LCA Tejas Mk1 & Mk1A - News and discussions
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Here is #Tejas SP9 kissing the skies for the first time yesterday.#IAF, #FlyingDaggers #HAL @akananth pic.twitter.com/vhz867BmcV
— Anantha Krishnan M🇮🇳 (@writetake) March 25, 2018
There is some panel change behind radome & behind cockpit with/ without primer .
I had already said that FOC now means Mk1A configuration hence all the delay. Earlier FOC was to be achieved by 2014 then shifted to 2015 and now 2018 end. Why? Because new foc standards which is Mk1A. There could also be engine change to f414 in Mk1A as there are no new orders for f404 and f414 have started to arrive..Based on my discussions with people in the 'Tejas community' it seems increasingly likely that MK-1A production may begin with the 21st HAL series production unit itself.
— Saurav Jha (@SJha1618) March 25, 2018
Naysayers will be in for some real nasty surprise....
Can we expect 21 st aircraft in second quater of 2019 ?
I had already said that FOC now means Mk1A configuration hence all the delay. Earlier FOC was to be achieved by 2014 then shifted to 2015 and now 2018 end. Why? Because new foc standards which is Mk1A. There could also be engine change to f414 in Mk1A as there are no new orders for f404 and f414 have started to arrive..
Naysayers will be in for some real nasty surprise....
Not gonna happen at all, They haven't even chosen the AESA radar. I will be satisfied even if they get FOC by the year-end.
ELTA 2052 could be used, which are already in service now with Jaguars. All testing done and are proven radars also software from current ELTA 2032 could be used. Who knows they maybe already testing it. Nowadays no information is coming out of Weapons testing facilities like earlier. Everything is secretive now. Was anybody here aware about INS Arighat coming, it came out of blue and where has INS Aridhaman gone..........
Apple and Oranges. Advanced technology vessel has always been a black project since the 1990s with a very few media exposure and rightly so.
As far as MK1-A is concerned
If EL/M 2052 could be integrated with Jaguar without much fuss, why can't the EL/M 2032 be integrated with Tejas within an year?
I am not saying it can' be but they have floated a global RFP and if they had to select ELTA-2052 only then why would have done it already. MK1-A is not just about ASEA but there are about 65 internal modifications to be made and reports are coming that there will be some external modifications as well to reduce the drag, which wasn't the case earlier.
And I really don't think they are going to achieve all this in one year. What I think is that they will stick to plan and deliver the rest of the LCAs in 2-3 years and then start producing MK1-As.
The Israelis asked for too much dinero. So HAL decided to go through the tender route and force them to lower the price. The first preference is the 2052.
True. All the extra modifications they have agreed on shall take at least 3-4 yrs.
You last mentioned that there would be hardly any changes between the Mk2 & the Mk1a.
Arjun Mark-2 tank set to see light of day
In an important move, the ‘Made in India’ Arjun Mark-2 tank project is set to see the light of the day. Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Dr S Christopher in an interview to The Tribune said, “We have had a meeting with the Vice-Chief of the Indian Army where it was agreed on accepting Mark-2. Modalities are being worked out”. Once done, the acceptance of necessity (AON) for 118 will be revived, he added. The AON is decided by the Defence Acquisition Council headed by the Defence Minister. A total of 93 modifications have been done on the first version of Arjun — 124 were inducted — in 2010-2011. On being asked if the Army was okay with the weight of the tank, the DRDO boss said: “The weight (the tank is almost 68 tonnes) has been accepted; that is a major change”. Most modern European tanks are of the same weight, and tank-transporters (specialised trucks) for Arjun are available. The DRDO has promised to set up a system to maintain the Arjun Mark-2 within India. It will be an annual maintenance contract with the Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) as a possible agency, Dr Christopher said. On the trials, he said, “These have done 4,000 kms of run, the upgrades will be tested.” On artillery guns, Dr Christopher said the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATAGS), of which the Army has agreed to accept 40 pieces to start with, will get a more powerful engine to enable rapid movement. The guns designed by DRDO have been made by two private companies under the transfer of technology. The DRDO is keen to get a slice of the 1,580 towed guns the Army is looking to buy. “Both companies (Tata Power SED and Bharat Forge) are gearing up produce more. We need an order for 200-300 guns to tie up logistics,” he said.Talking about the next version of the Tejas, called ‘Mark1-A’, Dr Christopher said: “The design other than the AESA radar and the jammer pod is complete.” Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is looking to import the AESA radar even as DRDO made a radar that will be tested next month. The IAF is looking at 83 ‘Mark1-A’, with 59 improvements over the existing Tejas.The Indian Air Force has projected a need for 324 fighter jets over 15 years and has officially indicated that it needs the ‘Tejas Mark 2’ (medium combat aircraft). It will carry a more powerful engine and weigh almost 20 per cent heavier than Tejas.
In an important move, the ‘Made in India’ Arjun Mark-2 tank project is set to see the light of the day. Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Dr S Christopher in an interview to The Tribune said, “We have had a meeting with the Vice-Chief of the Indian Army where it was agreed on accepting Mark-2. Modalities are being worked out”. Once done, the acceptance of necessity (AON) for 118 will be revived, he added. The AON is decided by the Defence Acquisition Council headed by the Defence Minister. A total of 93 modifications have been done on the first version of Arjun — 124 were inducted — in 2010-2011. On being asked if the Army was okay with the weight of the tank, the DRDO boss said: “The weight (
The Mk2 is still in design stage. It can go anywhere.
They are already working on a bigger better N-Mk2. So something similar to the N-Mk2 may replace the original AF-Mk2.
Can't say anything yet.
The request for 45 N-LCAs is still active. But we have no idea if the IN will actually go for it.
Considering the IAF will be ordering so many jets, who knows if the production line can handle N-LCAs. Can't say until we know the size of the new production line. At the minimum, the line may extend to 27 per year, which can make the IN order realistic. Who knows?
