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

[Spitfire IX]

How what about engine ??

Wasn't the latest info that 2 would be delivered in March?

 

[TopWatcher]

Wasn't the latest info that 2 would be delivered in March?

Wasn't the latest info that 2 would be delivered in March?

Nothing,

 

[Spitfire IX]

According to idrw, L&T has automated drilling of about two thirds of the 8000 holes required in Mk1A wing set construction, reducing the time required per hole from about 25m-35m to 1m. Nominally that drops the time needed to drill those 8000 holes by nearly two thirds - a massive improvement.

Being prepared to invest in that kind of production technology is just what is needed from the companies involved in manufacturing aircraft for the IAF.

L&T Automates LCA-Tejas Wing Drilling, Cuts Time by 95%+ – Indian Defence Research Wing

idrw.org

 

[Spitfire IX]

Nothing,

Here's the source for the March F404 x 2 delivery story

HAL to Receive First Two F-404 Engines from GE Aviation in March 2025 Amidst Further Delays – Indian Defence Research Wing

idrw.org

But with Trump in charge in the US, who knows what is going on. If he thinks he can gain some leverage over India by stalling F404 delivery, he will sure as hell do that, won't he?

 

[TopWatcher]

Here's the source for the March F404 x 2 delivery story

HAL to Receive First Two F-404 Engines from GE Aviation in March 2025 Amidst Further Delays – Indian Defence Research Wing

idrw.org

But with Trump in charge in the US, who knows what is going on. If he thinks he can gain some leverage over India by stalling F404 delivery, he will sure as hell do that, won't he?

Here said HAL is to receive, will any information that HAL actually got the engine!

 

[Migflug]

View: https://youtu.be/4d5VsbJHhaM

 

[Azaad]

Here's the source for the March F404 x 2 delivery story

HAL to Receive First Two F-404 Engines from GE Aviation in March 2025 Amidst Further Delays – Indian Defence Research Wing

idrw.org

But with Trump in charge in the US, who knows what is going on. If he thinks he can gain some leverage over India by stalling F404 delivery, he will sure as hell do that, won't he?

Here said HAL is to receive, will any information that HAL actually got the engine!

The Defence Secretary Mr Rajesh Kumar Singh in a recent interview with Shereen Bhan of CNBC clarified that all pending issues with GE pertaining to supplies of the F-404 TFs have been resolved , the deliveries of which will be thus -

FY 2025-26 -> 12 TFs
FY 2026-27 -> upto 18 TFs
FY 2027-28 -> > 20 TFs.

The order signed between HAL & GE in the first quarter of 2021 was expected to start deliveries from 2023 onwards ( which GE didn't comply with ) with the entire order executed by Mar 2029.

As per the current timelines , GE is expected to execute the entire order for 99 nos F-404 TFs by Mar'30.

Then there's the additional order for 97 nos Mk-1a due to be signed before the end of this financial year expected to be assembled by a FAL set up by the Pvt Sector in a JV with HAL (?) which is to say if this JV issues an order for 97 + x nos of spare TFs on GE by say Mar or Apr 2026 , will execution of this order impinge on the supply of 99 nos F-404 TFs to HAL ?

 

[Spitfire IX]

The Defence Secretary Mr Rajesh Kumar Singh in a recent interview with Shereen Bhan of CNBC clarified that all pending issues with GE pertaining to supplies of the F-404 TFs have been resolved , the deliveries of which will be thus -

FY 2025-26 -> 12 TFs
FY 2026-27 -> upto 18 TFs
FY 2027-28 -> > 20 TFs.

The order signed between HAL & GE in the first quarter of 2021 was expected to start deliveries from 2023 onwards ( which GE didn't comply with ) with the entire order executed by Mar 2029.

As per the current timelines , GE is expected to execute the entire order for 99 nos F-404 TFs by Mar'30.

Then there's the additional order for 97 nos Mk-1a due to be signed before the end of this financial year expected to be assembled by a FAL set up by the Pvt Sector in a JV with HAL (?) which is to say if this JV issues an order for 97 + x nos of spare TFs on GE by say Mar or Apr 2026 , will execution of this order impinge on the supply of 99 nos F-404 TFs to HAL ?

Unless a legal entity to receive an order exists, how can 97 be ordered this FY? I thought that the next FY started 1st April.

 

[vin pahadi (kumauni)]

we r quite sure about with in visual range fight of our aircrafts...thats why we choose 5 different WVR missiles:- derby, r73, mica (RF nd IR version), python 5 nd ASRAAM. yet we didnt include MAWS in any our aircrafts yet, which only present in rafale. these MAWS can give warning of infrared based enemy WVR missiles. how we will detect enemy WVR missiles or even SAMS (like spyder hv python missiles) who use infrared sensor like passive method. now i hv one qus:-
1:- can our su30 mki based infrared sensor detect enemy WVR missiles??? technically they should detect missiles heat, but i know they cant. thats why seprate MAWS present in aircrafts.

pakistan already included MAWS in their jf17 block 3, so light nd small tejas should hv also space to include it. i know we can use pod based MAWS, but it use harpoint. that is very few in light fighters. we didnt include MAWS even in our SU 30 MKI,,,meanwhile Malaysia included south africa based MAWS in their su 30.

why we didnt give importance to MAWS? do our airforce didnt acknowledge its importance? or they think our aircraft will only face beyond visual range fights. than why so many WVR missiles?

same case with towed decoys. which is best option to counter enemy radar frequency based BVR nd WVR missiles.

 

[Azaad]

Unless a legal entity to receive an order exists, how can 97 be ordered this FY? I thought that the next FY started 1st April.

I meant FY-26 i.e 1st Apr 2025 - 31st Mar 2026.