LCA TEJAS MK-I & MK-IA: News and Discussion

[Bleh]

View: https://x.com/idrwalerts/status/1889173516437631464?t=mpGRhYW7Q92fz9eVpqDu6w&s=19
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*Insert itni khushi meme*


View: https://x.com/idrwalerts/status/1889207395429081262

 

[fire starter]

According to the Air Chief Marshal, the Tejas Mk1A is not fully ready yet. The initial batch of aircraft being delivered features improvements over the Tejas Mk1 but does not yet include all the enhancements initially planned for the Mk1A.
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View: https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1889232999956512845?t=6LMvqCXgwbhZJHF41FE4_Q&s=19

 

[Patriots]

Can they elucidate what exactly the MK1A lacks now? So much of time for refinement and its still not upto standards?

No dual rack ccm

 

[iNorthernerOn9]

Don't know about the veracity of these claims.


View: https://x.com/TheLegateIN/status/1889230255686332617?t=H1_uMZ9UUB1nFZn3LhLGeA&s=19


View: https://x.com/TheLegateIN/status/1889241097664410044?t=Eq3sIR3tNKHxsdoX4aGghw&s=19

 

[Migflug]

View: https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1889232999956512845?t=6LMvqCXgwbhZJHF41FE4_Q&s=19

If we were visionary enough we should have gone for M88-3,4 for MK1A and MK2 respectively and built on M88 again for AMCA. But now we are completely dependent on Americans for all our engines from Destroyers/Frigates to 5th gen jets !!

 

[randombully]

If we were visionary enough we should have gone for M88-3,4 for MK1A and MK2 respectively and built on M88 again for AMCA. But now we are completely dependent on Americans for all our engines from Destroyers/Frigates to 5th gen jets !!

You can't biuld on m88.
The design architecture of 5th gen engines is completely different.
Tho you can learn "material science" based on that.

 

[Indianhawk]

Don't know about the veracity of these claims.


View: https://x.com/TheLegateIN/status/1889230255686332617?t=H1_uMZ9UUB1nFZn3LhLGeA&s=19


View: https://x.com/TheLegateIN/status/1889241097664410044?t=Eq3sIR3tNKHxsdoX4aGghw&s=19

Don't know about the second tweet. But first one seems accurate since 912 trm aesa is almost as big as rafale radar.

So tracking j10 at these ranges is on par.

 

[Hari Sud]

If we were visionary enough we should have gone for M88-3,4 for MK1A and MK2 respectively and built on M88 again for AMCA. But now we are completely dependent on Americans for all our engines from Destroyers/Frigates to 5th gen jets !!

Biden is gone…things will look different.

 

[Migflug]

Biden is gone…things will look different.

Hopefully, Biden was the worst thing that happened to India in a long time

 

[Bleh]

Anyone got any info on this? @Patriots


View: https://x.com/SiddhantUkil/status/1889168593641734197

 

[Patriots]

Anyone got any info on this? @Patriots


View: https://x.com/SiddhantUkil/status/1889168593641734197

Radar spj done
Astra trial pending
Asraam trial pending
Hammer will be tested too( tested once , )
May be some minor modifications , which is still pending

 

[randombully]

Radar spj done
Astra trial pending
Asraam trial pending
Hammer will be tested too( tested once , )
May be some minor modifications , which is still pending

So jet is ready weapons trails are pending

 

[hit&run]

Aero India: LA5037 Appeared in Tipnis Grey, It means atleast 5 MK1A airframes + 4~ trainers are awaiting for engine and delivery.
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View: https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1888495420684271806

We must mass-produce Tejas.

 

[Bleh]

Anyone got any info on this? @Patriots


View: https://x.com/SiddhantUkil/status/1889168593641734197

Well he's not inaccurate then!..

'No Confidence': IAF Chief Scolds HAL - Livefist

"At the moment, I am just not confident of HAL." Words that should give Indian state-owned airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) sleepless nights. And many times over given that the sayer of these words is the Chief of the Indian Air Force. "I can only tell you what our requirement…

www.livefistdefence.com

“I was promised that when I come here in February, 11 Tejas Mk1As would be ready. And not a single one is ready.”........“The aircraft that you flew, calling it Mk1A. It is not Mk1A. It cannot happen just by change of one software or by looks. When the weapons come and the capability comes, then it’s a Mk1A,” said the IAF chief.

 

[Spitfire IX]

Anyone got any info on this? @Patriots


View: https://x.com/SiddhantUkil/status/1889168593641734197

IMO not a big deal if not all weapons are certified yet, given the engine delay. But if it had been the other way round - Mk1A delivery delayed by late weapons integration - would there have been calls to avoid using the integrator again as there have been?

I have read calls to switch to a Russian or French engine because of the F404 delay. IMO such calls are absurd.

Incidentally (not looking to have a go at HAL here) have HAL completed 11 as they are reported to have promised they would above?

 

[Brood Father]

IAF blames HAL
HAL blames IAF
Taxpayers money goes to Revdies
Government don't give a dime
Its a clown show

 

[Hari Sud]

Well he's not inaccurate then!..

'No Confidence': IAF Chief Scolds HAL - Livefist

"At the moment, I am just not confident of HAL." Words that should give Indian state-owned airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) sleepless nights. And many times over given that the sayer of these words is the Chief of the Indian Air Force. "I can only tell you what our requirement…

www.livefistdefence.com

Well he's not inaccurate then!..

'No Confidence': IAF Chief Scolds HAL - Livefist

"At the moment, I am just not confident of HAL." Words that should give Indian state-owned airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) sleepless nights. And many times over given that the sayer of these words is the Chief of the Indian Air Force. "I can only tell you what our requirement…

www.livefistdefence.com

Does he read newspapers that engine supply was stopped by USA not HAL.

 

[Bleh]

Does he read newspapers that engine supply was stopped by USA not HAL.

He's not talking about engines..

He's saying stuff like these aren't operational

 

[Patriots]

So jet is ready weapons trails are pending

Main is bvr Astra
Which is not cleared , then you have to test with all possible configuration , if there is small modification in the jet
Derby is not a bvr , ,

 

[Kattar]

Well he's not inaccurate then!..

'No Confidence': IAF Chief Scolds HAL - Livefist

"At the moment, I am just not confident of HAL." Words that should give Indian state-owned airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) sleepless nights. And many times over given that the sayer of these words is the Chief of the Indian Air Force. "I can only tell you what our requirement…

www.livefistdefence.com

GE can delay engine deliveries for years at a stretch and IAF loudmouths will be fast asleep. If couple of sub-systems are pending testing in an entire aircraft made inside India, IAF chief suddenly finds his voice

Russia is able to fight a war lasting 2+ years as their armed force will fight with sticks if they have to as long as it is made inside Russia.

Let's just pray China does not get in mood to screw us anytime soon as our gold-plated western weaponry buyers will simply take flight to their kids homes in NY, Paris or London and leave foot soldiers to bear the brunt and consequences of their grift