Bharat Rakshak

"Aero-structures technology is also receiving attention such as bio-mimetic materials for nano air vehicles as well as materials that will self-heal or allow changes in shape in flight."

Guys, is LCA Mark-3 stealthy version true or DDM. Is seems to have caused no excitement at least on BRF here

Deep down every one is little disappointed what has been going on with Tejas Program , i remember has a kid watching on DD1 roll out of LCA TD-1 and for some reason it has stuck to my mind and after mind blogging years , it still in trials . Excitement will be there when in 2014-15 we see Tejas MK-2 take flight and Tejas MK-3 by 2017-18 . and speed in the production rate, current rate is slower then ferrari F12berlinetta rate of production .

pandyan - your point other than a personal attack is???

Deep down every one is little disappointed what has been going on with Tejas Program , i remember has a kid watching on DD1 roll out of LCA TD-1 and for some reason it has stuck to my mind and after mind blogging years , it still in trials . Excitement will be there when in 2014-15 we see Tejas MK-2 take flight and Tejas MK-3 by 2017-18 . and speed in the production rate, current rate is slower then ferrari F12berlinetta rate of production .

saar - my point was the LCA program was started to motivate youngsters...so, I am indirectly motivating him to directly contribute to the program in one way or the other (if he is an engineer, he could join drdo and do his part for the cause).

I am of the belief that we should worry only about the things that we can change...everything else, trust the people who are working on it.

So I am definitely not disappointed. I am just more patient and less likely to believe time lines about technology.

OT:
my last post on this topic.

Perhaps I am exercising my democratic right to criticize his logic...

I think that kaveri jv needs to be the drop in size of F414 and target 120 kn

Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory (DEBEL) has almost completed the development of onboard oxygen generation system centric integrated life support system (ILSS) for India’s Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas).

“…now, nearing completion is integrated life support system based on onboard oxygen generation to provide unlimited flight endurance for our fighter aircraft”, DEBEL’s Director V C Padaki said at the inauguration of a new technical facility of DEBEL here.

DEBEL officials said the ILSS is expected to undergo flight trials by the year-end.

It was noted that the Tejas aircraft, with its multi-role capabilities and high manoeuvrability, would expose its pilot to extreme physiological stresses. The possibility of mid-air refuelling of Tejas enhances the mission endurance of the aircraft thus, necessitating the onboard generation of oxygen rather than depending on the conventional Gaseous oxygen (Gas-Ox) or Liquid Oxygen (LOX) systems.

In order to effectively counter the stresses and to meet the requirement of breathing oxygen in long duration missions, the aircraft has to be integrated with the critical ILSS, said officials of DEBEL, a life sciences lab of DRDO.

Chief Controller R&D (Life Sciences & International Collaboration), W Selvamurthy said the Army has ordered 700 units of Combat Free Fall (CFF) system for paratroopers,(which has been developed successfully by DEBEL for use by the special forces of Indian Army who undertake jumps from altitudes of 30,000 feet to sneak into enemy territory stealthily).

“Now, we are expecting thousands (of CFF system) to be ordered. This can be used by commandos, paramilitary for various counter-insurgency operations….), he said.

DEBEL officials said the system provides adequate breathing support to counter the effects of rarefied atmosphere and protection against intense cold experienced at high altitudes.

DEBEL developed the combat free fall oxygen system, protective clothing and equipment for paratroopers consisting of pre-breather console, personal bailout oxygen system, dilution demand oxygen regulator, oxygen mask, helmet, jumpsuit, gloves, boots, goggles and jack-knife.

Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Director General of DRDO, V K Saraswat, inaugurated the new technical facility with advanced test facilities and analytical equipment for its research and development programmes on cutting edge technologies in life support systems and biomedical devices.

karan_mc - if you had studied properly and had become an aero engineer, you could have helped the program reach its goals. Tejas might have entered in big numbers by now. Unfortunately, all you can do now is sit here and whine

Karan - when I was a kid I was told that by the year 2000 homes would be totally computer controlled and that the door would open after recognizing you and play music to suit your taste while the food cooked itself. Robots would do housework and that war would be fought with laser weapons and space travel would be commonplace with space stations and early settlements on the moon. This is one aspect of growing up, getting to middle age and beyond that offers you so many "disappointments" about the future that, at least for me, indicate that predictions of the future are always different from the real future. The robots of my childhood are there in microchips in my washing machine and car. The lasers are there in my communication, medicine and in data storage. I have things that were not predicted like ATMs, the internet and cellphones. The space part is also robots, as satellites in communication and weather prediction.

So I am definitely not disappointed. I am just more patient and less likely to believe time lines about technology.

The article said that the English Electric Lightening P1 would be the last manned aircraft. Soon missiles would do all the tasks.

Even the mijjile of the man making the prediction would have stopped working now but it is an illustration of how magazines of that era did the job that Discovery/History channel does today. Highlight tech and make tall claims occasionally.

In India our people just don't have the knack. Even in Bengaluru it should be possible for one guy with a flair for writing to do a Discovery type program on the Metro project. 3857 piers, 13 million tons of concrete, 10,000 tons of steel, 270,000 truck trips, 18 million man hours blah blah blah. It's not difficult to state facts and trivia about things around you like "The big tree in Lalbagh is 749 years old and weights 376 tons" or "86 million tons of water wash up as waves on Juhu beach every hour"

We guys have been lapping it up in the 60s and our kids are doing that on Discovery today. Where are the people who can present simple facts and achievements in an attractive way. It really isn't difficult. But all we do is curse and rant while some guy comes and says 600 million indians shit out in the open"

LSP8 was supposed to fly this month, wondering if folks near airport are seeing some taxi trials, also there has been no news on LSP6; since AoA testing is for FOC has it been pushed out ?

:(( i hope/pray your chaiwallah is wrong for a change

:(( i hope/pray your chaiwallah is wrong for a change

However, what perplexes me, as to the wake tests and the AoA. We can speculate about that. And hopefully we will get more news in the public domain. But I do suspect, that performance parameters will be under reported.

TD1 & TD2, PV1 & 2 have not flown for a long time. Have they been scrapped?

Well sorry to disappoint you ....

I think that kaveri jv needs to be the drop in size of F414 and target 120 kn