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Rakesh wrote: its Tejas Division (Line 1=5) Hawk Line Kiran Hanger (Line 1A = 3) Second Line @ Nekkundi erstwhile Hawk Line(Line 2 =8) Su-30MkI line (Line 3) proposed Corrections above. There are couple of mentions that the second line was proposed at Nekkundi, but never happened. Hawk production f...

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what's happening in 3rd assembly line ? Looks all SPs (till SP22)are getting build in first 2 lines only.

There's another one which was earlier building Hawks and was told it will be assembling 8 Tejas/year.

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Sir, Sorry to say but expected dates are from HAL.. and on previous occasions they didn't meet those promises.

So, lets wait for SP12 to make first flight.. just a week.

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HAL ramps up Tejas production SP-12, SP-14 and SP-16 are with the LCA Tejas Division, SP-13 and SP-15 are with the second production line at the Aircraft Division. The SP-12 fighter is ready to undergo a full performance EGR (engine ground run) signalling that it will be ready to kiss the skies for...

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India's Minister of State for Defence has said:
'IAF’s resolve to wholeheartedly support the indigenous LCA programme by committing to procure *18 squadrons* of LCA and its variants endorsing its capability is notable and praiseworthy'.

https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/105 ... 17248?s=19

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I think IR said 6 is more realistic. And officially 8 was the target for this FY. doing 12 would actually mean overachieving! :D If that happens then we all BRF members should host a get together and mandatory lungi dance to be performed by all ! :D Nevertheless - Extremely happy to see SP-11 in ai...

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Ok. But do we need a mud mover in light of payload? No. Tejas will take care of the roles of mig-27 and Jaguar. The IAF chief said that it is envisioned to take on the roles of MiG-29 and Mirage-2000 as well. For MK1A, will there be a dedicated hardpoint for the EW pod? Currently the Tejas has 8 ha...

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JayS wrote:Guess what is this..?

Final ?

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If only the Tatra truck is replaced by TATA or ASHOK Leyland 8X8. I hope OFB does not give lazy BEML the opportunity to show topline growth every year just by doing screwdrivergiri. Pretty stupid to buy foreign stuff when Indian products would atleast be equal if not better. Tatra is in a different...

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Also ALH production is currently ahead of schedule. The forces cannot absorb the helis at the rate that HAL is producing. Yes, you read it right! They are waiting on HAL tarmac for the forces to take delivery. IR, do you have any information how many ALH are on order ? and what's current production...

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HAL produced 40 aircraft and helicopters. :!: What's current order book for helicopters with HAL. Production capacity for Dhruv was 36/yr.. So why we are making so few of them now. https://m.timesofindia.com/business/india-business/hindustan-aeronautics-records-highest-ever-turnover-cmd-r-madhavan/a...

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Also, SJha answered one of question : are we on track for 12 this year? Question is coming bcoz just 1 have been produced till now in current year. https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/1044851828649848833 ---> HAL says it is. We still have six months to go before we come to end of fiscal 2018-19. let...

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Yagnasri wrote:We can invest more to at least make it 24 units per year if not 32 by 2027 to cut the time short and churn out Mk2s in large numbers. Mk2 will be new Mig21 for us.

HAL Chairman had claimed earlier to achieve 24/yr with current setup only with higher Outsourcing.

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‘The Tejas Mk II Is Expected To Form The Bulk Of The Indian Air Force’ Says IAF Deputy Chief Air Marshal Nambiar https://t.co/99699zscU8 AM Nambiar spoke to Delhi Defence Review’s Chandrashekhar Bhattacharyya (CB) CB: The IAF is in the middle of inducting a plethora of new air assets, and you have p...

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Here's what Bharat Dynamics Limited has to say about Amogha III.

https://t.co/VR9tZYr59L

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and Sjha tweets after going through last few pages here: https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/1042665037620363264 ---> According to people in the know, HAL is on track to deliver 10-12 Tejas Mk-Is this financial year. https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/1042665987072376832 ---> The biggest problem be...

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2 regiments of upgraded Akash Missile Systems cleared by DAC. https://twitter.com/writetake/status/1041960194866073601 India's Defence Acquisition Council has approved the acquisition of two regiments of the upgraded Akash-1S surface to air missile for the Indian Army's Air Defence Corps. Akash-1S ...

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I believe, Sjha monitor BRF regularly. According to Indian DPSU, Bharat Dynamics Limited, besides the SACLOS Amogha-I & Amogha-II anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), they are also developing an imaging infrared seeker equipped 3rd generation fire and forget ATGM called Amogha-III. https://twitter....

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Other than propulsion & warhead, VEM Technologies, Hyderabad fabricated all the other subsystems of MPATGM in collaboration with DRDO.

https://t.co/9RJgvOdMlj

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From above pictures, isn't it looking little bigger ? for being Man Portable.

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Sorry to bug you again but what's status of SP11 , it's more than 1.5 months since SP10 flew first time.

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^^ they are doing it quite quickly now.. I thought moving to actually transferring of fuel after dry contact will take months.. but it all happened so quickly.
Congratulations

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India's Tejas Fighter Tests Mid-Air Refueling For The First Time by Vishnu Som | Updated: September 04, 2018 16:59 IST The test conducted on Tuesday, shortly after 1 pm, involved a 'dry' link up. In other words, there was no fuel which was actually exchanged between the Indian Air Force Il-78 tanker...

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When should be SP11 coming out.. any news ?

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Do we know how many flight hours in these 4000 sorties? If you ask nicely I think LCA FB page admin might tell you the number. My guestimate is it should be somewhere in 2700-3000Hrs. ADA insiders says as on June 20, 16 platforms from LCA flight-line logged 4,005 sorties clocking 2596.10 hours in t...

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Interview/ S. Christopher, chairman, DRDO But, the drag has been on conventional platforms—combat aircraft especially. The Light Combat Aircraft programme has been on for some time. But, in the last few years, we got the induction, squadron formation all done. The credit goes to [former defence min...

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^^ Original article by Ajay Shukla

Tejas Mark 1A faces delay as air force adds to demands

http://mybs.in/2VmuYRS

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Whatever happened to Uttam, not at all mentioned in that report. Wasn't Uttam for the Mk2? Anyway about time they made up their mind. Now that its chosen, the Israeli will haggle for two more years over price. The choice started in 2016 i.e two years ago. What unobtanium features they want that it ...

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Israeli super radars set to give desi LCA fighter jet enhanced combat capability Israeli firm ELTA is likely to shortly bag an order for a new set of AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radars for an air force order of 83 LCA Mk 1A jets. The Israeli firm appears to have beat off competition f...

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Any update where is SP10/11 ? Its more than a month now.

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Also with FOC for the MK-1 round the corner, the final drawings for FOC standard aircraft will be well in place by the time production of those 20 units commences.

https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/987602651008372736

btw, when should we expect SP10 ? any whisper ?

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Ok, the GTRE folks I spoke to say that the six main design issues with the Kaveri engine have mostly been solved now, either in-house or with foreign inputs. Apparently, screech is not an issue anymore.

https://twitter.com/SJha1618/status/986 ... 51808?s=19

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DRDO Uttam AESA on display at #DefExpo18. I was told it’s been integrated with an LSP, energized and tested on ground. Planned first flight in a month or so. Will roughly match existing Elta 2032 performance initially.

https://twitter.com/zone5aviation/statu ... 04064?s=19

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The EOI floated for the creation of integration facilities to develop two Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) TDs has received wide response. Interestingly, foreign majors have responded to this EOI as well. It seems even they are interested in building the AMCA for India! According to ADA, they ...

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#GaganShakti2018 #LCAOps Indigenous fighter LCA(Tejas) carried out Air Defence & Live Strike missions from a forward base. Multirole Capabilities of #LCA will go a long way in incorporating this platform in the Ops Matrix of the #IAF.

https://twitter.com/IAF_MCC/status/9840 ... 82432?s=19

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1st time in 3 decades, @IAF_MCC to deploy #INDIGENOUS #MakeinIndia #LCATejas aircraft on #Pak border in #wargames #ExGaganShakti , last plane was #HF24Marut

https://twitter.com/ajitkdubey/status/9 ... 40162?s=19

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^^ We thought design of MK2 has been frozen and prototyping will happen now with fund allocation.

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Gyan wrote:Let's hope for 6 to 8 LCA next year 2018-2019

IR told target is 12.

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Link to watch zee news video.

Tejas video starting around 32:00.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 8048596429

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Kartik wrote:
suryag wrote:Tejas FB confirmed the envelope for MK1A - 15Km ceiling, 24deg AoA and certified for 8G loads

Add the Mach 1.6 max speed.

Sir, this is current status, so is it for IOC2 configuration ?

and will FOC have something more ?

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