Air Force Tejas Mk1A: News & Discussions: 02 January 2022

[ritesh]

The Elta EL/M-2052 radar is currently not installed on any Israeli airforce aircraft.

A banger of a post! Thank You. +108 to you!

Saar, will Americans allow them to replace radar on any of f16 or f15?

[Rakesh]

Saar, will Americans allow them to replace radar on any of f16 or f15?

No.

Uttam should have been installed in the very first Tejas Mk1A as mody stated above. The longer the delay in the Mk1A induction, more stronger the case becomes for 114 Rafales.

[VinodTK]

If you do a root cause analysis of the current problems/challenges being faced by HAL programs they all point to one persons incompetence and that honor goes to ex HAL chief Dr. D.K. Sunil who retired on April 30th 2026.

His own HAL work (IAF required deliverables) was/is not complete yet he never addmitted it and used the delay in GE engines delevery as shield to hide behind his own failures.

To top it all he went on a trip to USA just before retirement to visit GE engine plant and came back with same old story 2 engines per month will be delivered. Impact of putting incompetent men in position of power.

[Rakesh]

Please no more discussions on politics in the Tejas Mk1A thread. Thank You.

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[Rakesh]

https://idrw.org/astra-mk1-extended-ran ... -km-d-max/

Reports of Astra Mk1 ER with 160 km range to be tested from Tejas MK1A and Su-30MKI in May to Jun 2026.

Pls don't quote IDRW. This rag that now uses AI to generate all its content, was the one that spread the news that the Tejas Mk2 prototype was just around the corner for it's first flight. Now it turns out roll-out itself will happen by the third quarter of this year and FF by March 2027.

Uddu has been reminded multiple times to not post articles from IDRW and Defence.in, but he will not listen

[Rakesh]

IAF willing to compromise further on Tejas Mk1A but red lines remain. Delivery still delayed
https://theprint.in/defence/iaf-willing ... d/2938583/
22 May 2026

New concessions are expansion of those agreed upon earlier between IAF & defence ministry. Red lines relate directly to aircraft’s combat capability.

[williams]

IAF willing to compromise further on Tejas Mk1A but red lines remain. Delivery still delayed
https://theprint.in/defence/iaf-willing ... d/2938583/
22 May 2026

New concessions are expansion of those agreed upon earlier between IAF & defence ministry. Red lines relate directly to aircraft’s combat capability.

Very clear article on the system integration software issues.

From the article:

Sources said the IAF would begin aircraft acceptance trials after HAL, at next month’s review meeting, confirmed that critical pending integration work had been completed. The trials typically take roughly a month.

So my guess is we should have the first Mk1A squad ready by IAF day (Oct 8th). Delayed but not dead

HAL is slowly becoming screwdrivergiri only company.