Rise of Tejas MK1-A

[NKVD]

AESA for Tejas will take how much time?

Article is wrong uttam aesa will be equipped in mk2 .LCA MK1A will be equipped with Israelis Elta 2035 Aesa

 

[Last Samuri]

when is first of the 120 aesa equipped LCA arriving.

AND IS THIS END OF THE MK2 TEJAS are indians jumping frpm TEJAS LCA MK1A to AMCA

 

[Agent_47]

when is first of the 120 aesa equipped LCA arriving.

AND IS THIS END OF THE MK2 TEJAS are indians jumping frpm TEJAS LCA MK1A to AMCA

This is equipped with AESA either India or Israel.
MK2 is scheduled to enter production by 2022, which IAF will order 4-5 sqd atleast and Navy 46.
MK1 - 2 sqd
MK1A - 7 sqd
MK2 - 4-5 sqd
MK2 N - 46

@Chanakya's_Chant radar can be India AESA. saurav jha said so.

 

[migflug]

Article is wrong uttam aesa will be equipped in mk2 .LCA MK1A will be equipped with Israelis Elta 2035 Aesa

Elta 2052?

 

[#hydra#]

Elta 2052?

but Israel need uncle sam's permission to export india,right?

 

[AUz]

They still post threads about the failed junk called tejas?

I remember years ago we used to discuss JF-17 and Tejas as if they were equals.

Now, JF-17 is so ahead....in terms of development, deployment, active squadron ratio, and exports...that nobody even mentions sh!t tejas in JFT threads no more.....not even bhartis

 

[Water Car Engineer]

They still post threads about the failed junk called tejas?

I remember years ago we used to discuss JF-17 and Tejas as if they were equals.

Now, JF-17 is so ahead....in terms of development, deployment, active squadron ratio, and exports...that nobody even mentions sh!t tejas in JFT threads no more.....not even bhartis

Yes, there's a thread created about it because it about to get even more orders added on. Why are you in this thread if you dont care about Tejas?

 

[scientien]

This is equipped with AESA either India or Israel.
MK2 is scheduled to enter production by 2022, which IAF will order 4-5 sqd atleast and Navy 46.
MK1 - 2 sqd
MK1A - 7 sqd
MK2 - 4-5 sqd
MK2 N - 46

@Chanakya's_Chant radar can be India AESA. saurav jha said so.

Omce mk2 are manufactured is there any possibility to upgrade mk1a to mk2, have done something like that or has any one?

 

[migflug]

but Israel need uncle sam's permission to export india,right?

Recent news shows there is no hindrance by USA. We will get aesa from israel

 

[gslv mk3]

WAIT, you don't even have an armed UCAVs operational like we do!!!!

Like CH 3 ?

 

[SR-91]

when is first of the 120 aesa equipped LCA arriving.

AND IS THIS END OF THE MK2 TEJAS are indians jumping frpm TEJAS LCA MK1A to AMCA

Stop talking from ur ARsss,

 

[Carp-e-diem]

Man the above post is hilarious.

 

[Agent_47]

Omce mk2 are manufactured is there any possibility to upgrade mk1a to mk2, have done something like that or has any one?

unlikely, because the main change is engine and it requires air intake redesign and 1/2 meter length increase.
Also, IAF don't have real requirement for mk2 it was navy's .

 

[sathya]

unlikely, because the main change is engine and it requires air intake redesign and 1/2 meter length increase.
Also, IAF don't have real requirement for mk2 it was navy's .

I think latest is about a meter increase in length...

 

[monitor]

Friday, 2 October 2015
Parrikar cuts Gordian knot to boost Tejas line


By Ajai Shukla
Business Standard, 2nd Oct 2015
For years, the development of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has followed a two-stage roadmap: first, an initial Tejas Mark I was to be developed, powered by the General Electric (GE) F-404IN engine. A more capable Tejas Mark II, featuring the more powerful GE F-414 engine, would follow this.
The Business Standard first reported (August 13, 2015, “With Tejas Mark II years away, HAL asks air force to buy Tejas Mark 1A”) the proposal to build an interim fighter, referred to as the Tejas Mark 1A.
Now the Business Standard has details of the interim fighter, which would fly with the same F-404 engine as the Tejas Mark I, but yet be more capable than the version currently cleared for production.
The aeronautical establishment is referring to the interim fighter as Tejas Mark 1A, though this name has not been officially allocated.
The Mark 1A will overcome a major drawback in the Mark I, the absence of a “self protection jammer”. Fighter aircraft have these “electronic warfare” (EW) systems to jam or blind enemy radars, preventing them from detecting the aircraft; and to prevent air-to-air and ground-to-air missiles from homing onto the fighter.
The Tejas Mark I was to have an “on-board EW system”, but lacks the space for one. It has, therefore, been decided to develop an EW pod for the Mark 1A, which will be carried externally under the fighter’s wing.
The Mark 1A will also have a mid-air refuelling probe to enhance its endurance and operational range. It will be integrated with long range Derby and Python air-to-air missiles for aerial combat, and its internal systems will be re-arranged for better accessibility, making the fighter easier to maintain.
Ministry and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) sources say Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has thrown his weight behind this initiative. At his persuasion, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has begun preparing a procurement proposal for 80 Tejas fighters, over and above the 20 Tejas Mark I already on order in “initial operational certification” configuration.
The IAF had earlier agreed to buy another 20 Tejas Mark I, once the fighter obtains “final operational certification”, a much-delayed landmark expected in early 2016. It is unclear whether that order will stand, or be integrated into the proposed order for 80 Tejas Mark 1As.
Parrikar’s decisive move cuts through a Gordian knot that has bedevilled Tejas production. For years Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), the agency that will mass-produce the Tejas, has resisted increasing production-line capacity, because the IAF has only committed to buying 40 fighters. In a chicken-and-egg situation, the IAF cites HAL’s slow production rate as the reason for not ordering more Tejas.
The result: in the last two years, HAL has built just one Tejas. Meanwhile, the IAF responds to its dwindling fighter numbers --- now just 34 squadrons --- with demands for quickly buying large numbers of the Dassault Rafale from France.
Parrikar calculates that, with an order for 100 Tejas in hand, HAL will have the business case for quickly boosting production to at least 16 fighters per year.
Meanwhile the Tejas Mark II will continue development, say sources in the DRDO, which oversees the Tejas development programme.
A defence ministry official concurs, pointing out: “The Tejas Mark II is not just for the IAF. The navy believes the Naval Tejas must have an F-414 engine to be able to take off from an aircraft carrier’s short deck. So Tejas Mark II development will continue alongside the Mark 1A.”
With the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) --- the DRDO agency that has built the Tejas --- targeting 2022-23 for completing the Tejas Mark II, HAL has seven years of production of the Mark I and the Mark IA before the production line switches over to building the Tejas Mark II. The defence ministry calculates that a 100-Tejas order is essential to keep it working to capacity till 2022-23.
Meanwhile, alongside the Tejas Mark II, ADA would also be working on the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), an indigenous, fifth-generation fighter already on the drawing board. ADA engineers point out that advanced technologies being developed for AMCA would inevitably leak into the Tejas Mark II, making the light fighter more advanced than currently anticipated.