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[Chanakyaa]

Nice pics,just saw it in BR,by the way,the cockpit displayed here is a mockup,the current cockpit is much better than this one.

Can u share a pic of the current Cockpit ?
Thanks.

 

[Amanpuneet Singh]

naval version looks really good is it going to have a2a refuller too?

 

[nitesh]

'Tejas' LCA completes 1,000th sortie-India-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: After a meandering saga of 26 years, the ‘Tejas' Light Combat Aircraft is now finally 1,000 flights old. On Thursday, a Tejas prototype took to the skies in Bangalore to clock the 1,000th sortie for the still under-development multirole fighter, totalling over 530

The long-delayed indigenous `Tejas' fighter seems to have finally gained some momentum now, with defence minister A K Antony promising that IAF will get the first LCA by 2011. IAF for now has placed an order for only one LCA squadron of 20 jets but the eventual aim is to have at least seven such squadrons.

"The LCA's basic glass cockpit has been tested extensively along with some of the operational sensors like the DASH helmet and litening laser designation pod,'' said the official.

 

[AK-47]

Tejas LCA crosses impressive milestone – logs 1,002 flights news

23 January 2009


New Delhi: India's prestigious Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas programme logged an impressive milestone completing 1002 flights on Thursday. The sortie lasted about 30 minutes, Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) sources said here, and was carried out by Group Captain JA Maolankar, chief test pilot of the National Flight Test Centre.
The Tejas Light Combat Aircraft took off for its first flight on 4 January 2001 in a sortie that lasted 18 minutes. The flight was carried out by the very first Tejas aircraft called the Technology Demonstrator-1 (TD-1). The programme has come a long way since.

"That the programme achieved this milestone without any major setbacks bears testimony to the skill and competence of all the programme components. The Tejas team has become a role model for executing large R&D programmes in the country," programme director MS Subramanyam said.

The first phase of the LCA programme (Full Scale Engineering Development-Phase I) was geared towards demonstrating four key technologies like the quadruplex redundant digital fly by wire system, an all-glass cockpit, carbon composite primary structures and microprocessor based control of utility systems.

With its successful completion, the programme is now into Phase-II, the objective of which is to deliver an operationally capable aircraft for induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) and subsequently into the Indian Navy.

A total of seven aircraft are currently part of the flight test programme.

The Tejas is slated to enter operational service by December 2010 with Initial Operational Clearance.

Speaking to members of "Team Tejas" after the flight, Gp Capt JA Maolankar said: "For a project that has so ambitiously pushed the envelope of indigenous technology, the results have been world-class in many key areas."

domain-b.com : Tejas LCA crosses impressive milestone – logs 1,002 flights

 

[BATMAN]

The Tejas is slated to enter operational service by December 2010 with Initial Operational Clearance.

I think domain-b and you have not read the recent interview of your aircheif.
He did not counted LCA in his future planning till 2022.
http://www.defence.pk/forums/indian...shal-fali-h-major-indian-air-force-chief.html

 

[nitesh]

BATMAN, you must have read the thread that you are posting right?

 

[zeus]

I think domain-b and you have not read the recent interview of your aircheif.
He did not counted LCA in his future planning till 2022.
http://www.defence.pk/forums/indian...shal-fali-h-major-indian-air-force-chief.html

that article doesn't even mention Pak-Fa does not mean we will be not inducting it ,nor does the article say anything on non inducting it in future

 

[ejaz007]

When is the first squadron expected to be inducted.

 

[nitesh]

dec 2010 ezaz

 

[chirag.s]

hi guys just a small question

why does the IAF not learn from other air forces don't they know that rafale and f-16 were initially intended for air defence roles .and now USA has more than 1000 f-16s after their air force supported LM .if the air force does not step in and help HAL and just say that the aircraft does not meet the specifications nothings gonna work out .recently 2 months ago there was an exhibition of defence companies in Bangalore i asked the executive at the cauvery engine display (they had got the real thing) he said the air force keeps shifting the the objectives frequently and it is very frustrating for them LCA is more capable than mig-21 bis which it is replacing and it is easy to fly and control than the mirage which currently serves with us this is what i herd from him .the test pilots are intentionally drawn forom squadrons with different fighter aircraft even a su-30 wing cdr is a test pilot .they have to understand it is a multi-dimensional approach when once the plane is induced that means more flying hours which inturn means more glitches are known in a shorter span of time and more pilots working means more inputs to solve the problem coz the engineers dont fly

thank you

 

[LCA]

Tejas to add firepower to Indian Air Force

New Delhi, Jan 24, 2009: In an effort to add firepower to its Air Force, Indias is developing -- Tejas-- a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), which is expected to be launched by 2010. LCA was in the final stages of testing and by 2010 it was expected to be launched, a source in the Indian Defence Ministry told. After LCAs are launched, the MiG-21 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) would be gradually phased out, the source added.

Tejas is being developed by Indias Defence Research Development Organisation. Tejas underwent hot weather flight trials at Air Force Station in the Western Indian city of Nagpur recently, the source said, adding, the trials were planned at Nagpur because of the high ambient temperature conditions prevailing there during this period. The aim of the trials was to check operation of the aircraft systems under high ambient temperature conditions of over 40 deg C, representative of the stringent conditions the aircraft would be expected to operate in, after induction into the IAF.

"All aircraft systems, specifically the avionics system, flight control system and air conditioning system of Tejas were tested extensively during the trials and functioned satisfactorily on ground as well in flight," the source said, adding, a total of seven flights of four hours duration were flown at Nagpur on two prototype aircraft PV2 and PV3. The tests included flights at 200 meters above the ground with a speed up to 1000 km per hour.

"It was the first time that the Tejas flew a non-stop distance of about 1, 000 km from Southern Indian city of Bangalore to Nagpur. This was possible due to the presence of external fuel tanks on the aircraft which were integrated recently. This was also the first time that the Tejas aircraft had been flown at such high ambient temperature conditions. A first look at the test data indicated that all the trial objectives were met satisfactorily," the source informed.

The successful completion of the trial marked a significant step towards attainment of all important initials operational clearance and subsequent induction into the squadron service with the IAF. Tejas is now planned for delivering precision guided bombs in the deserts of Western Indian state of Rajasthan, later this year.

In the meantime India’s indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas today completed 1000 test flights. It is set to be fully operational in 2010.

The successful 1000 test flights have given a sense of relief to scientists involved in the projects.

 

[LCA]

Some reports also said that it crosses 530 hours of testing.

 

[nitesh]

old news, IAF had already rjected french company offer:

Deccan Herald - IAF, research firm lock horns

IAF, research firm lock horns
Bidanda M Chengappa ,DH News Service,Bangalore:
The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the City-based Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) are divided over development of the controversial Kaveri engine for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA).


Informed sources aver that the Kaveri engine, if developed with its present thrust, is insufficient to power the LCA in accordance with the IAF's operational requirements. This implies that the Kaveri engine has to be re-designed to generate a higher thrust. Therefore the IAF has already convinced the government to de-link the Kaveri engine from the first few LCA squadrons.
The GTRE, which forms part of the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), was compelled to seek help from foreign aero-engine majors to co-develop the Kaveri engine in late 2004, because it could not make much headway having spent Rs 2,000 crore since 1989. The GTRE lacks the know-how to develop 'hot end' components for an aero- engine which comprise the core of the Kaveri engine. Considering only a handful of eastern countries possess the scientific capability to develop aero-engine technologies, the GTRE felt that joint development was the only solution to get the Kaveri engine ready for the LCA on some schedule.
Accordingly the GTRE was keen on co-development of the Kaveri engine with the French aero-engine manufacturer Snecma.
The French offer proposes to bring the core of an already developed M-82 Eco engine in the late 1970s and tailored for the Rafale fighter aircraft for use in the Kaveri.
However the IAF has serious reservations about the transfer of technology route for further development of the Kaveri engine. Accepting the Snecma offer implies importing the core and its integration with the Kaveri engine; besides paying a lifelong royalty, say the sources. This French technology would cost the exchequer dearly and also lead to a technology transfer stretched out over a 15-year period, they add.
An IAF committee, instituted in September 2008 to study the Snecma offer, feels that it would not meet the air force's operational requirement nor help to acquire technology for futuristic development of an aero-engine for a fighter aircraft.
It also observes that the offer would prove detrimental to the DRDOs efforts to develop the Kaveri engine till now.
The GTRE and the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad have been at the forefront of the Kaveri engine development and form part of the DRDO 's 49 laboratories spread across the length and breadth of the country.
The original deal was that both partners, namely, the GTRE and the chosen foreign aero-engine major would contribute financially and technologically in equal measure.

 

[LCA]

$20 million aid sought to speed up LCA project

BANGALORE: The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) has sought an assistance of around $20 million from the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) to speed up the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme that is behind schedule.

Disclosing this to The Hindu, a senior ADA official said the EADS would help in solving a number of problems the programme was facing.

Though the ADA initially envisaged an assistance only for the LCA’s fledgling flight test programme, where the EADS will provide crucial inputs, now the European consortium’s expertise is also being sought in realms such as brake management, the weight of the undercarriage, and redesigning the wheels and tyres to reduce wear and tear.

The EADS will offer its expertise in reducing the weight of the LCA’s undercarriage. (overweight by at least 1.5 tonnes). The weight of the undercarriage of the naval variant is almost 400 kg in excess.The EADS’ assistance will run for 48 months, with the European giant helping the ADA to get the final operational clearance for the LCA Tejas.

 

[nitesh]

LCA can you please post the links also with the article

Any way DDM on full swing so now EADS will give money to ADA or what?

Pathetic reporting