LCA AF Mk2 (Medium Weight Fighter) - News and discussions


Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh says, "As of now, the LCA Mk2 is still on, with the first flight scheduled for the middle of next year. Let the prototypes come and let the Air Force evaluate them, and thereafter, we will see. I think initially, the requirement that they had projected was for 120 Mk2 aircraft. But let them deliver the prototypes, let them be evaluated, and we'll see thereafter..."

"For LCA, or for Tejas Mk2, LCA Mk2. We should follow a process of spiral development, upgrade it, and develop it within the existing public-sector ecosystem, HAL, which, incidentally, is increasingly using a lot of private-sector support to make not only the sub-assemblies but also some of the larger components, including fuselages. They have brought in a private-sector production line for some of these things as well. It will be public-sector-led, in all probability, but significant involvement of the Indian private industry and the MSME sector is, in any case, built into this programme as well"
 
AMCA i guess will have MADL type data link, i hope that it atleast matches the current MADL version if not exceeds as AMCA will not come before 2035.

So my question is, will Tejas Mk2 will also have same SDR and data link ?

As Tejas mk2 will comes only after 2032, and will be produced along with AMCA, so it would be good if both can communicate natively and tejas mk2 can get sensor data(not just result), it would greatly enhance it's interoperability with AMCA.

So if any one knows about this, then please tell me about the data link capabilities of Tejas mk2.