LCA Tejas Mk1 & Mk1A - News and discussions

[Speedster1]

How to avoid delays in additional 97 Mk1As.

1. Give contract on time
2. Place order of Ge F 404 In20 ahead of time Or make in India to have more control
3. If improvements are sought to have Mk 2 features like side stick, Large are display cockpit etc like sport variant, approve and certify ahead to schedule.

We don't want to see repeat of all the delays again.

What we need is a single-window clearance system for big ticket procurement programs like Mk1A, with officials from MoD, MoF and the armed forces working in tandem. The current system (DAC clearance, followed by dozens of approvals at multiple levels before final CCS sign-off) has stopped time-critical acquistions like extra C-17s in the past (Boeing had only a few available to sell, before the production line was shut.)

I'm hoping the CDS would be able to push for reforms in this regard as head of the Dept of Mil Affairs. He's likely to come up against opposition like it happened back in 2011 when the IAF requested that a serving officer be appointed as HAL CMD to expedite lagging projects. But the military fraternity now has men inside the govt in VK Singh and Rakesh Bhadauria. The recommendations of a four-star (CDS) will be taken more seriously than before, one hopes.

 

[Rajput Lion]

What we need is a single-window clearance system for big ticket procurement programs like Mk1A, with officials from MoD, MoF and the armed forces working in tandem. The current system (DAC clearance, followed by dozens of approvals at multiple levels before final CCS sign-off) has stopped time-critical acquistions like extra C-17s in the past (Boeing had only a few available to sell, before the production line was shut.)

I'm hoping the CDS would be able to push for reforms in this regard as head of the Dept of Mil Affairs. He's likely to come up against opposition like it happened back in 2011 when the IAF requested that a serving officer be appointed as HAL CMD to expedite lagging projects. But the military fraternity now has men inside the govt in VK Singh and Rakesh Bhadauria. The recommendations of a four-star (CDS) will be taken more seriously than before, one hopes.

Very good suggestion

 

[Multicellular man]

Why doesnt our tejas mk1a use missile racks for bvr missiles such as jf 17 or fa50 ?

 

[lcafanboy]

Why doesnt our tejas mk1a use missile racks for bvr missiles such as jf 17 or fa50 ?

Get ready for it....
LCA MK1A will have Multi-rack pylons, it's already being tested and will be certified soon...

 

[Multicellular man]

Get ready for it....
LCA MK1A will have Multi-rack pylons, it's already being tested and will be certified soon...

For BVR missiles ?

 

[lcafanboy]

For BVR missiles ?

Wind Tunnel testing of multi rack pylons for Tejas...

There's also another pylon that carries lightening pod too being converted to multiple rack pylon...

 

[marich01]

For BVR missiles ?

Fighter jets are armed mission specific. Aesthetic of more missiles is of little use to those who use it daily to practice and fight in wars.

 

[Multicellular man]

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Wind Tunnel testing of multi rack pylons for Tejas...

There's also another pylon that carries lightening pod too being converted to multiple rack pylon...

yeah buts thats for wvr(asraam) , i was asking for brv (astra)
anyways thanks for answering

 

[Sathya]

Not just engines, Tejas Mk-1A delivery could be hit over key Danish part, now on export blacklist

India is in talks with Denmark over the engine charge amplifiers, while HAL has contracted a local firm to indigenise them, it is learnt. HAL was supposed to start the delivery in March.

theprint.in

 

[Speedster1]

There's also another pylon that carries lightening pod too being converted to multiple rack pylon...

Interesting. I thought only the outer pylon was getting a dual rack to make room for SPJ on the other side. Do you have any pics or reference links on the intake pylon going dual rack?