Aero India spotlight on LCA Tejas Mk.2

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Defence News - Aero India spotlight on LCA Tejas Mk.2
With the first production series
LCA Tejas Mk.1 handed over to
the IAF, and with more in the
pipeline this year for squadron
service first in Bengaluru and
then Sulur in Tamil Nadu, this
year’s Aero India will fix the
spotlight on the LCA Mk.2.
With final operational clearance
on the LCA Mk.1 for the Indian Air
Force slated for the end of this
year, and with the LCA Navy Mk.1
beginning its carrier compatbility
trials successfully, the two Mk.1
programmes are effectively
making progress in their final
stages of development, clearing
space now for attention to the
LCA Mk.2, the platform that both
the IAF and Indian Navy are
looking forward to very keenly.
The proposed platform, powered
by the more powerful GE F414
turbofan (a deal that’s finalised
but yet to be signed), will be the
true replacement of the MiG-21. It
will be a more capable aircraft in
every way, as first revealed at
Aero India 2011. This year at the
show in Bengaluru, there will be
wide interest in the proposed
platform. The Indian Air Force,
sources say, has been putting
custom pressure on the
programme team to commit to
better capabilities and timelines,
and will be looking to see certain
specifics announced or pledged
at Aero India.
Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar, who visited ADA earlier
this month, is said to have
expressed the need for far
greater indigenous content on
the LCA, maintaining that the
current 60% level would be
unacceptable on the LCA Mk.2. He
was assured that project
management and development
sub-systems meant that the
indigenous content percentage
on the Mk.2 would be
significantly higher from the
start.

 

[Khalid Newazi]

Looks a lot like FA-50/T-50.
KAI T-50 Golden Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[me_itsme]

Looks a lot like FA-50/T-50.
KAI T-50 Golden Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What?? Which picture are you compairing it with?

 

[Indian_Patriot]

We need to develop and produce a modern Turbofan engine ASAP!

 

[kaku1]

Looks a lot like FA-50/T-50.
KAI T-50 Golden Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thats not Mk.2.

 

[sancho]

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The rest, please ignore the troll and stick to topic!

 

[Etilla]

Tejas mk2 has not been fully designed so it can't be compared with any planes that exist

 

[sancho]

To get back on topic, the most crucial questions that needs to be answered about the MK2 will be....

...how much fuel it can carry internally?
...how much how much weight was added / reduced with all the changes to the airframe
...when the AESA will be available?
...what optronic systems will be added (IRST / TV)?

All of this decides what capability the fighter will have after the upgrade, be it wrt flight performance, payload capabilities, active and passive detection.