LCA TEJAS MK1 & MK1A: News and Discussion

jai jaganath

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Describe what you saw.
It was rafale which performed a recent top gun type maneuver which Tom cruise did while demonstrating the feasibility of mission and after sometime tejas seem to be performing together and also performing the same maneuver
This being captain by a person on hill and aircrafts were damn closer to the hil
This one
 

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Pls read this article from Col. Shukla.. Did he mean that all existing Tejas Mark 1s are being upgraded to 1A standard currently?
Very confusing, the way in which he's written it.

To me, it appears that he's stating the following:

- 16 new build Tejas Mk1A fighters are to be delivered to the IAF by March 2025 as per the contract and HAL is confident that they will be delivered
- 5 Tejas Mk1 twin seat trainers have been delivered out of the 8 that were contracted in batches of 4 (IOC contract) and 4 (FOC contract)
- 3 more Tejas Mk1 twin seat trainers are to be delivered to the IAF and those will be delivered soon
- 1 Tejas Mk1 fighter is yet to be delivered to the IAF- most likely the one that is being used as a Tejas Mk1A prototype
- 5 major upgrades were to be done as part of the Tejas Mk1A program- AESA radar, AESA SPJ, new mission computer, maintainability improvements and twin ASRAAM missiles.
- the 18 Tejas Mk1 IOC fighters from No.45 squadron will also be upgraded with the in-flight refueling probes.

These fellows get access to HAL's assembly line and top leadership and still manage to come out with thoroughly confusing and poorly written articles. So much can be easily cleared up if the person is asking the right questions.
 

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8 + 10 twin seater LCA are FOC standard. HAL can deliver 3 + 10 twin seaters this year 24-25 and MKIA next year 25-26
They're not delivering Tejas Mk1As from next year- the article is clear on that.

16 Tejas Mk1A are to be delivered to the IAF to form the first squadron. They can't wait for 1 more year to get their hands on single seat Mk1A fighters.
 

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