Tejas Mk2 (Medium Weight Fighter) - News and discussions

marich01 said:
I think current IAF chief made his intentions clear quite a few times. I would not be surprised if the delay is due to that, ADA/HAL would be happy to make it if Govt released funding. That funding came just 3-4 months ago. It won't be out of place if many years down the line we find out current ACM very much opposed desi jets and tried his best to derail projects. Remember RKS Bhadauria sir was not this against ADA projects & now being industry head in UP he is actively coordinating. But current ACM seems to be infighting, hence Govt/PMO/MoD definitely spent time on that issue, so fund release got delayed. Until this current ACM leaves his post & someone more inclined with Govt view I can see problem persisting. Capex not spent is an indicator how some procurement are stuck in files due to this internal politics.

This is just my view btw.
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I have noticed government selects the person needed in their area of thrust.

For example Army chief , Engineer when we spend infrastructure development.

I feel MRCBF will be done.

When Airforce plans anything major, it ll be new chief.

Just my thoughts.
 
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marich01 said:
I think current IAF chief made his intentions clear quite a few times. I would not be surprised if the delay is due to that, ADA/HAL would be happy to make it if Govt released funding. That funding came just 3-4 months ago. It won't be out of place if many years down the line we find out current ACM very much opposed desi jets and tried his best to derail projects. Remember RKS Bhadauria sir was not this against ADA projects & now being industry head in UP he is actively coordinating. But current ACM seems to be infighting, hence Govt/PMO/MoD definitely spent time on that issue, so fund release got delayed. Until this current ACM leaves his post & someone more inclined with Govt view I can see problem persisting. Capex not spent is an indicator how some procurement are stuck in files due to this internal politics.

This is just my view btw.
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Frankly be it Dhanoa Bhadauriya Or Choudhary there's some deep dichotomy / confusion within Vayu Bhavan w.r.t the path to be taken to replace falling squadrons. The Mk-2 is but one manifestation of it. I've mentioned the options for the remaining 2 Rafale squadrons in another thread . Neither was the option exercised nor was the RFI released 6 yrs after the IGA was signed & MMRCA 1.0 officially terminated.

Then the IAF surrenders approximately 50% of it's CAPEX. I'm not saying this government or the defense leadership as represented by the MoD Or the office of the CDS have all their plans in place & that everything is fine tuned at their end with great clarity in their vision but the IAF can't go about surrendering it's CAPEX stay mum on the Rafales, act like passive observers w.r.t the Mk-2 project & come up with unhelpful statements on the AMCA project w.r.t achieving mastery over complex technology while expecting them to adhere to tight schedules offering gratuitous advice to ADA to seek foreign collaboration , all while releasing repeated statements to the press lamenting the fall in squadron numbered & not come across as being totally clueless apart from beimt churlish or a bunch of recalcitrants.

Their plans on combatting China look outdated & absolutely hopeless to an average amateur defense watcher. Hence if the GoI have their own independent plans & assessment of the IAF future upgradation, modernisation, enhancing fleet size, jointness in place & for whatever reason if they see the current brass of the IAF as being principal road block in their larger plans instead of being facilitators / enablers , they ought to read out the riot act & if there's still no change, terminate a few beginning with the CAS. Governments have resorted to such actions before.
 
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marich01 said:
I think current IAF chief made his intentions clear quite a few times. I would not be surprised if the delay is due to that, ADA/HAL would be happy to make it if Govt released funding. That funding came just 3-4 months ago. It won't be out of place if many years down the line we find out current ACM very much opposed desi jets and tried his best to derail projects. Remember RKS Bhadauria sir was not this against ADA projects & now being industry head in UP he is actively coordinating. But current ACM seems to be infighting, hence Govt/PMO/MoD definitely spent time on that issue, so fund release got delayed. Until this current ACM leaves his post & someone more inclined with Govt view I can see problem persisting. Capex not spent is an indicator how some procurement are stuck in files due to this internal politics.

This is just my view btw.
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Airforce dont have much say in restricting fundings for an ADA program. Money is not going from AF CAPX. They can only delay things purposefully during testing.

Developing a new generation aircraft is hard. Even if you give all money tomorrow they wont be able to complete development by 5 years.
 
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The need for additional Mk1As is clearly to minimise timeline risk on the far more capable LCA Mk2 jet that’s expected to be ready for service in the latter half of this decade. The Indian government and IAF have made it clear that the Mk2 will be the truly combat capable iteration of the Tejas. The Indian Air Force has revealed plans to order 108 of the type. The LCA Mk2, currently under a prototype fabrication phase, will be a true blue ‘fourth generation’ fighter, sporting an AESA radar, the more powerful GE F414 engine, canard foreplanes for greater agility and several additional systems across the spectrum of capability, survivability and maintainability.
 
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1629495055450017792

https://twitter.com/x/status/1629495083358900225
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He's correct about all points except the last one. Even Su-30MKI's obsolete OLS-30 can detect subsonic targets at 90kms from rear aspect, while detection range at front aspect is around 30-40kms.

Our Dual-Band IRST is specifically designed to detect VLO fighters from very long ranges. So it WILL detect VLO fighters like a subsonic J-20 from well over 100kms from frontal aspect.
 
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Have all these features especially slaving the IRST to radar ( or vici versa ) & using AI & a "super computer " to detect stealth been proved or are these proposed pending validation after testing
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technical part way beyond my reach, but apparently its one of the methods due to being passive. its obviously in testing phase and i am not sure how much algo fine-tuning can be done when so much heat sig suppression technique is used by a stealth craft.
 
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Its available and showing to me.

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1630110985418690564

Serious debate..

One school saying fund for prototype alloted in 2009 itself.
Other saying even the alloted money is still taking time for disbursement..

Truth should be somewhere in between..

Can anyone find out ??

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DMK says Aiims Madurai - not even a brick is laid
BJP - Chairman is there, Staffs are employed, students are taken in.

Truth - Aiims Madurai is temporarily functioning in Ramnad medical college.
This no side is willing to say.

People are fighting against other parties.
If truth is known, people won't nind it.
 
Sathya said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1630110985418690564

Serious debate..

One school saying fund for prototype alloted in 2009 itself.
Other saying even the alloted money is still taking time for disbursement..

Truth should be somewhere in between..

Can anyone find out ??

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Funds have till date not been allocated only approved. It'd happen in next FY which is why the prototype will be available only in 2026 & first flight in 2027 . Remaining 3 prototypes would come in either 6 or 12 months interval & mfg would commence in 2028-29. We could probably see the 1st squadron by 2031-32 & post that it should take off at the rate of at least 20 unit per annum or more if order is enhanced.

Sathya said:
DMK says Aiims Madurai - not even a brick is laid
BJP - Chairman is there, Staffs are employed, students are taken in.

Truth - Aiims Madurai is temporarily functioning in Ramnad medical college.
This no side is willing to say.

People are fighting against other parties.
If truth is known, people won't nind it.
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If the RMC is admitting more students or under a separate category with a separate faculty & management then technically the AIIMS is operational just that it doesn't have it's own premises now
 
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