ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

[Zoid Raptor]

 

[saturatedfat]

Just a quetion
How will our tejas mk2 compare with J10C and F16 block52

 

[Vishnugupt]

Just a quetion
How will our tejas mk2 compare with J10C and F16 block52

Much better than F-16 but no better than J-10C.

 

[Blademaster]

Much better than F-16 but no better than J-10C.

I think you got the other way around. Much better than j-10c and at par with F-16 block 52 or higher

 

[Nutcracker]

Just a quetion
How will our tejas mk2 compare with J10C and F16 block52

MK2 sits a little low in terms of endurance and payload compare to both, but Block 52 doesn't even have AESA radar. And not much info about J10C leaks out of China, so we don't know it's engine performance, crash rate, availability rate etc. It has AESA radar, but Chinese and export tier.

 

[Blademaster]

MK2 sits a little low in terms of endurance and payload compare to both, but Block 52 doesn't even have AESA radar. And not much info about J10C leaks out of China, so we don't know it's engine performance, crash rate, availability rate etc. It has AESA radar, but Chinese and export tier.

Block 70 has AESA radar.

 

[Vishnugupt]

I think you got the other way around. Much better than j-10c and at par with F-16 block 52 or higher

J10 is delta wing with canard, Better arrangment of avionics, use composite material. More range.

Tejas MK2 will have everything except range and payload.

F-16 is technically equal to mig-29.

 

[shauryaman65]

Block 70 has AESA radar.

But the discussion is about blk 52. Which is pretty inferior to J10C and as a result inferior to Tejas mk2.

Block 72 F16V, though, is a completely different discussion.

 

[saturatedfat]

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

 

[Satish Sharma Ji]

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

U mean dual pylon missile racks ??

 

[Nutcracker]

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

Not enough space for dual pylon in center because we did not make wvr pylon on Tejas wingtips

 

[saturatedfat]

U mean dual pylon missile racks ??

yeah

 

[Pundit Pikachu]

EOI for aircraft structural manufacturing is out

 

[Spitfire IX]

An article from defence.in that suggests to me that the sticking points in the F414 TOT licence production. deal have been resolved.

GE to Retain Control Over F-414 Engine's Single Crystal Blade Casting and FADEC Software in ToT Agreement with India

GE Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) are nearing finalization of a landmark deal for the transfer of technology (ToT) for the F-414 engine, set to be concluded later this year. This agreement will grant HAL access to nearly 80% of the ToT, facilitating local production of the...

defence.in

To me a deal by the end of the year looks on track (as GE's CEO predicted early this year). Production from 2028/2029 could follow, Indian bureaucracy allowing.

 

[Azaad]

GOI should have funded an FTB decades ago. Nothing stops them doing that now.

I remember the flying tests of Kaveri15 years ago. I believe it was a very costly exercise, at the end of which India did not have its own FTB, so would have to pay again and again for any future engine testing. Same thing with wind tunnel testing - I think that India just had Mk2 inlets tested in a French wind tunnel.

One of those rare occasions IDRW has come up with a credible article.

ADA to Further Optimize Tejas Mk2 Design Based on ONERA Wind Tunnel Tests – Indian Defence Research Wing

idrw.org

On topic we should have a Kaveri TF of an unknown nomenclature ( as of now ) ready with AFB for testing by late 2025 or early 2026.

Hopefully the imbroglio over the FTB will be resolved soon for this new iteration will either be tested in Russia or France on their FTB.

 

[Spitfire IX]

Have DRDO/HAL released any info regarding progress on Mk2 recently? Is the design changing in view of recent wind tunnel testing in France or were the tests to confirm the existing design?

 

[FalconSlayers]

Have DRDO/HAL released any info regarding progress on Mk2 recently? Is the design changing in view of recent wind tunnel testing in France or were the tests to confirm the existing design?

 

[Anonymous Bharata]

View: https://x.com/Mark99xm/status/1843971777715912860

 

[Satish Sharma Ji]

View: https://x.com/Mark99xm/status/1843971777715912860

Bc they already have a assembled fuselage without wings

 

[Anonymous Bharata]

Bc they already have a assembled fuselage without wings

Why no wings ?