Thanks to BRF Members --> Ashish Raval, Kartik, Fanne, SaiK, Kakarat and Prasad for all their help.
Mods: Please update list below, as and when a new milestone is reached. Thank You.
Acronyms:
• TD: Technology Demonstrator
• PV: Prototype Vehicle
• LSP: Limited Series Production
• SP: Series Production
Last Page of Previous Thread ---> viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7368&start=3480
Info below (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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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
Tracking The Tejas: The Tejas Mk2 ‘Grows A Pair’ & Becomes The Medium Weight Fighter
http://delhidefencereview.com/2019/02/2 ... t-fighter/
By Indranil Roy and Nilesh Rane
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Initial Operational Clearance
• IOC-I: 10 January 2011
• IOC-II: 20 December 2013
Final Operational Clearance
• FOC: 20 February 2019
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Design Specifications - Tejas Mk1/Mk1A
• Length: 13.2 metres
• Span: 8.2 metres
• Wing Area: 38.4 square metres
• Service Ceiling: 52,500 feet
• G Limits: +8g / -3.5g
• Max Speed: Mach 1.8
• Max Take Off Weight: 13.5 Tons
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Production No ... Aircraft Serial No ... Aircraft First Flight ... Pilot
• TD-1 ... KH2001 ... 04-Jan-01 ... Wing Commander Rajiv Kothiyal
• TD-2 ... KH2002 ... 06-Jun-02 ... Wing Commander Tarun Banerjee
• PV-1 ... KH2003 ..... 25-Nov-03 ... Squadron Leader Suneet Krishna
• PV-2 ... KH2004 ..... 01-Dec-05 ... Wing Commander Vikram Singh
• PV-3 ... KH2005 ..... 01-Dec-06 ... Group Captain Harish Nayani
• PV-5 ... KH-T2009 ... 26-Nov-09 ... Group Captain Ritu Raj Tyagi & Air Commodore Rohit Verma
• PV-6 ... KH-T2010 ... 08-Nov-14 ... Group Captain Vivart Singh & Group Captain Kabadwal
• LSP-1 ... KH2011 ... 25-Apr-07 ... Group Captain Aditya Prakash Singh
• LSP-2 ... KH2012 ... 16-Jun-08 ... Wing Commander Narmdeshwar Tiwari
• LSP-3 ... KH2013 ... 23-Apr-10 ... Wing Commander George Thomas
• LSP-4 ... KH2014 ... 02-Jun-10 ... Group Captain Suneet Krishna
• LSP-5 ... KH2015 ... 19-Nov-10 ... Lieutenant Commander Ankur Jain (IN)
• LSP-7 ... KH2017 ... 09-Mar-12 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal
• LSP-8 ... KH2018 ... 31-Mar-13 ... 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 ... Production No ... Aircraft Serial No ... Aircraft First Flight ... Pilot
• Line 1 ... SP-01 ... LA-5001 ... 01-Oct-14 ... Air Commodore Kalianda Appaya Muthanna (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-02 ... LA-5002 ... 22-Mar-16 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-03 ... LA-5003 ... 28-Sep-16 ... Air Commodore Kalianda Appaya Muthanna (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-04 ... LA-5004 ... 03-Mar-17 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 2 ... SP-05 ... LA-5005 ... 08-Feb-18 ... Air Commodore Kalianda Appaya Muthanna (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-06 ... LA-5006 ... 30-Jun-17 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-07 ... LA-5007 ... 12-Dec-17 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 2 ... SP-08 ... LA-5008 ... 13-Mar-18 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-09 ... LA-5009 ... 24-Mar-18 ... Air Commodore Kalianda Appaya Muthanna (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-10 ... LA-5010 ... 26-Jul-18 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 2 ... SP-11 ... LA-5011 ... 10-Oct-18 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-12 ... LA-5012 ... 28-Nov-18 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 2 ... SP-13 ... LA-5013... 30-Jan-19 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 1 ... SP-14 ... LA-5014... 18-Jan-19 ... Group Captain Kolal Krishnamurthy Venugopal (Retd)
• Line 2 ... SP-15 ... LA-5015 ...
• Line 1 ... SP-16 ... LA-5016 ...
• Line 1 ... SP-17 ... KH-T-20XX ...
• Line 1 ... SP-18 ... KH-T-20XX ...
• Line 1 ... SP-19 ... KH-T-20XX ...
• Line 1 ... SP-20 ... KH-T-20XX ...
No 18 Flying Bullets Squadron - Squadron Re-Raised on dd/mm/yyyy
Raising CO - < Rank > < Name >
Present CO - < Rank > < Name >
Production Line ... Production No ... Aircraft Serial No ... Aircraft First Flight ... Pilot
• Line X ... SP-21 ... LA-5021 ...
• Line X ... SP-22 ... LA-5022 ...
• 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 ... SP-33 ... LA-5033 ...
• Line X ... SP-34 ... LA-5034 ...
• Line X ... SP-35 ... LA-5035 ...
• Line X ... SP-36 ... LA-5036 ...
• Line X ... SP-37 ... KH-T-20XX ...
• Line X ... SP-38 ... KH-T-20XX ...
• Line X ... SP-39 ... KH-T-20XX ...
• Line X ... SP-40 ... KH-T-20XX ...
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Future Milestones Planned in 2019 and 2020
• SP-12 to SP-16 (five birds in all) are are all on the final equipping phase.
• SP-15 (Line 2) - will be ready for maiden flight in December 2018. Not Completed.
• SP-16 (Line 1) - will have its wings from a private manufacturer - Larsen & Tubro.
• SP-21 (FOC variant) - Assembly of sets of air fame have already started. Expected to have a first flight in October 2019.
• SP-22 (FOC variant) - Assembly of sets of air fame have already started.
• SP-23 (FOC variant) - Parts will be up by the first week of December 2018. Unknown.
• SP-24 (FOC variant) - Parts will be up by the first week of December 2018. Unknown.
• For Fiscal Year 2019-20 --> 16 Tejas aircraft are planned for manufacture
• For Fiscal Year 2020-21 --> 24 Tejas aircraft are planned for manufacture
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Year-Over-Year Tejas Production
• 2015-16: One
• 2016: Two
• 2017: Three
• 2018: Six
• 2019: Eight [Projected]
• 2020: Sixteen [Vision]
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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 Unupgraded M2K
— talk about difficulties with maintenance exaggerated
— intensive operations 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.