LCA Tejas Mk1 & Mk1A - News and discussions
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Some highlights from the enthralling display today by IAF LCA Tejas at the Singapore Air Show 2022: Indian Air Force (IAF) pic.twitter.com/TBAqPCS3Ha
— voiceofvenugram (@voiceofvenugram) February 16, 2022
Eye candy! LCA Tejas at Singapore Air Show-2022. @hcikl @SGinIndia @IndiainSingapor @drajaykumar_ias @IAF_MCC @SpokespersonMoD @DefProdnIndia @gopalsutar pic.twitter.com/19ZslWjRxn
— HAL (@HALHQBLR) February 16, 2022
A Lot Of People got interested looking at recent arrival of Tejas during at #SingaporeAirShow2022 with 2 x 1200lts & 1 x 800lts drop tanks,It covered +/- 3000kms nonstop without refuelers, #IndianAirforceday Config suggest this light fighter can carry more to such destinations.. pic.twitter.com/0andcUR4L7
— 𝐊𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐈𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐒 (@Kunal_Biswas707) February 16, 2022
3000kms...
Single engines and flying over sea for that long. That what makes this a bigger shot in the arm.A Lot Of People got interested looking at recent arrival of Tejas during at #SingaporeAirShow2022 with 2 x 1200lts & 1 x 800lts drop tanks,It covered +/- 3000kms nonstop without refuelers, #IndianAirforceday Config suggest this light fighter can carry more to such destinations.. pic.twitter.com/0andcUR4L7
— 𝐊𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐁𝐈𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐒 (@Kunal_Biswas707) February 16, 2022
3000kms...
4528kgs...
And some idiot called it 3 legged Cheetah....
Even now ie while we are presenting MK 1 in Air shows
We are Not forthright about 2 aspects
1 ) BVRAAM and
2 ) SPJ
I dont understand why
4528kgs...
And some idiot called it 3 legged Cheetah....
In this configuration, it has to take off with limited fuel and then refuel mid-air.
Because those can be customer choice. The Malaysians won't agree for Israeli solutions, but the Vietnamese will be fine with it. Some will expect Indian solutions, and so on.
We aren't far away from our own indigenous solutions. Uttam AESA, Astra mk1 and mk2, will be available for Malaysia as they start recieving their order after 3to4 years from now if they order now....
And that should be emphasized but don't know why HAL doesn't pitch it..
We aren't far away from our own indigenous solutions. Uttam AESA, Astra mk1 and mk2, will be available for Malaysia as they start recieving their order after 3to4 years from now if they order now....
And that should be emphasized but don't know why HAL doesn't pitch it..
He was refering to the SPJ and BVR. Some air forces make their own choice regarding this. And it's unclear how long it will take for the IAF to clear BVR for export, plus an export model will have to be made. Otoh, our SPJs will be IAF-specific, an export model will be needed here as well.
only for Indians in Singapore
Those flying the bisons would love this bird like nothing else in their lives.Now this time with Rajni Sir background music...
6 BVR missiles is insane on a light fighter but this does open all sorts of loads like defensive or offensive counterair in radius. Load like 4 x Astra missiles, two fuel tanks & jammer at centreline. Delta wing does give this advantage of load.
— ST (@aviation07101) February 16, 2022
P.S. Drag is elephant in the room
6 BVRaams....
In our scenario LCA can fly closer to Pakistan and can use missiles on Flankers flying a bit deeper. So number of bvrs won't be a big matter for us.6 BVR missiles is insane on a light fighter but this does open all sorts of loads like defensive or offensive counterair in radius. Load like 4 x Astra missiles, two fuel tanks & jammer at centreline. Delta wing does give this advantage of load.
— ST (@aviation07101) February 16, 2022
P.S. Drag is elephant in the room
6 BVRaams....
But a selling point for exports.
Cmde Maolankar echoed these views when he spoke of demo flying in his interview with @blueskiespod1 - here's the relevant portion of the clip: https://t.co/EwltYX5N8S and the transcript is at https://t.co/al82Q4oQZ3
— The Blue Skies Podcast (@blueskiespod1) February 16, 2022
Did they just make a better marketing video than ADA and HAL?!
— Indranil Roy (@Indrani1_Roy) February 20, 2022
6 BVR missiles is insane on a light fighter but this does open all sorts of loads like defensive or offensive counterair in radius. Load like 4 x Astra missiles, two fuel tanks & jammer at centreline. Delta wing does give this advantage of load.
— ST (@aviation07101) February 16, 2022
P.S. Drag is elephant in the room
6 BVRaams....
It's a bit misleading because 2 of them would be the ASRAAM/Python 5.
