HAL Tejas | Updates, News & Discussions-[Thread 2]

[MirageBlue]

 

[MirageBlue]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1572940106562170881

https://twitter.com/x/status/1572940625817014273

 

[Two banks of the River]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1574241709818511360

 

[MirageBlue]

IAF operations from Sulur AFS in Coimbatore, TN, where the 2 Tejas Mk1 squadrons (No.45 Squadron 'Flying Daggers' and No.18 'Flying Bullets' ) are based.

 

[MirageBlue]

Good footage of the No.18 and No.45 Squadron's home base at AFS Sulur. The program has now delivered a very good light fighter that is the baseline for the Tejas Mk1A and Tejas Mk2 which will be the backbone of the IAF in the next 3 decades, forming over 12 squadrons. That isn't even including the AMCA or TEDBF, which wouldn't be possible without the Tejas program.

 

[MirageBlue]

Tejas Mk1s from No.18 Squadron 'Flying Bullets' participating in their first ever International Exercise, Exercise Garuda with French Air Force

 

[Chandragupt Maurya]

I can’t believe DRDO has been able to fit 992 TR module in UTTAM MK2 Radar initially the plan was to install UTTAM MK1 in TEJAS MK1a but now they’ve changed it MK2
Imagine how many TR modules the upscaled UTTAM for Super Sukhoi will have

 

[VkdIndian]

Any news on what is happening with MKI A? All quite on that front and that worries me a little.

 

[MirageBlue]

Tejas Mk1s from No.18 Squadron participating in the Exercise Garuda with French Air Force Rafales

 

[MirageBlue]

Looks like the first image of an Astra Mk1 BVRAAM on board a Tejas Mk1 fighter...but could be just a CG render..can't say for sure as yet.

pic posted on Twitter by Grp Cpt HVT. Image credit - Praneeth Franklin

 

[Deino]

Any news on the Mk.2??

 

[Two banks of the River]

Any news on the Mk.2??

Aero India 2023 maybe.

 

[VkdIndian]

Aero India 2023 maybe.

Any possibility of a full scale MK2? Like Turkish TFX has come up with?

 

[MirageBlue]

Any possibility of a full scale MK2? Like Turkish TFX has come up with?

Unlikely. Anyway, they have a deadline now, given that the CCS approved full scale development and funding has been provided. 15 months from the CCS approval is the deadline for prototype rollout, so it's gonna be December 2023.

 

[MirageBlue]

Tejas Mk1 patrol formation..posted on Twitter by Grp Cpt HVT..pic courtesy Neel @neel385

Stunning!