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Tejas Mk1 & Mk1A

Last Page of Previous Thread ---> viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7630&start=3880

Mods: Please update info below, as and when a new milestone is reached. Thank You.

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: How The Tejas Mk2 Design Became The Medium Weight Fighter
http://delhidefencereview.com/2019/02/2 ... t-fighter/
By Indranil Roy and Nilesh Rane, 23 February 2019

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 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)





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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: 6,560 kg
Take-Off Clean Weight: 9,800 kg
Maximum Internal Fuel: 2,458 kg
Maximum Take Off Weight: 14,100 kg
Maximum Payload Capacity: 4,300 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

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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 ...
• Line X ... SP-19 ... LA-5019
• Line X ... SP-20 ... LA-5020
• 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 ... 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: Sixteen [Planned]

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A new era has begun.
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X-Post from the Kaveri thread....

India can now quickly build bigger jets, says DRDO chief
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/natio ... 33937.html
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Rakesh wrote:X-Post from the Kaveri thread....

India can now quickly build bigger jets, says DRDO chief
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/natio ... 33937.html
OT Used a super hornet image talking about desi work. :P
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The mk1 evolves into a LIFT! :D
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gaurav.p wrote:
Rakesh wrote:X-Post from the Kaveri thread....

India can now quickly build bigger jets, says DRDO chief
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/natio ... 33937.html
OT Used a super hornet image talking about desi work. :P
SHornet uses two F414s. We can scale up the MWF for a Desi Super Hornet. We can navalize it and have it fly from the Vikrant. Twin F414s will provide excess power.
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gaurav.p wrote:

The mk1 evolves into a LIFT! :D
Not just a LIFT, this is a completely new variant with a brand new display, repositioned controller, allowing for much better visualization of the sensors, new strike capabilities including 2x new munitions, a cruise missile, and swarm drones (with a range of around 220km) at 24 per LCA with the rear seater as the WSO for the drones.

This is incredible stuff. So HAL is doing this out of its own funds, bypassing the entire Mk1A IAF-ADA thingy and wants to position it as LIFT for the entire fighter fleet and ALSO, as a comprehensive strike platform.

Brilliant! If and thats a big IF, they develop the drones and associated controls, it will be a game changer for the AF.
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They are basically adding the same capabilities to both the Jaguar MAX and the LCA. Good stuff from HAL. Rather than waiting around endlessly for MOD to give them license builds, here they are showing initiative.
JAG MAX shows weapons carriage as the drones, new Cruise Missile, SAAW, SPICE 2000, NG-LGB Griffin, new AShM (not Harpoon), ASRAAM and Astra.
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The cockpit looks good, will this be available on MkIA? It is good HAL is thinking of new variants of Tejas
I was little bit hoping for wingtip pylons on the MkIA, but from the IR & JayS article it seems ruled out
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I think MK1A cockpit will be same as Mk1 with some additional tweaks, but if this comes it will be super interesting. On a con side, its an imported set for sure, the ELBIT one here most likely.
http://elbitsystems.com/media/Panoramic_HD.pdf

That's the one problem I have with HAL and BEL. In the quest for quick solutions, they supplant locally developed units made with a lot of effort with quick imports.
Having said that, HAL claims it has its own wide area display in development and displayed it at AI.
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chola wrote:
gaurav.p wrote:
OT Used a super hornet image talking about desi work. :P
SHornet uses two F414s. We can scale up the MWF for a Desi Super Hornet. We can navalize it and have it fly from the Vikrant. Twin F414s will provide excess power.
THIS. I've been saying it forever.... It will be a perfect interim fighter until the AMCA comes along. And should work for the Navy as well. Not at all sure the MWF will work for naval ops. They might even be able to do a twin engined bird with kaveris instead of the 414.
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Cain Marko wrote:THIS. I've been saying it forever.... It will be a perfect interim fighter until the AMCA comes along. And should work for the Navy as well. Not at all sure the MWF will work for naval ops. They might even be able to do a twin engined bird with kaveris instead of the 414.
IAF wants single engine fighters to reduce maintenance costs otherwise we would simply bought more Su-30mki. Scaling up LCA to be twin engine bird is lot more complicated and is simply easier to start with fresh design (AMCA) and focus on that.
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John wrote:
Cain Marko wrote:THIS. I've been saying it forever.... It will be a perfect interim fighter until the AMCA comes along. And should work for the Navy as well. Not at all sure the MWF will work for naval ops. They might even be able to do a twin engined bird with kaveris instead of the 414.
IAF wants single engine fighters to reduce maintenance costs otherwise we would simply bought more Su-30mki. Scaling up LCA to be twin engine bird is lot more complicated and is simply easier to start with fresh design (AMCA) and focus on that.
The issue is overall operating cost (including maintenance) and number of pilots. IAF couldn't care less if a TE comes with advantage on these two parameters compared to an SE fighter.
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Karan M wrote:Not just a LIFT, this is a completely new variant with a brand new display, repositioned controller, allowing for much better visualization of the sensors, new strike capabilities including 2x new munitions, a cruise missile, and swarm drones (with a range of around 220km) at 24 per LCA with the rear seater as the WSO for the drones.

This is incredible stuff. So HAL is doing this out of its own funds, bypassing the entire Mk1A IAF-ADA thingy and wants to position it as LIFT for the entire fighter fleet and ALSO, as a comprehensive strike platform.

Brilliant! If and thats a big IF, they develop the drones and associated controls, it will be a game changer for the AF.
Preach on brother! Preach on! I just saw this video in the other Tejas thread. WoW! That is all I can say right now!
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Cain Marko wrote:
chola wrote:
SHornet uses two F414s. We can scale up the MWF for a Desi Super Hornet. We can navalize it and have it fly from the Vikrant. Twin F414s will provide excess power.
THIS. I've been saying it forever.... It will be a perfect interim fighter until the AMCA comes along. And should work for the Navy as well. Not at all sure the MWF will work for naval ops. They might even be able to do a twin engined bird with kaveris instead of the 414.
What exactly does "scaling up" mean according to you guys? Your scaled up fighter would need a new fuselage with enough space for 2 engines, new wings and control surfaces and a new FCS and thousands of hours of testing to go along with it. It would basically be a brand new fighter. We already have one in the works, the AMCA. ADA does not have the resources or manpower to work on yet another fighter project.
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^ frankly I'd rather see 300 odd mk1As ordered and the mwf become a stealthy single engined follow on for circa 2050+. It's not as though the current MWF has minute changes... This will take time too.

MWF should be twin engined ...mota, wide and fat : twin engined. Like mirage 4k. Emphasizing local engine, even if it puts out only 8 tons of thrust.Will work for iaf and Navy. At least thrust issues will be resolved.

MWF should then be followed by AMCA circa 2040.

Jmtp of course
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Cain Marko wrote:^ frankly I'd rather see 300 odd mk1As ordered and the mwf become a stealthy single engined follow on for circa 2050+. It's not as though the current MWF has minute changes... This will take time too.
Saar they've finalized the design, completed WT testing and are starting with metal cutting for the first prototype. A completely new twin-engined jet like the one you and chola want will not see the light of day for another 10 years. And more importantly it will draw away valuable resources from the AMCA project which itself isn't exactly swimming in $$$ anyway.
MWF should be twin engined ...mota, wide and fat : twin engined. Like mirage 4k. Emphasizing local engine, even if it puts out only 8 tons of thrust.Will work for iaf and Navy. At least thrust issues will be resolved.
IAF classifies the M2k as medium weight. That is what they originally wanted for the MMRCA too till the baboos and politicians played spoilsport. The Gripen NG was also part of the MMRCA tender. The Tejas MWF will have similar performance to the Gripen NG and will be better than the M2k in many respects. There is no rule anywhere saying MWF has to be twin engined. The Tejas Mk2 will help fill the IAF's original need of an M2k class fighter - decent payload, range and good avionics fit, versatile mission profiles with a varierty of weapons integrated, yet not extremely expensive to operate like the MKI.
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Some times reading the posts on some of the threads. I am reminded of the famous saying attributed to Stalin. That there comes a time in the life of a project that it becomes necessary to kill all the engineers and build the damn thing.

I just wish to turn it around. Sometimes it is necessary for Brfites to let our mouths shut so that the damn thing can be built. Or by making demands we give ideas to import lobby to delay the product finalisation.
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@Rakesh

http://www.aeromag.in/Magazines/7626728690.pdf
ADA Chief: The main bottleneck with the trainer aircraft production drawing release was incorporation of Air-to-Air refuelling because it was a follow on from the fighter. Now that the Air-to-Air refuelling capability is completely proven in the fighter, it is being incorporated in the trainer. But the probe is not identical to the single seater probe and the design modifications are in progress. Production standard drawings for the trainer will also be released before June 2019. The trainer production can also begin after that.
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Checkout from 1:05:45 onwards Tejas display at Sulur after 5 BRD received president's colours.

https://youtu.be/bEadUgTwcMU?t=3943
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As per ADA Flight status, LSP 2 made a test flight by 25Feb which is fitted with UTTAM. :)
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Wow
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Aditya_V wrote:Wow
Wow = अतिउत्तम
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That's great!
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Saar can you provide the link please
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Aditya_V wrote:Saar can you provide the link please
https://www.ada.gov.in/

2 flights in Feb. These are first flights in over an year.
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Well I had check theier website all its says LSP7 flew in 2019 under achivements/ flight news 2019
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Tejas - LCA fb grp admin says that UTTAM testing is yet to commence. Carriage and Integration flights will happen before that.
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Pratyush wrote: I just wish to turn it around. Sometimes it is necessary for Brfites to let our mouths shut so that the damn thing can be built. Or by making demands we give ideas to import lobby to delay the product finalisation.
Really? You think br jingoes putting forth ideas actually prevents the damn thing from being built?. First time I'm hearing of this..... Maybe brfites should simply stop posting so that such damn things can be built in super quick time. And here I thought delays were caused by other pressing factors...
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nachiket wrote:
Cain Marko wrote:^ frankly I'd rather see 300 odd mk1As ordered and the mwf become a stealthy single engined follow on for circa 2050+. It's not as though the current MWF has minute changes... This will take time too.
Saar they've finalized the design, completed WT testing and are starting with metal cutting for the first prototype. A completely new twin-engined jet like the one you and chola want will not see the light of day for another 10 years. And more importantly it will draw away valuable resources from the AMCA project which itself isn't exactly swimming in $$$ anyway.
MWF should be twin engined ...mota, wide and fat : twin engined. Like mirage 4k. Emphasizing local engine, even if it puts out only 8 tons of thrust.Will work for iaf and Navy. At least thrust issues will be resolved.
IAF classifies the M2k as medium weight. That is what they originally wanted for the MMRCA too till the baboos and politicians played spoilsport. The Gripen NG was also part of the MMRCA tender. The Tejas MWF will have similar performance to the Gripen NG and will be better than the M2k in many respects. There is no rule anywhere saying MWF has to be twin engined. The Tejas Mk2 will help fill the IAF's original need of an M2k class fighter - decent payload, range and good avionics fit, versatile mission profiles with a varierty of weapons integrated, yet not extremely expensive to operate like the MKI.
These are good points Natchiket, but I'm not expecting the mk2 to come through anytime soon. If gripen e timelines are anything to go by...I don't see the mk2 ready for production anytime before 2030. Maybe even 35.

And I dearly hope I'm wrong. But this mk2 idea of fitting a thousand things into small spaces seems a lot more challenging than opening it up to a twin engine design, esp. If even the engines could be local and the design would be more suitable for a naval version.

My dream of seeing of a frontline local fighter without an Achilles heel in the form of a sanction prone engine has been shot....
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CM, MWF will be here much faster than that. 2025-2027 is reasonable. The design team knows the ins and outs of this aircraft now. All changes are incremental only. No big surprises are expected.
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^ I hope you right Indranil.... Now my tears won't be that profuse...
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Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas : What It's Like To Fly India's Own Fighter Jet

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^^^^ Tweet related to above video....

https://twitter.com/ShivAroor/status/11 ... 5210606592 ---> Full video broadcast of my flight in an LCA Tejas fighter, where I meet with pilots testing the jet and getting it ready to replace the IAF’s MiG-21.

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I know one that which fighter is better than another one are not very encouraged on BRF, but with the mig21 shoot, I can't hold from comparing the two. I wish in the coming years we do get to see the detailed comparisons of the two as they are being flown by same AF so training etc should be fairly consistent.
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What do you mean by detailed comparison Mr Pandit?
Data points for comparison are already there in terms of the numbers.
Data points for a more qualitative assessment are also there - There is a post on LCA squadron service by someone very respected here.
Beyond that I hope that we never have to do a detailed comparative assessment - as that would mean that the Bison has continued to serve for longer than necessary.
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ArjunPandit wrote:I know one that which fighter is better than another one are not very encouraged on BRF, but with the mig21 shoot, I can't hold from comparing the two. I wish in the coming years we do get to see the detailed comparisons of the two as they are being flown by same AF so training etc should be fairly consistent.
Pandit ji,

IAF will conduct exercises that pits different types of aircraft against each other. watch out for exercise wit Singapore AF. utill then read this terrific post.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7630&hilit=Abhibhu ... 0#p2262642
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sir, i have read this post many times, it has been almost an year since this post. So that is why was fishing for more.
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On paper, the Mig21 is no match for the LCA. Don’t trust me. Listen to the people who have flown Mig21s, Mirage 2000, MiG 27s, Su-30s and LCA.

But, that can’t determine the outcome of an aerial duel on a particular day.
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Indranil wrote:On paper, the Mig21 is no match for the LCA. Don’t trust me. Listen to the people who have flown Mig21s, Mirage 2000, MiG 27s, Su-30s and LCA.

But, that can’t determine the outcome of an aerial duel on a particular day.
But sir,
We like binaries!!
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