The basis for the TEJAS MK1A, of which 50 aircraft have already been produced, is the TEJAS MK1 You are not talking about a new fighter plane. Rather, you are talking about some upgrade on a plane that will enter service within one year only. Weapons merging programs and experiments have been going on for a while.
HAL begins flight trials of LCA Tejas Mk-1A
LCA Mk-1A is an upgraded version of the LCA Mk-1. LCA Mk-1 reached Full Operational Capability (FOC) in 2020.
The maiden flight trials of the LCA Tejas MK-1A (Light Combat Aircraft Mark-1A) have been started from the first week of May, said sources in the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) associated with the project.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/hal-flight-trials-lca-tejas-mk-1a-8056653/
The first model of the plane was produced several months ago. A number of ammunition that will be integrated into the plane has already been tested in the first trial version. Therefore, the risk rate is much lower than what Korea plans for the FA-50 Which was sold at very high prices and with a bad or very modest radar The South Korean option is higher price Higher policy restrictions Less specifications than the Indian plane The South Korean plane's price rating should be lower than the Indian plane, not what is happening now The performance is comparable to the price The story of the risk with the Indian plane is equivalent to the gains that can be obtained, but there are also other advantages by integrating a Russian engine or a French engine. The United States controls the capabilities of aircraft through the type of engine provided to them. For example, the engine of the T-50 is the GE-404 engine with a thrust capacity of 17,700 pounds. While the version provided to the TEJAS aircraft is a GE-404 INS20 engine with a thrust capacity of 20,200 pounds. India, in light of the American, French and British competition, will obtain a copy of the GE-414 engine with a thrust capacity of 110KN, or 24,300 pounds, instead of the proposed version in the future for the FA-50 with a thrust capacity of 98KN. This is in contrast to all the superior capabilities of the TEJAS MK1A plane over some South Korean dreams in developing the FA-50 because simply all models of the TEJAS plane are superior from the outset, distinguished in integrating various types of Russian, European and Indian ammunition, unlike the Korean ones, which depend on American and Korean ammunition only. Even the FA-50 needs years of development and additional funds, which will be reflected in its already high price.
Por Gastón Dubois 17/01/2023
The successful export of the FA-50 to Poland through close cooperation with the government and a quick response in a rapidly changing security environment confirmed the potential of the European market, which KAI had previously considered inaccessible for its products. This shift is further evidenced by Airbus Defence & Space’s approach to the Korean firm to promote the FA-50 in Western European countries, burying the AFJT, its own advanced supersonic trainer/light fighter project, along the way.
Building on the success of the FA-50, Kang Gu-young wants to establish beachheads in the European, North American, African and Middle Eastern markets (possibly through Egypt), while strengthening KAI’s presence in the Southeast Asian and South American markets.
Versions of the FA-50 tailored to the particular requirements of each export customer will be promoted, including the possibility of developing the F-50 light combat single-seat version. What was not made clear is whether the development is dependent on a potential customer financing the project, or whether KAI plans to pay for it out of its own pocket.
https://www.aviacionline.com/2023/0...he-f-50-an-fa-50-derivative-fighter-aircraft/
I was not convinced at all by all the propaganda about the levels of Egyptian benefit from the T-50/FA-50 The Indo-Korean competition continues and is very high, and I am not optimistic at all about cooperation with South Korea. During 10 years of negotiations on cooperation programs, Egypt failed to attract South Korean investments in exchange for abandoning cooperation with North Korea because it is simply South Korea is a puppet in the hands of America, so Egypt did not get It invested in an oil refining complex worth $8 billion, and the project has failed since 2014. South Korea has failed to establish shipyards, electronics factories, and cars in Egypt in a real way. Ten years ago, Egypt signed an agreement with South Korea that Egypt would become the source of South Korean products for defense systems in the Middle East. And Africa, until this moment, nothing happened Movement is always taken against the direction of the national interests of the Egyptian ruling regime now. When we asked from the beginning to set up projects under the offset system, to diversify in cooperation programs with other countries other than Europe and America, and not to fight the Egyptian private sector and steal it, our interests were not obeyed, and the result is the bad economic situation and the state’s debt dumping and failure. In achieving Egyptian food security, and instead of raising the standard of living of Egyptians, they have been impoverished and drowned in debt. Therefore, the choices of the Egyptian regime always turn into disasters against the Egyptian people. Therefore, there is no real hope for development or reform in light of the mentality of control for 70 years, from which Egypt has only suffered 3 military defeats. Industrial and economic backwardness, and a debt-soaked country shopping from the smallest countries
