Now I am hoping to see some nice pics very soon!


K Mehta wrote:Chaiwala News Network reports,
LSP 3 is being held back by just one component problem (not radar related), It is on test already on iron bird LSP-3 may be flight tested the same or the next day after that component is qualified. The component is almost ready, so lets hope for the best.
Rahul M wrote:celebrations on hold till we get info on the radar.
Rahul M wrote:celebrations on hold till we get info on the radar.
Rahul M wrote:celebrations on hold till we get info on the radar.
India's LCA-Tejas programme inched closer to IOC on Thursday when an LSP-3 kissed the skies with an Israeli multi-mode radar (MMR), which answers to the call Elta. On the successful flight of the LSP-3 Director, ADA, Mr P.S. Subramanyam, has said that this is the “culmination of the efforts of the Tejas Team comprising of members from HAL, IAF, CEMILAC, DG-AQA, DRDO labs, PSUs, coordinated by ADA”. The test aircraft was flown by Wg Cdr G Thomas, VM of the National Flight Test Centre (NFTC) at ADA. The flight lasted for 52 minutes.
Sid wrote:Handsome Tejas LSP-3 kisses the sky with sweetheart Elta radar
http://tarmak007.blogspot.com/India's LCA-Tejas programme inched closer to IOC on Thursday when an LSP-3 kissed the skies with an Israeli multi-mode radar (MMR), which answers to the call Elta. On the successful flight of the LSP-3 Director, ADA, Mr P.S. Subramanyam, has said that this is the “culmination of the efforts of the Tejas Team comprising of members from HAL, IAF, CEMILAC, DG-AQA, DRDO labs, PSUs, coordinated by ADA”. The test aircraft was flown by Wg Cdr G Thomas, VM of the National Flight Test Centre (NFTC) at ADA. The flight lasted for 52 minutes.
Nihat wrote:It was long long LOOOOOOOOONNNNGGGGGGG............... wait for LSP - 3. Delighted to finally see it up in the air.
I'm more hopeful than ever before about IOC by Dec. now. Eagely awaiting weapons trials with BVR's
The test aircraft was flown by Wg Cdr G Thomas, VM of the National Flight Test Centre (NFTC) at ADA. As per procedure the first flight was accompanied by a chase aircraft which was a Tejas Trainer flown by Gp Capt RR Tyagi, the Chief Test Pilot and Wg Cdr (Retd) PK Raveendran SC, the Group Director (Flight Test). The test flight was conducted from the Telemetry station by the Test Director, Wg Cdr S Toffeen, under the supervision of Air Cmde Rohit Varma VM, the Project Director (Flight Test). The flight took off from HAL airport in Bangalore and all the objectives of the flight were met within the duration of 52 minutes.
SSridhar wrote:The Vayu 2009 issue says clearly that the radar is ELTA 2032 with antenna & radome from LRDE and scanner from ECIL. It had also spoken of other things besides the radar, VOR, ILS, TACAN and RWR on LSP-3.
marimuthu wrote:If antenna,radome and scanner are from India, and only the back-end processing is Israel, then why it is called ELTA 2032.
SSridhar wrote:marimuthu wrote:If antenna,radome and scanner are from India, and only the back-end processing is Israel, then why it is called ELTA 2032.
That's why it is called MMR. The reference to ELTA-2032 is to distinguish it from 2052.
Handsome Tejas LSP-3 kisses the sky with sweetheart Elta radar; ADA boss 'PS' says IOC within sight
Too many surprises.
The LSP-3 was chased by a Tejas Trainer flown by Gp Capt RR Tyagi and Wg Cdr (Retd) PK Raveendran.
having just one a/c up with radar is not too good. given the HW is basically 'set' now, why not refit another of the LSP with
radar. SW updates and fixes can be burned into both as needed.
D Roy wrote:I think the day we can all pop the bubbly is when
1. India becomes really competent in gas turbines
2. AESA radars.
Frankly speaking India crossed the threshold on design / aeronautics a while back.
The mantra for the next ten years should be propulsion propulsion propulsion.
Once you are super good at propulsion you can bloody well build anything around it.
The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA Tejas) Limited Series Production (LSP) 3 aircraft took off for the first time today. This is the ninth test vehicle to join the flight line to undertake development flight trials of the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas towards operational clearance for induction in the IAF by the end of the year. The LSP-3 is a quantum jump in terms of the equipment fit on the aircraft. It is almost the final configuration including the new air-data computers, Israeli Elta multimode radar, new communication and navigation equipment and radar warning receiver. With this successful flight, the LCA programme is very close to Initial Operations Clearance (IOC), to be achieved by December. The remaining effort is mostly flight testing and demonstration of sensors and weapon performance.
The test aircraft was flown by Wg Cdr G Thomas, VM of the National Flight Test Centre (NFTC) at ADA. As per procedure the first flight was accompanied by a chase aircraft which was a Tejas Trainer flown by Gp Capt RR Tyagi, the Chief Test Pilot and Wg Cdr (Retd) PK Raveendran SC, the Group Director (Flight Test). The test flight was conducted from the Telemetry station by the Test Director, Wg Cdr S Toffeen, under the supervision of Air Cmde Rohit Varma VM, the Project Director (Flight Test). The flight took off from HAL airport in Bangalore and all the objectives of the flight were met within the duration of 52 minutes.
With this flight the total number of test flights accumulated across nine test vehicles of the Tejas programme has reached one thousand three hundred and fifty and has logged about 800 hrs of flight.
sum wrote:Too many surprises.
The LSP-3 was chased by a Tejas Trainer flown by Gp Capt RR Tyagi and Wg Cdr (Retd) PK Raveendran.
Amazing...an all Tejas tag team out there in the sky. Jingo khush hua!!!![]()
having just one a/c up with radar is not too good. given the HW is basically 'set' now, why not refit another of the LSP with
radar. SW updates and fixes can be burned into both as needed.
Some jingoes are very hard to please![]()
Rahul M wrote:isn't that WingCo G Thomas who was CO of No20 sqdn that went to red flag ?![]()
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