HAL Begins Integration of Mid-Air-Refueling Probe on Tejas

[Awesome Indian]

So when it is going to get FOC

 

[Bheemsen]

There is no MK-1A, someone quoted modified mk-1 as mk-1a, and the whole media starts quoting that, even IAF chief said that to leave the nomeclature to us (IAF). I mentioned MK-1 SOP 2018, because its what been finalized the new standard called SOP 2018, which includes EL/M2052 AESA, Refuel probe, Twin Arm Pylon etc etc. Infact it should only be quoted as MK-1, because later on those IOC, FOC would get upgrade too, and 2032 radar would be upgraded to 2052, by changing Antenna Gimlet, with backend remains same, and software upgrade.

what is Twin Arm Pylon

 

[Echo_419]

This is the MK.1A?

A Brain fart by IDRW that is being repeatedly quoted by some journalist

 

[Awesome Indian]

what is Twin Arm Pylon

Tejas designers admit the absence of a jammer to throw enemy radar off the scent is a key vulnerability of the Tejas. While designing the fighter, they simply ran out of space for an internal jammer. With the IAF dropping its insistence on an internal jammer, ADA and HAL have now offered an "external jammer pod".

While this threatened to reduce the Tejas' weapons carriage by occupying one of its seven hard points, HAL is overcoming that problem by fitting a "twin-arm" at that hard point. "One of the arms will carry the jammer, while the other will mount an air-to-air missile", says the designer.

From Buisness standard site article(sorry being a newbie cant post links)

 

[Bheemsen]

Tejas designers admit the absence of a jammer to throw enemy radar off the scent is a key vulnerability of the Tejas. While designing the fighter, they simply ran out of space for an internal jammer. With the IAF dropping its insistence on an internal jammer, ADA and HAL have now offered an "external jammer pod".

While this threatened to reduce the Tejas' weapons carriage by occupying one of its seven hard points, HAL is overcoming that problem by fitting a "twin-arm" at that hard point. "One of the arms will carry the jammer, while the other will mount an air-to-air missile", says the designer.

From Buisness standard site article(sorry being a newbie cant post links)

Tejas had 8 hard points i think

 

[Awesome Indian]

Tejas had 8 hard points i think

Yes,one hardpoint us used for LITENING targeting pod