106 upgraded Tejas jets to replace MiGs

[Paranoid Android]

Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 31

The Ministry of Defence has decided to locally produce 106 upgraded Light Combat Aircraft “Tejas” jets to replace the ageing fleet of MiG fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force.


The “Tejas Mark 1-A” will have 43 improvements over the existing Tejas currently being test-flown by the IAF for various parameters and slated for final operation clearance in March. The existing project is running years behind schedule.


Sources told The Tribune that a decision has been taken to produce 106 “Tejas Mark 1-A” jets and the same has been conveyed to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), besides the manufacturer — Bangalore-based Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a public sector undertaking owned by MoD.


The MoD has set a 2018 deadline for the first aircraft to be ready with a target to complete its production by 2022-2023. In September, new specifications were agreed upon and the IAF accepted 43 modifications that could be carried out without changing the existing design.


On the list of modifications are five major improvements, including an AESA (active electronically scanned array) radar, which the HAL will co-develop with Israel firm Elta; air-to-air refuelling facility; externally fitted self-protection jammer to prevent incoming enemy missiles from homing in using radar signature; and a new layout, involving 27 modifications, of internal systems to iron out maintenance issues.


The plane will be 1,000 kg lighter than the existing version, which currently weighs 6,500 kg, but will use the same engine — General Electric’s 404. “The power of the engine is more than enough,” said a senior functionary. Fitting the newer and more powerful GE-414 engine would entail fresh design and airframe studies.


The HAL has been asked to produce 16 jets annually and a Rs 1,252-crore modernisation plan has been okayed to ramp up capacities from the present six-seven planes annually.


The decision will go a long way in keeping the IAF battle-ready. The upgraded jets will fill the void created by MiG-21s and MiG-27s that will be phased out by 2022.


There are 260 Soviet-era single-engine MiG-21 and MiG-27 jets in the IAF fleet. The air force needs 400 jets over the next 10 years.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/106-upgraded-tejas-jets-to-replace-migs/190424.html

 

[Pandora]

So in short it is still not finished.

AESA RADAR is still being developed and also it will be interesting to see how they will shave off thousand kgs from an already developed aircraft.

 

[45'22']

1000 Kg lighter
No way

 

[halupridol]

basically it means dpsu's need anothr decade to make lamba chutiya aircraft airworthy

 

[Tipu7]

ROFL....................
The new Israeli AESA radar is yet to induct and yet to test...................

Which mean there is looooong list of trials through which LCA have to pass through once again ...............
Now I am doubting that even on 2017 LCA will be ready enough to become operational in IAF....................

So dream is still a dream ..........................

 

[Pulsar]

Without the GE 414 engine, the Tejas will remain a lemon!

 

[45'22']

basically it means dpsu's need anothr decade to make lamba chutiya aircraft airworthy

It basically means stupid journalism doc saheb

ROFL....................
The new Israeli AESA radar is yet to induct and yet to test...................

Which mean there is looooong list of trials through which LCA have to pass through once again ...............
Now I am doubting that even on 2017 LCA will be ready enough to become operational in IAF....................

So dream is still a dream ..........................
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the radar is already built....undergoing integration along with ifr

 

[Pulsar]

ROFL....................
So dream is still a dream ..........................

You seem to be smoking adulterated grass. The Tejas has had more than 5000 hours of accident-free flights already.

 

[cerberus]

ROFL....................
The new Israeli AESA radar is yet to induct and yet to test...................

Which mean there is looooong list of trials through which LCA have to pass through once again ...............
Now I am doubting that even on 2017 LCA will be ready enough to become operational in IAF....................

So dream is still a dream ..........................
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Stupidity at beyond Sir
Elta 2052 AESA is tested platform already
Unlike normal MMR 's AESA don't have moving part's
So it don't need Radome integration like Norma FCR

As for LCA being operationally deployment the first 40 LCA are of Mk-1 configuration which are already in production.First SP-1 is officially handed over to IAF last year.

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

ROFL....................
The new Israeli AESA radar is yet to induct and yet to test...................

Which mean there is looooong list of trials through which LCA have to pass through once again ...............
Now I am doubting that even on 2017 LCA will be ready enough to become operational in IAF....................

So dream is still a dream ..........................
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What was flying in Bahrain Airshow then ?

basically it means dpsu's need anothr decade to make lamba chutiya aircraft airworthy

Come on man,

Being critical is good but over ritical is not.

We are talking about fighter jets here.

 

[sudhir007]

same case like arjun
induct karne ke baad bhi to update ho sakte hai.

 

[#hydra#]

What happened to mk2?weather iaf will support/induct it or what.

 

[cerberus]

So dream is still a dream ..........................

Sir Even after bahrain Airshow you still Misconception that it can fly.I m feeling butt hurt here

 

[Tipu7]

the radar is already built....undergoing integration along with ifr

What was flying in Bahrain Airshow then ?

Stupidity at beyond Sir
Elta 2052 AESA is tested platform already
Unlike normal MMR 's AESA don't have moving part's
So it don't need Radome integration like Norma FCR

As for LCA being operationally deployment the first 40 LCA are of Mk-1 configuration which are already in production.First SP-1 is officially handed over to IAF last year

I know I know......................... just wanted to add some colors in Boring thread to make it bit hot ................. and look a hot wave is already here............... its winter season after all

 

[halupridol]

Come on man,

Being critical is good but over ritical is not.

We are talking about fighter jets here.

chakde bro,,,mk1 was supposed to be a poor mans mirage,,even after several requirement waivers,,wo nahi ban paya,as of now widout a gun n bvr,its a flying duck,,,,,now dpsu's promising a souped down kfir.,n look at the proposed timelines,,,anothr joke in the making