HAL has not missed any milestones for Tejas since 2016-17
Tejas order has been reduced to 6 squadrons now as we are getting 21 Zhuk AESA equipped MiG-29 from Russia and anotger 12 Su-30. Deal will be signed next month as Putin himself is coming running to India to sign these deals in 3rd week of November. Quote me on this then.
HAL successfully met all targets for Su-30 production rate, it will do the same for Tejas (manufacturing Tejas is far easier than much larger and complex Su-30).
So already Tejas order reduced before production even started? Assembling SU-30s is very different from home manufacturing your own plan, are you able to understand this. "boy"!?
HAL missed several dates for FOC capability over last 3 years. Sees like you know less about Tejas than I do. Looks like you just cannot accept reality that even rest if India has.
" Despite the lapse of over 32 years since to project was given the formal go-ahead by the government, the time line for the grant of final operational clearance (FOC) which was originally scheduled for 2008, cannot as yet be predicted with any degree of certainty. "
India’s light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas project that was launched over three decades ago has come under severe criticism from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). The government’s watchdog has pointed out that the Mark-I version of the Tejas has 53 significant shortfalls which...
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- LCA was to be inducted in 1994 but it suffered a delay of more than three decades before the first version of Tejas was given Initial Operational Clearance ( IOC).
- The IOC initially achieved in Dec 2013 was with 53 concessions /permanent waivers.
- The self-protection jammer which was to be fitted in Tejas Mk 1 could not be realised. It is now planned for Tejas Mk II version.
- There were delays from the IAF side in identifying the weapon package to make the LCA contemporary and huge delays by various work centres under ADA and HAL, which added to the overall delay.
- As against the claimed 70% indigenous content, more than half have been developed with imported electronic components.
- Major challenges have been faced in development of indigenous engine (Kaveri), multi-mode radar, self-protection jammer and more.
- The Mk 1 version of the aircraft fell short on many counts like the user requirement of a trainer aircraft, inadequate electronic warfare capability, performance sub-optimalities related to the functioning of radar warning receiver, missile approach warning system, weight specifications, inadequate protection to pilot from front side, under powered engines and so on.
- It was intimated by the HAL and ADA that most of the above shortcomings will be addressed in the upgraded version of Tejas called Mk 1A ( interim version) and a subsequently advanced Tejas Mk 2 which will be developed as a Medium weight Fighter aircraft.
- In order to keep the programme going, IAF ( out of its total demand of 324 aircrafts) agreed to accept no more than 40 aircrafts as Mk 1. The balance 83 (out of the initial order of 123) were to be Mk 1A while the rest were to be Mk 2.
27 May 2020 marked a historic day for a glorious Indian Air Force (IAF) squadron steeped in history and battle glory to become operational once again with a state-of-the art aircraft, that is proudly Indian....
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In July 2018, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
found “53 significant shortfalls” in the Mark-I version of the Tejas (weaponised version), which “had reduced its operational capabilities and survivability”.
Final operational clearance to Tejas was granted even though the jet's drop tank & other weapon configurations are yet to be cleared while airframe fatigue test is still underway.
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"HAL has not left the IAF pleased with the way LCA project kept getting delayed and multiple deadlines that kept getting missed. IAF Chief has not minced words about it. "
Considering the massive problem that the IAF is facing of depleting squadron strength and many of its mainstay fighters set to retire by 2025, the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas is more than just a ingenuously developed fighter.
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IAF Chief Dhanoa in 2019
“IAF has not shifted any goal posts as alleged,” Dhanoa said, according to
The Hindu. “The development has taken such an incredibly long time that armament and technology has gone obsolete… I as the service chief can make concessions to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. Will the enemy make concessions to me when I go and meet the enemy? In combat, there is no silver medal. Either you win or you lose.”
The air force chief said upgrading of one sqaudron of Jaguar deep strike bombers, one squadron of Mirage-2000 and two squadrons of Su-30MKi was far behind the schedule. “Additional production of Su-30 is delayed by over two years and LCA production commitment [has been delayed] by over six years,” he said, according to the
Hindustan Times."
The air force chief also denied reports that the IAF had changed parameters for the Tejas aircraft, thereby leading to a delay in development.
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Please let me know if you need another lesson in Tejas history, happy to oblige.
