TEDBF or ORCA Updates

[darkflame]

TEDBF or ORCA Updates here please

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

Slides by ADA (Aeronautical Defence Agency)

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

Some 3D-CG by various artists on TEDBF:

 

[Satish Sharma Ji]

Some 3D-CG by various artists on TEDBF:

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The nose/front fuselage design has been changed
For increased volume. Do we have images of those designs ?

 

[125mm_Smoothbore]

Some 3D-CG by various artists on TEDBF:

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These renders look dope hopefully we operate these before i die

 

[darkflame]

Slides by ADA (Aeronautical Defence Agency)

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Any news on project stage,you know PDR,CDR...

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

The nose/front fuselage design has been changed
For increased volume. Do we have images of those designs ?

These renders look dope hopefully we operate these before i die

Catch hold of the artists on Twitter, FB, etc,
Satwik Sadhukhan
Kuntal Biswas
Harshal Pal
etc

 

[coldfire2024]

PDR was expected later this year

 

[darkflame]

PDR was expected later this year

Then expect first flight in 2030s only

 

[125mm_Smoothbore]

Then expect first flight in 2030s only

Navy would be wanting it when the third carrier comes online ie 2034-35 timeline so it makes sense

 

[Priyan]

Slides by ADA (Aeronautical Defence Agency)

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PPT says first flight by 2026, man I'd be happy if first flight is in 2030

 

[125mm_Smoothbore]

PPT says first flight by 2026, man I'd be happy if first flight is in 2030

Covid f(ked a lot of timelines too thats 2 years of total shutdown and 2 years of slow restart

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

PPT says first flight by 2026, man I'd be happy if first flight is in 2030

If it didn't fly by 2026 then we all will gather in front of ADA office.

 

[Satish Sharma Ji]

If it didn't fly by 2026 then we all will gather in front of ADA office.

I believe cdr by 2026,27 will happen.

 

[daya]

Let us wait and watch. Let the things materialize ..

 

[Bleh]

MoD Likely to Merge IAF with Navy’s TEDBF Program for Financial Viability and Shared Development – Indian Defence Research Wing

idrw.org

 

[BON PLAN]

MoD Likely to Merge IAF with Navy’s TEDBF Program for Financial Viability and Shared Development – Indian Defence Research Wing

idrw.org

I was so surprised that AMCA and TEDBF were not a single bird from the beginning.
It was a loss of time, as often in India

 

[high_IQ_bharatiya_sainik]

How will a possible merger look like at this point? Isn't the preliminary design of AMCA already done? If so no major changes can be made to it's design. If TEDBF indeed evolves into N-AMCA, that would make the 2nd Vikrant class AC obsolete and we will leapfrog to nuclear powered 65K tonnes AC by 2040s. If that's the case, 26 Rafale-M sounds too low in to compensate for the old mig-29k airframes.

 

[Suryavanshi]

How will a possible merger look like at this point? Isn't the preliminary design of AMCA already done? If so no major changes can be made to it's design. If TEDBF indeed evolves into N-AMCA, that would make the 2nd Vikrant class AC obsolete and we will leapfrog to nuclear powered 65K tonnes AC by 2040s. If that's the case, 26 Rafale-M sounds too low in to compensate for the old mig-29k airframes.

It said that it will mostly share components with AMCA, I don't think it implies in anyway that design will be changed. Just that it will have common components.

 

[high_IQ_bharatiya_sainik]

It said that it will mostly share components with AMCA, I don't think it implies in anyway that design will be changed. Just that it will have common components.

But wasn't that already known? Tejas MK2 AMCA TEDBF/ORCA are going to share a lot of tech and engines? So what's new here?