ADA Tejas Mark-II/Medium Weight Fighter

[Spitfire IX]

what kind of Rafale radar ?
The AESA AsGa actual one or the XG GaN one ?

Agreed, comparing a projected Mk2 system with today's parallel on Rafale is not as constructive as comparing what is projected to be on each in, say, 5 years' time.

 

[Satish Sharma Ji]

Some day rafale will get Gan radars & ew suit

 

[randombully]

Some day rafale will get Gan radars & ew suit

Most likely f5 which will come after 2030+.
And it already has ew suite called spectra, it's a pretty good suite( though highly overhyped), advance versions will come in future.

 

[BON PLAN]

Some day rafale will get Gan radars & ew suit

GaN Radar with F5 std. Expected in the forces in 2030. Maybe a little bit earlier with the tension between european countries and Russia.
Spectra earlier. Maybe even today....

 

[Spitfire IX]

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[Doctor Doom]

 

[Azaad]

Exclusive | India hopes to launch F414 jet engine manufacturing line this year: Defence Secretary Rajesh Singh - CNBC TV18

In a CNBC-TV18 exclusive, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said India hopes to operationalise a manufacturing line for GE’s F414 jet engines by the end of this year. The move is crucial to keep the Tejas Mark 2 timeline on track and marks a step forward in India’s defence self-reliance.

www.cnbctv18.com

 

[randombully]

View: https://x.com/FighterPiloting/status/1918237824354271743

Bsd waalo, gaan faad ke dekko.
Finally first picture released.

 

[randombully]

View: https://x.com/FighterPiloting/status/1918237824354271743

Bsd waalo, gaan faad ke dekko.
Finally first picture released.
View attachment 32822

 

[bakofbakchod]

View: https://x.com/FighterPiloting/status/1918237824354271743

Bsd waalo, gaan faad ke dekko.
Finally first picture released.
View attachment 32822

finally some pictures. How old is this btw? if this is latest, i highly doubt FF will happen even in 2026

 

[randombully]

finally some pictures. How old is this btw? if this is latest, i highly doubt FF will happen even in 2026

View: https://x.com/FighterPiloting/status/1918262545649156272

View: https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1918259590048731328

Looks to be an old photo.

 

[randombully]

View: https://x.com/FighterPiloting/status/1918262545649156272

View: https://x.com/alpha_defense/status/1918259590048731328

Looks to be an old photo.

View: https://x.com/TrishulWeapon/status/1918262504444080194

 

[vampyrbladez]

Lots of information from HAL Conference Call :

• LCA Mk2
  
  - Manufacturing prototype stage, expected to fly in first quarter next year
  - Certification in 3 yr

• F414
  
  - Enough 414s available for initial prototypes & testing
  - Deal expected to conclude in this financial year.

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[pipebomb]

Exclusive | India hopes to launch F414 jet engine manufacturing line this year: Defence Secretary Rajesh Singh - CNBC TV18

In a CNBC-TV18 exclusive, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said India hopes to operationalise a manufacturing line for GE’s F414 jet engines by the end of this year. The move is crucial to keep the Tejas Mark 2 timeline on track and marks a step forward in India’s defence self-reliance.

www.cnbctv18.com

Orange small hands might have blocked the f414 deal. My worst suspicion is coming true

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/india-eyes-partnership-with-france-s-safran-to-develop-engines-for-powerful-tejas-lca-mk2-jets-13051280.html

 

[vampyrbladez]

Orange small hands might have blocked the f414 deal. My worst suspicion is coming true

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/india-eyes-partnership-with-france-s-safran-to-develop-engines-for-powerful-tejas-lca-mk2-jets-13051280.html

Good. This reduces US's leverage on India. If they are behaving like this with the GE F404 then imagine their antics with the GE F414 when manufacturing the AMCA and Tejas MK2.

However the US Deep State will like to keep that leverage and will probably move to conclude the deal later this year. It's the obvious play.

 

[Azaad]

Orange small hands might have blocked the f414 deal. My worst suspicion is coming true

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/india-eyes-partnership-with-france-s-safran-to-develop-engines-for-powerful-tejas-lca-mk2-jets-13051280.html

We haven't even announced the JV partner for the 120 KN TF to power the AMCA & that's been officially on since the past 5 years if not more.

In fact our place holder of a Raksha Mantri went on record in the spring of 2021 instructing MoD to seal the deal by the end of the year which would be Dec 2021 & you guys are getting excited by a stray report while no other MSM outlet or any credible SM is reporting the same .

I've never heard of 100 % redundancy in TF of a FA or any other airplane . Please feel free to guide me to such a report if you've come across it.

Besides if we're really pursuing SAFRAN for a JV TF to power the Mk-2 , why are we wasting our time with GE ?

 

[pipebomb]

Good. This reduces US's leverage on India. If they are behaving like this with the GE F404 then imagine their antics with the GE F414 when manufacturing the AMCA and Tejas MK2.

However the US Deep State will like to keep that leverage and will probably move to conclude the deal later this year. It's the obvious play.

US knows that they're on a good wicket and fitting a new Safran engine (m88-4 is still a prototype to my knowledge) in mk2 would be very painful and would cost us an arm and a leg

We deserve it BTW. All of it

 

[pipebomb]

We haven't even announced the JV partner for the 120 KN TF to power the AMCA & that's been officially on since the past 5 years if not more.

In fact our place holder of a Raksha Mantri went on record in the spring of 2021 instructing MoD to seal the deal by the end of the year which would be Dec 2021 & you guys are getting excited by a stray report while no other MSM outlet or any credible SM is reporting the same .

I've never heard of 100 % redundancy in TF of a FA or any other airplane . Please feel free to guide me to such a report if you've come across it.

Besides if we're really pursuing SAFRAN for a JV TF to power the Mk-2 , why are we wasting our time with GE ?

Not getting excited but not turning a blind eye to the fact that USA has got us by the balls here

 

[BHARAT KA BETA]

Can anyone confirm the red marked sensors on Tejas MK2 design?... Are these both MAWS or something else?

 

[randombully]

Can anyone confirm the red marked sensors on Tejas MK2 design?... Are these both MAWS or something else?

Na, mostly rwr or communication node.