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

[Spitfire IX]

@Anants @Nutcracker thanks.

I was just watching an interview with the GTRE director (at Aero. India. I think.) Talking of Kaveri, he said USD $250 million had been spent on it. That is less than USD $20 million a year. Did India not realise that with such a miniscule investment each year it would take forever to make a working turbofan? How could anyone be so stupid as to think there was a reasonably good chance of developing an engine in time for Tejas?

 

[Migflug]

@Anants @Nutcracker thanks.

I was just watching an interview with the GTRE director (at Aero. India. I think.) Talking of Kaveri, he said USD $250 million had been spent on it. That is less than USD $20 million a year. Did India not realise that with such a miniscule investment each year it would take forever to make a working turbofan? How could anyone be so stupid as to think there was a reasonably good chance of developing an engine in time for Tejas?

cause we are not a serious country

 

[Spitfire IX]

PS Interview with GTRE director. 17m40s he talks of spending of Kaveri


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypNsCvZluUc

 

[Blademaster]

LCA Tejas MK1A test fired Astra MK1.


View: https://x.com/Kuntal__biswas/status/1892454001955733802

Looks too fake to be real.

 

[NerVik]

Looks too fake to be real.

For me it looks too real to be real.

 

[Anants]

@Anants @Nutcracker thanks.

I was just watching an interview with the GTRE director (at Aero. India. I think.) Talking of Kaveri, he said USD $250 million had been spent on it. That is less than USD $20 million a year. Did India not realise that with such a miniscule investment each year it would take forever to make a working turbofan? How could anyone be so stupid as to think there was a reasonably good chance of developing an engine in time for Tejas?

And whats even more interesting is they still managed to build prototype good enough to clear for flight tests

 

[Asmodeus]

@Anants @Nutcracker thanks.

I was just watching an interview with the GTRE director (at Aero. India. I think.) Talking of Kaveri, he said USD $250 million had been spent on it. That is less than USD $20 million a year. Did India not realise that with such a miniscule investment each year it would take forever to make a working turbofan? How could anyone be so stupid as to think there was a reasonably good chance of developing an engine in time for Tejas?

Our BABUS knew this from 20 years ago, yet like a true enlightened monk they just observe and do not take any action

 

[Kattar]

I find it difficult to keep up, given all the different reports emanating from India that quote 'informed anonymous sources'. What is the current date reported by an identified, credible source for delivery of the first F404-IN20?

Did I read somewhere that the first 2 engines are undergoing pre-delivery tests?

I ask because I am curious - along with many others - as to when IAF will receive its first Mk1A.

PS A question about 'Indian English', please: does saying "It will arrive by 2030" mean "It will arrive before 2030" or does it mean "It will arrive before or during 2030."? For people using the vernacular used in England (eg me), it means "It will arrive before 2030".

GE Engines will be held back as much as possible and delivered piece-meal by US Administration until they are assured of a very large $$$ contract for F35 / F-21 / Stryker / Predators / KC-130 or P8Is

They are plainly pissed off that Hafta we pay to their MIL-Industrial complex is not growing proportionate to our economic growth

GE supply chain issues will entirely disappear into thin air as soon as we agree to sign big fat cheques for one or more of their gold plated trinkets

 

[silentassassin265]

GE Engines will be held back as much as possible and delivered piece-meal by US Administration until they are assured of a very large $$$ contract for F35 / F-21 / Stryker / Predators / KC-130 or P8Is

They are plainly pissed off that Hafta we pay to their MIL-Industrial complex is not growing proportionate to our economic growth

GE supply chain issues will entirely disappear into thin air as soon as we agree to sign big fat cheques for one or more of their gold plated trinkets

They are supposed to deliver 2 next month

 

[vampyrbladez]

Defence ministry forms high-level panel to boost indigenous light fighter jet production

The defence ministry has formed a committee led by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh to enhance production of indigenous LCA jets and increase private sector involvement. Currently, HAL manufactures the jets, but delays have occurred due to supply issues. Private companies may be involved in setting up new production lines to fulfill a potential order for 97 additional jets.

Defence ministry forms high-level panel to boost indigenous light fighter jet production

The defence ministry has formed a committee led by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh to enhance production of indigenous LCA jets and increase private sector involvement. Currently, HAL manufactures the jets, but delays have occurred due to supply issues. Private companies may be involved in...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[Migflug]

After IAF Chief's Meltdown, MoD To Fasttrack Tejas - Livefist

Two weeks after a public rebuke of HAL by the Indian Air Force chief that went viral both online as well as in India's security establishment, the Ministry of Defence has reportedly set up a top-level committee to rapidly recommend a formula by which deliveries of 83 Tejas Mk1A fighters…

www.livefistdefence.com

Ministry of Defence has reportedly set up a top-level committee to rapidly recommend a formula by which deliveries of 83 Tejas Mk1A fighters can be speeded up, streamlined. The focus of this formula is expected to be getting HAL to yield some of its workshare to private sector companies that currently supply HAL with assembled fuselage parts of the Tejas airframe, but could potentially be the operators of a full separate production line going forward.

As things stand, a handful of private sector companies already build fuselage assemblies for HAL, including VEM Technologies, L&T, Tata and Dynamatics. It is likely that one of these companies will get to operate a full separate Tejas Mk1A production line — a historic first in the country.

 

[Kattar]

Defence ministry forms high-level panel to boost indigenous light fighter jet production

Defence ministry forms high-level panel to boost indigenous light fighter jet production

The defence ministry has formed a committee led by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh to enhance production of indigenous LCA jets and increase private sector involvement. Currently, HAL manufactures the jets, but delays have occurred due to supply issues. Private companies may be involved in...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

This is Plan-B if AatmaNirbhar man is firm on only spending in Rupees. Maybe the Chief's natak at HAL of LCA MK1A being only software updates didn't cut much ice with Top Manaav.

So KadiNindha & Babus are rushing to get Private sector involved in the inevitable mass production of LCA series, using whom they can route back 20-25% for their Kith & Kin funds

Expect to hear cost overruns on LCA programs in next couple of years to accommodate their slush funds

Still, this is much better than importing gold-plated hotties

 

[GodEmperorDoom]

This is Plan-B if AatmaNirbhar man is firm on only spending in Rupees. Maybe the Chief's natak at HAL of LCA MK1A being only software updates didn't cut much ice with Top Manaav.

So KadiNindha & Babus are rushing to get Private sector involved in the inevitable mass production of LCA series, using whom they can route back 20-25% for their Kith & Kin funds

Expect to hear cost overruns on LCA programs in next couple of years to accommodate their slush funds

Still, this is much better than importing gold-plated hotties

I really don't think puny 5 to 6 Billion from this programs can accommodate their slush funds. There are massive infra projects often 10 times bigger from where they can easily take.