LCA Tejas Mk1 & Mk1A - News and discussions

[Ashwin]

With the Nasik plant being operationalized, we will have a production capacity of 24. By subcontracting to Alpha, TATA, and L&T, we expect to add 6 more to the annual production capacity.

Expect to reach 30 per year in two years. GE expects to deliver 12 404 this year and two per month next year.

--- HAL Investor Call

 

[Sathya]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1924668907316773188

 

[marich01]

About the engines , from the April summery

https://www.ddpmod.gov.in/sites/default/files/c8439f6c3f48559c41ea58eb1ae24f3a200c5dc2327d9b9e72899ac7d7a4567f/ec8239b7a87bd3f5506a001a7228c226fbf5dadc2d6a9e3da9b8ec8485ddef4a.pdf

 

[marich01]

Looking forward to it as the final AOC has not happened even though work is on.

 

[Ashwin]

Looking forward to it as the final AOC has not happened even though work is on.

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Almost all fighter mission computer software is still written in Ada after 40 years!

 

[RationalGuy]

Almost all fighter mission computer software is still written in Ada after 40 years!

I mean C C++ still used despite being from the 1970s. Iirc JF17 stuff was written in C++ . Paks didn't have ppl well versed in Ada by the looks of it. Maybe Rust may complement Ada in the near future who knows but probably not because one of the reasons why militaries use Ada is because of its obscurity from the mainstream. I can count the number of undergrads who I've met and who know about the existence of Ada in two or three fingers. I can bet a lot that F47 and J36/J50 also used Ada.

 

[marich01]

That was well detailed in the tender

 

[darshan978]

I mean C C++ still used despite being from the 1970s. Iirc JF17 stuff was written in C++ . Paks didn't have ppl well versed in Ada by the looks of it. Maybe Rust may complement Ada in the near future who knows but probably not because one of the reasons why militaries use Ada is because of its obscurity from the mainstream. I can count the number of undergrads who I've met and who know about the existence of Ada in two or three fingers. I can bet a lot that F47 and J36/J50 also used Ada.

I see no problem in using c++ , it still used for high performance tasks.
Its still updated so no issues with security as long as you get great software engineers.

 

[RationalGuy]

I see no problem in using c++ , it still used for high performance tasks.
Its still updated so no issues with security as long as you get great software engineers.

Using C++ for fighter jet control system is not necessarily wise. They could have used C at least.

 

[Ashwin]