lca.

Thanks, I didn't go through it properly. Anyway it is a good development for tejas. I heard that they had fitted Cobham's protruding one. One member from this forum had also once mentioned to me that the bird doesn't have space for a retractable one. His name was forgotten. Are they experiencing any problem with Cobham's one? And won't it further delayed mk 1a?

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[Steven Rogers]

Thanks, I didn't go through it properly. Anyway it is a good development for tejas. I heard that they had fitted Cobham's protruding one. One member from this forum had also once mentioned to me that the bird doesn't have space for a retractable one. His name was forgotten. Are they experiencing any problem with Cobham's one? And won't it further delayed mk 1a?

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Cobham seems a good fit,and it was tested successfully few months ago. Still it should be seen whether this is for lca or mwf(though it is mentioned lca),i would be surprised to know if it is indeed for lca ,as protruded probe itself took a bit long to try and test,this one development would be repeating the same cycle.