HAL Tejas | Updates, News & Discussions-[Thread 2]

[Abingdonboy]

 

[Ram Mahadev]

Looks like Pakistan's nightmare Mirages 2000 . delta wing definitely gives Tejas many advantages over regular airframe in its class and size. But very poor production ratr

 

[Abingdonboy]

. But very poor production ratr

Not really, after SP-3 HAL have said they will deliver another 3 SPs by March-end which means they are producing 1 LCA/month- considering production commenced just a year ago they are performing at an impressive rate. With the MK.1A orders (83 units so far) they will move to 16/year at least, if not 24.

 

[Ram Mahadev]

Not really, after SP-3 HAL have said they will deliver another 3 SPs by March-end which means they are producing 1 LCA/month- considering production commenced just a year ago they are performing at an impressive rate. With the MK.1A orders (83 units so far) they will move to 16/year at least, if not 24.

Are you telling by end of December we will have 12 new Tejas inducted? If it's 1 per month? Then also don't you think it should be doubled or at least 18-24 needed per year before 2020 ? Dude we will be retiring bunch of MiGs by 2020 . And inducted 1 Sukois and 1 rafale squadron.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Are you telling by end of December we will have 12 new Tejas inducted? If it's 1 per month? Then also don't you think it should be doubled or at least 18-24 needed per year before 2020 ? Dude we will be retiring bunch of MiGs by 2020 . And inducted 1 Sukois and 1 rafale squadron.

This is just the production rate for the Mk.1, once the MK.1A is in prodcution it will be ramped up to 16/year, possibly 24/year if HAL is able to rope in a private player to set up 1 production line of their own (as HAL has said is their intention).

 

[Super Commando Dhruva]

I hope this would help.

http://idrw.org/is-parrikar-planning-private-production-line-for-lca-tejas-mk2/

Buzz around media circle is that MK1A and MK2 might enter production post-2020 and Naval MK2 too will emerge by 2020 but HAL will be tasked to produce 16 MK1A per year and another production line may be tasked to produce 8-12 MK2 per year from a new joint venture.

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/826420860550467586

https://twitter.com/x/status/826421620369661952

The news just keeps getting better.
Congratulations to all the people involved!

 

[Water Car Engineer]

 

[rockstarIN]

Not really, after SP-3 HAL have said they will deliver another 3 SPs by March-end which means they are producing 1 LCA/month- considering production commenced just a year ago they are performing at an impressive rate. With the MK.1A orders (83 units so far) they will move to 16/year at least, if not 24.

SP 4 will fly soon. Do you think SP-5 & 6 will be delivered by 31st March?

 

[Sloth 22]

SP 4 will fly soon. Do you think SP-5 & 6 will be delivered by 31st March?

HAL had 8 LCA a year capacity right now. But according to Matrubhumi, HAL has converted a nearby Koran Hanger to LCA assembly facility which will build 3 LCA a year.

That means 8+3=11 LCA.

When the second line of 8 LCA initially and 16 later gets started , that would mean 27 LCA a year ,but it would happen when MK1A enters SP.

By end of March SP5 will be flying for sure.

SP6 should come by end of April.

 

[Abingdonboy]

SP 4 will fly soon. Do you think SP-5 & 6 will be delivered by 31st March?

HAL had 8 LCA a year capacity right now. But according to Matrubhumi, HAL has converted a nearby Koran Hanger to LCA assembly facility which will build 3 LCA a year.

That means 8+3=11 LCA.

When the second line of 8 LCA initially and 16 later gets started , that would mean 27 LCA a year ,but it would happen when MK1A enters SP.

By end of March SP5 will be flying for sure.

SP6 should come by end of April.

There's a good chance SP-6 will be delivered by the end of March and SPs until SP-11 are in the production line right now.

 

[Abingdonboy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/827031614467108864

https://twitter.com/x/status/827045734105174017

https://twitter.com/x/status/827122637327314944

Beyond 2019-20 when the MK.1A is in service they will be churning out >24/year with that third production line meaning >200 LCA are assured now (no way would HAL invest in infrastructrure that saw the 83 unit order complete within 4-5 years).

Seriously impressive work from HAL (I know, crazy isn't it?!) they have hit the ground running and are scaling up as fast as they possibly can.

These guys have learnt their lessons and are not under-promising and over delivering, creating such impressive production capacity within just 4 years of series production commencing is no small feat. For 4 years the Chinese were only making 4-5 JF-17s a year, HAL will beat this rate within 18 months.


Things are finally looking VERY bright for the LCA project (won't comment on the Kaveri too much but adding that from some point after 2020 will be the cherry on top of the cake).


I also think this news seems to validate the IDRW news that the MK.2's production will be entirely handed over to a private player with HAL taking care of the MK.1A. Earlier HAL were trying to rope in a private player for this 3rd production line but I guess they didn't get any serious interest and thus are going alone.

 

[rockstarIN]

The pic above is SP5, will not be ready by March it seeems

 

[Abingdonboy]

The pic above is SP5, will not be ready by March it seeems

“We had our share of concerns and all that has been put behind now. We had adopted all modern production philosophies to roll out a world class fighter. The feedback from the user has been encouraging. You will see SP-4 and SP-5 flying soon,” says Raju.

 

[AnGrz_Z_K_Jailer]

“We had our share of concerns and all that has been put behind now. We had adopted all modern production philosophies to roll out a world class fighter. The feedback from the user has been encouraging. You will see SP-4 and SP-5 flying soon,” says Raju.

^^^^

Thank you very much for your informative posts and you contribute a lot with your valuable posts. But HAL / DRDO / ADA require serious overhauling to achieve a desirable results honestly it is long overdue. Atleast government should pass this bill to prohibit quotas system in defense sector and all fresh appointment base on merit level. I know some of our country mates may disagree but we need to stop this Sarkari Nuakri / Hukommati Mulazimaat attitude at some point. It hurting us a lot it is a high time government should take some unprecedented steps to clean this mess on urgent basis.

Regards,
Jailer