HAL sets up second Tejas production line

[Kinetic]

Pardon me. but 3 aircraft /year for a assembly line Mean's Nothing

Thats a mistake I guess, because that impractical.

 

[RealNapster]

Thats a mistake I guess, because that impractical.

May be

 

[GORKHALI]

Guyssss that not the real 2nd production line but a make shift production line to churn out few aircrafts.LCA started with only only one production unit.while this is a hanger turned production line for LCA ,fully financed by HAL.The all important 2nd Production line will be approved by CCS in next meeting.

 

[anniyan]

Yaar haad hai, Gift them one JF 17. India look sooooooooooooo desperate.

No thanks. Indian have no trust on China made products.

Oops Jovial Fighter is made in Pakistan.

 

[Cyberian]

Only 3 aircrafts a year? Lol. couldn't they just produce them from their primary production line.

This has to be the ultimate insult to the entire LCA Flying Rickshaws program.

 

[anniyan]

Only 3 aircrafts a year? Lol. couldn't they just produce them from their primary production line.

This has to be the ultimate insult to the entire LCA Flying Rickshaws program.

Guys have to understand how production is started.

No production line across world will start in full capacity from day one, they gradually increase the production as days go and people are trained to support production line.

I am guessing it should be 12 + 12 Tejas per year

 

[kmc_chacko]

But 12 aircrafts years with four production lines is still quite low. Is the projection number is old or it has been modified accordingly?

2017 - 8 nos(1 pro line)
2018 - 12 nos (2 pro line)
2019 - 16nos (2 pro line)
2020 - 20 nos (2 pro line)
2021 onwards- 24 nos (2 pro line)

 

[BHarwana]

India was looking for made in India jet program and was looking into few options to decide from like F16 or Saab Griffin any updates on that or did that option went of the table and now India is going for HAL?

 

[P@nThEr]

Only 3 aircrafts a year? Lol. couldn't they just produce them from their primary production line.

This has to be the ultimate insult to the entire LCA Flying Rickshaws program.

Idiot it's assembly line if you have basic sense..Can produce 12/year.With third production line it will be 16.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

India was looking for made in India jet program and was looking into few options to decide from like F16 or Saab Griffin any updates on that or did that option went of the table and now India is going for HAL?

Tejas will be in production, also a private sector production line will be raised to assemble F16 or Gripen.

Tejas production wont be fast enough to fill all the Migs retiring, so another outside LCA under the private sector will join Tejas to fill the sqd strength.

 

[ni8mare]

Only 3 aircrafts a year? Lol. couldn't they just produce them from their primary production line.

This has to be the ultimate insult to the entire LCA Flying Rickshaws program.

then what is Suparco??

 

[anant_s]

3 aircraft's per Production line is very low rate

Its the initial production rate.
LCA Mk 1A is slated to arrive in 2020 and by that time India wants to have a full scale production line going. After Defence minister's open talk that India might be looking for one more single engine platform, HAL is quite desperate to meet its number requirements met and of that supply of 20 Mark 1 is first milestone.
After this 83 Mk 1A orders will be executed (~4 squadrons) completing 5 squadrons for IAF. Now these orders must get executed by 2023 or based on actual ground situation IAF will start looking for alternates and that would mean cutting into LCA purchase budget.
In this context having one more line is logical step and the idea is to produce 16 jets per year.

 

[noksss]

then what is Suparco??

Suparco is a Rocket Rickshaw Program

 

[faithfulguy]

Pardon me. but 3 aircraft /year for a assembly line Mean's Nothing

Is it even called a production line if it's only going to build 3 one year?

 

[RealNapster]

Its the initial production rate.
LCA Mk 1A is slated to arrive in 2020 and by that time India wants to have a full scale production line going. After Defence minister's open talk that India might be looking for one more single engine platform, HAL is quite desperate to meet its number requirements met and of that supply of 20 Mark 1 is first milestone.
After this 83 Mk 1A orders will be executed (~4 squadrons) completing 5 squadrons for IAF. Now these orders must get executed by 2023 or based on actual ground situation IAF will start looking for alternates and that would mean cutting into LCA purchase budget.
In this context having one more line is logical step and the idea is to produce 16 jets per year.

thanks for clarifying sir.

Is it even called a production line if it's only going to build 3 one year?

LOL. lets just call it a "production line".