LCA TEJAS MK1 & MK1A: News and Discussion

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Yes, but it was pretty large & twin engined... This one is more comparable to Gnat/Ajit or Mig-21.
Ohh you are referring to this ?

This one wasn't our jet our role was to finance for engine dev to be used in HAL Marut.

Marut was our interceptor fighter sort of multirole.

Twin engine doesn't define light or heavy . Twin engine configuration provides reliability that's why IAF wanted it.
 

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Marut was LCA of HAL just lacked engine then. They even scored victory against PAF Sabre and could fly at tree topheight as per IAF pilots.
Marut literally was among the very best aircrafts ever made at that time, it was ahead of its time and was extensively used in 1971 war.
 

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Marut literally was among the very best aircrafts ever made at that time, it was ahead of its time and was extensively used in 1971 war.
No not that much either... It was reliable (150 inducted, 1 crashed) & hardy, but in many aspects obsolete on arrival in 1967.
With no missiles, the HF-24 quickly became outdated within a few years. India had no missile tech of our own & that's it was used more for ground attack instead of originally intended interceptor roles.

I don't know of any attempts to add AAMs in '70s. Subsequent development of HF-73 was necessary but didn't happen.
 
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Our budget and production capabilities have plagued us. Instead of opting for ToT and similar things, we should have bought Su-30 MKIs directly from Russia in flyaway condition, would have saved our time, a lot of money as Russian ones cost less.

We have fewer production lines and that’s the reason why 18 Su-30 MKI order was reduced to 12, because 6 additional MKIs would mean addition 6 months occupied HAL Nashik facility delaying Tejas MK1A production by 6 months as MK1A will be produced in Nashik facility.

those 6 MKIs would have meant a Lot, may seem only 6 MKIs but 6 MKIs alone are fleet of many airforces (Armenian airforce only has 4 Su-30s). But we didn’t go for those 6 MKIs for Tejas MK1A early production.


I am afraid even if we are able to make Tejas MK2 MWF, ORCA, TEDBF, AMCA where will it be made Simultaneously with Tejas MK1A as 83 Tejas MK1A order will complete by 2028, how the hell we will manufacture others let alone quickly.
That’s why 114 MRFA is necessary, it will open another production line to be later used for indigenous aircraft manufacturing But all 114 aircraft won’t be manufactured before 2030.

We have capabilities to make very best fighters but lack capabilities in manufacturing them.
 

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Twin engine doesn't define light or heavy . Twin engine configuration provides reliability that's why IAF wanted it.
It flew with 2 of Gnat/Ajeet's engines. Compare F404 users.

because 6 additional MKIs would mean addition 6 months occupied HAL Nashik facility delaying Tejas MK1A production by 6 months as MK1A will be produced in Nashik facility.
No.
 

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It flew with 2 of Gnat/Ajeet's engines. Compare F404 users.



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What no? The MK1A will be made in Nashik, 18 would have taken 18 months to save 6 months the deal was shortened for 12 MKIs.
 

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In 60s, we could develop our own Jet engine, but the leadership was futile.
 

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So? I didn't get your point .

Gnat had a 21 kn class engine, F404 80 kn class.
I meant comparing single F404 Tejas/Gripen with twin-F404 F/A-18A & early Rafale.

Marut with two of Gnats engines may have been an interceptor, but not really light class (by '60s standard).
 

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Dynamatic Technologies delivers front assembled fuselage of LCA to HAL


Bengaluru based-Dynamatic Technologies Ltd (DTL) has confirmed that the first Front Fuselage Assembly for the LCA-Tejas aircraft has been handed over to the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) after acceptance from HAL. In 2017, Dynamatic Technologies Limited was chosen as the supplier for the Front Fuselage assembly from HAL – Light Combat Aircraft Division. In 2019, Dynamatic Technologies Limited had launched,‘TEJAS MAIN FUSELAGE ASSEMBLY’ for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), and the first Front Fuselage Assembly for the LCA-Tejas was delivered in 2020. Dynamatic Technologies is the 1st Indian Company to manufacture and export a high accuracy tooling structure to Boeing Space and recently has been awarded a contract for the delivery of tools for the Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk program. Dynamatic Technologies is already is the front runner for various other upcoming programs like Tejas Mk2, TEDBF, and AMCA and will also supply Front Fuselage Assembly for the LCA-Tejas Mk1A program.
 

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Is there anyway for us to guess what is currently happening in LCA program based on which LSPs are flying more based on the numbers shown on test flights page? Thats all a Tejas fan can do till the 83 MK1As contract gets signed I guess ?
 

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Is there anyway for us to guess what is currently happening in LCA program based on which LSPs are flying more based on the numbers shown on test flights page? Thats all a Tejas fan can do till the 83 MK1As contract gets signed I guess ?
Lsp8 is being modified for mk1a(my guess)
Grounded for months.....
Also I know about of some modifications work going on with lsp 8
Again lsp8 is the youngest among lsps.....so It might be the mk1a prototype
 

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