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Thanks to BRF Members --> Abhibhushan, Ashish Raval, Basant, Dileep, Fanne, Indranil Roy, Kakarat, Kartik, Khalsa, Nilesh Rane, Prasad, SaiK, Sankum and Vamsee for their contributions.
Info below (but not all) can be counter referenced here ---> http://www.tejas.gov.in/first_flights.html
Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) webpage on Tejas Mk1 ---> https://www.ada.gov.in/images/mk1.htm
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Removing Some Media Fallacies About The Capabilities of The LCA Tejas Fighter
http://delhidefencereview.com/2020/05/1 ... s-fighter/
By Indranil Roy, 17 May 2020
The pilot who helped Tejas breast the FOC tape
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/in ... 19475.html
By Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam (Retd), 31 March 2020
Tracking The Tejas: The Design Evolution Of An Indian Fighter
http://delhidefencereview.com/2019/02/2 ... er-part-i/
By Indranil Roy and Nilesh Rane, 22 February 2019
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Tejas Mk1A Official Video
The Tejas Saga & the Future of Indian Aerospace Capability
Tejas Titans: Tarmak Talking with superheroes of HAL's LCA Division
HAL's Top Scientists Explain LCA Mk 1A Cockpit
India's First Supersonic Trainer Aircraft (SPORT)
The Tejas SPORT
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Design Specifications
• Length: 13.2 metres
• Height: 4.4 metres
• Wingspan: 8.2 metres
• Wing Area: 38.4 square metres
• Empty Weight: 7,040 kg
• Maximum Internal Fuel: 2,485 kg
• Clean Take-Off Weight: 10,330 kg
• Maximum Take Off Weight: 14,240 kg
• Maximum External Payload Capacity: 3,910 kg
• Engine: General Electric F404-IN20 turbofan
• Airframe Life: 9,000 hours
• Hard Points: 7 + 1
Performance Specifications
• Service Ceiling: 50,000 feet
• G Limits: +8g / -3.5g
• Thrust: 53.9 kN dry thrust and 89.8 kN wet thrust
• Maximum Speed: Mach 1.6
• Ferry Range: 2,800 km
Avionics - Mk1 Variant
• Radar: Elta EL/M-2032 multi-mode all weather fire control radar with day and night capability.
Avionics - Mk1A Variant
• Radar: Elta EL/M-2052 AESA radar with EL/L-8222 ECM pod for initial production batch. Later production batches could feature LRDE's Uttam AESA radar and DARE's Unified Electronic Warfare Suite.
Armament
• Guns: One 23mm twin-barrel GSh-23 auto-cannon
• Close Combat Missiles: R-73, ASRAAM and Python 5
• Beyond Visual Range Missiles: Astra Mk1, Astra Mk2, I-Derby ER and R-77
• Rockets: TBD
• Air to Surface Missiles: TBD
• Anti-Radiation Missiles: TBD
• Anti-Ship Missiles: TBD
• Precision Guided Munitions: TBD
• Laser Guided Bombs: TBD
• Un-Guided/Gravity Bombs: TBD
• Cluster Munitions: TBD
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Mk 1 Initial Operational Clearance
• IOC-I: 10 January 2011
• IOC-II: 20 December 2013
Mk 1 Final Operational Clearance
• FOC: 20 February 2019
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Acronyms:
• TD: Technology Demonstrator
• PV: Prototype Vehicle
• LSP: Limited Series Production
• SP: Series Production
Construction Number ... Serial Number ... Aircraft First Flight ... Pilot(s)
• TD-1 ... KH2001 ... 04-Jan-2001 ... Wing Commander Rajiv Kothiyal
• TD-2 ... KH2002 ... 06-Jun-2002 ... Wing Commander Tarun Banerjee
• PV-1 ... KH2003 ... 25-Nov-2003 ... Squadron Leader Suneet Krishna
• PV-2 ... KH2004 ... 01-Dec-2005 ... Wing Commander Vikram Singh
• PV-3 ... KH2005 ... 01-Dec-2006 ... Group Captain Harish Nayani
• PV-5 ... KH-T2009 ... 26-Nov-2009 ... Group Captain Ritu Raj Tyagi and Air Commodore Rohit Verma
• PV-6 ... KH-T2010 ... 08-Nov-2014 ... Group Captain Vivart Singh and Group Captain Anoop Kabadwal
• LSP-1 ... KH2011 ... 25-Apr-2007 ... Group Captain Aditya Prakash Singh
• LSP-2 ... KH2012 ... 16-Jun-2008 ... Wing Commander Narmdeshwar Tiwari
• LSP-3 ... KH2013 ... 23-Apr-2010 ... Wing Commander George Thomas
• LSP-4 ... KH2014 ... 02-Jun-2010 ... Group Captain Suneet Krishna
• LSP-5 ... KH2015 ... 19-Nov-2010 ... Lieutenant Commander Ankur Jain (IN)
• LSP-7 ... KH2017 ... 09-Mar-2012 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal
• LSP-8 ... KH2018 ... 31-Mar-2013 ... Air Commodore Kalianda Appaya Muthanna (Retd)
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No 45 Flying Daggers Squadron - Squadron Re-Raised on 01 July 2016
Raising CO - Group Captain Madhav Rangachari
Present CO - Group Captain Samrath Dhankhar
Production Line ... Construction Number ... Serial Number ... Aircraft First Flight ... Pilot(s)
• Line 1 ... SP-01 ... LA-5001 ... 01-Oct-2014 ... Air Commodore Kalianda Appaya Muthanna (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-02 ... LA-5002 ... 22-Mar-2016 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-03 ... LA-5003 ... 28-Sep-2016 ... Air Commodore Kalianda Appaya Muthanna (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-04 ... LA-5004 ... 03-Mar-2017 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 2 ... SP-05 ... LA-5005 ... 08-Feb-2018 ... Air Commodore Kalianda Appaya Muthanna (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-06 ... LA-5006 ... 30-Jun-2017 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-07 ... LA-5007 ... 12-Dec-2017 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 2 ... SP-08 ... LA-5008 ... 13-Mar-2018 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-09 ... LA-5009 ... 24-Mar-2018 ... Air Commodore Kalianda Appaya Muthanna (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-10 ... LA-5010 ... 26-Jul-2018 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 2 ... SP-11 ... LA-5011 ... 10-Oct-2018 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-12 ... LA-5012 ... 28-Nov-2018 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 2 ... SP-13 ... LA-5013 ... 30-Jan-2019 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-14 ... LA-5014 ... 18-Jan-2019 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 2 ... SP-15 ... LA-5015 ... 23-Mar-2019 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-16 ... LA-5016 ... 11-Mar-2019 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SPT-1 ... LT-5201
• Line 1 ... SPT-2 ... LT-5202
• Line 1 ... SPT-3 ... LT-5203
• Line 1 ... SPT-4 ... LT-5204
No 18 Flying Bullets Squadron - Squadron Re-Raised on 01 April 2020
Raising CO - Group Captain Manish Tolani
Present CO < Rank > < Name >
Production Line ... Construction Number ... Serial Number ... Aircraft First Flight ... Pilot(s)
• Line 1 ... SP-17 ... LA-5017 ... 17-Mar-2020 ... Air Commodore Kalianda Appaya Muthanna (Retd)
• Line X ... SP-18 ... LA-5018 ... 24-Sep-2020 ... Air Commodore Kalianda Appaya Muthanna (Retd)
• Line X ... SP-19 ... LA-5019 ... 22-Jan-2021 ... Wing Commander Rajeev Joshi (Retd)
• Line X ... SP-20 ... LA-5020 ... 18-Mar-2021 ...
• Line X ... SP-21 ... LA-5021... 27-Mar-2021 ...
• Line X ... SP-22 ... LA-5022... 27-Mar-2021 ...
• Line X ... SP-23 ... LA-5023
• Line X ... SP-24 ... LA-5024
• Line X ... SP-25 ... LA-5025
• Line X ... SP-26 ... LA-5026
• Line X ... SP-27 ... LA-5027
• Line X ... SP-28 ... LA-5028
• Line X ... SP-29 ... LA-5029
• Line X ... SP-30 ... LA-5030
• Line X ... SP-31 ... LA-5031
• Line X ... SP-32 ... LA-5032
• Line X ... SPT-5 ... LT-5205
• Line X ... SPT-6 ... LT-5206
• Line X ... SPT-7 ... LT-5207
• Line X ... SPT-8 ... LT-5208
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Year-Over-Year Tejas Production
• 2015-16: One
• 2016: Two
• 2017: Three
• 2018: Six
• 2019: Four
• 2020: Two
• 2021: Four to Date
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Tejas Production Lines
• Line 1* (LCA Division): Current capacity is 8 aircraft per year.
*Manage outsourcing and supply chain management
• Line 2* (Aircraft Division): Current capacity is 4 aircraft per year.
*Manage second sub assembly and integration lines
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Quote below from Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Bhaduria, Chief of the Air Staff - Indian Air Force
URL, 29 May 2020
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tejas today what you are getting is the BEST IN ITS CLASS IN THE WORLD.
Take my word for it.
Quote below from Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar (Retd), former AOC-in-C Western Air Command, Indian Air Force
URL, June 2018, Page 17
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It must be stated that the LCA Mark 1 and Mark 1A are very good aircraft. We recently conducted a major exercise called Gagan Shakti, and the LCA performed remarkably well. The best range scores and the best weapon delivery emerged from the nine LCAs we had fielded, which really worked wonders. This gives me the confidence to state that the LCA will see us through the next 20 years, if not more, in technological capability terms.
Tweets below from Group Captain Harsh Vardhan Thakur (Retd) - Test Pilot, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/11760 ... 87329?s=20 ---> As it's already a widely acknowledged fact, Jaguar has a significant Radius of Action (RoA). It's noteworthy that Tejas is even better.
https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/11745 ... 03744?s=20 ---> For weapon trials, Tejas goes from Bangalore to Jaisalmer direct. Even Jaguars can't do that. So whatever the combat radius, it's pretty good.
https://twitter.com/drukkk/status/12202 ... 48640?s=20 ---> Can you throw some light on Tejas low flying ability? Can it take up DPSA role of Jaguar? Is its delta wing versatile enough for Jaguar type, long range, low level flying (with external fuel tanks of course)?
***Answer for above tweet is below***
https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/12203 ... 58113?s=20 ---> Yes, I think no problem in that. Tejas can exceed Jaguars.
https://twitter.com/JaidevJamwal/status ... 71488?s=20 ---> Everything else remaining same, do you think that Tejas can have same effect on target as Jaguar, better or worse?
***Answer for above tweet is below***
https://twitter.com/hvtiaf/status/12205 ... 10560?s=20 ---> Yes. Same or Better.
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URL, 31 March 2018
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Abhibhushan wrote:To celebrate completion of 65 years of commissioned service and 50 years since assuming my first command of an operational unit, visited the Flying Daggers for tea and crew room Gup.
The boys are all experienced pilots.
Boys come from varied backgrounds. M2K, Jaguar, MiG-29, MiG-27 are all represented. Soon there will be boys from Su-30MKI as well. The boys were all very upbeat about their present mount.
Some snippets from crew room chatter.
— the Mk1 is better than the non-upgraded Mirage 2000
— talk about difficulties with maintenance are exaggerated
— intensive operations have been tried out successfully
— lots of scope to increase its might.
— if it is compared with all other fighters in the IAF for all-round ability, it will easily be within the top third of the list.
A very happy day for me.
URL, 19 Jan 2020
Dileep wrote:There was a 'conference' by SIATI on Fri Sat at HAL Convention Centre. Got some gyan from the presentations.
1. HAL really upbeat about completing the production of FOC Mk1 by March 2021.
2. Two of the IOC Mk1s are about to be handed over to IAF in 'these days'. Four FOC to be handed over before FY closes.
3. They are going full steam ahead with Mk1A. Order signing is only a formality.
4. The presentation said the engine is "F404-GE-IN30" and the guy actually said IN30. I can't recall such a designation. Neither can't google uncle. Either the guy have no clue and repeated a typo made by the intern who typed in the ppt or we at BRF have no clue.
5. No 45 Daggers Sqn flew 2,500 operational hours and 3 aircraft completed the 250 hour servicing.
6. 311 "modifications" done concurrently in production.
7. 82 LRU suppliers for 344 types out of which 210 are indigenous.
8. High failure rate of 34 types LRUs which is still being worked on.
9. 3,084 Machined parts
10. 172 Rubber parts
11. 4,329 Sheet Metal parts
12. 1,106 Pipes
13. 10 Acrylic / Plastic parts
14. 427 Composite Parts
15. Capacity is 16 Aircraft/Year ---> Eight at LCA Division, four at Aircraft Division and four at our sourced suppliers (Alpha Tocol Engineering Services Pvt Ltd, TATA Advanced Materials Ltd, Larsen & Toubro and VEM Technologies Private Limited).
16. Six sets of jigs ---> four jigs at Tejas Division, one jig at Aircraft Division and one jig at sub-contractor site (front jig at Dynamatic Technologies Limited, rear jig at Alpha Tocol and mid jig at VEM Technologies Private Limited).
17. They reduced cycle times by adding sub-sub assembly jigs.
18. 43 types of jigs are required.
19. Jigs calibrated to 80 micron using a laser measurement system. That is quite fast. Full interchangeability achieved.
20. Present cycle time: 6 months per set. He outlined the plans to increase and reach the target of 16 sets.
21. 7,200 holes to be drilled per set of wing! They bought a robotic drilling machine that brought down the cycle time from 30 days/20 people to 10 days/2 people. Accuracy also improved. Better cleanliness since composite debris is vacuumed off by the robot.
22. 185 panels are made interchangeability compliant. Include 24 nos of daily inspection panels. Extensive tooling made for panels.
23. All pipe assemblies are made using jigs for full interchangeability and advanced sub assembly preparation.
Senior manager of HAL in a one-on-one meeting says "LCA can crash only if it runs out of fuel". We all touched the wooden table and made a silent prayer.
The TED BF picture is just that, "a picture that people didn't reject right away" during the brainstorming.