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Yes, the Engine You see in The Picture is the Indigenous Kaveri Engine
Is this engine we developing for MK2 version of LCA???
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Yes, the Engine You see in The Picture is the Indigenous Kaveri Engine
Is this engine we developing for MK2 version of LCA???
Source ? and what is so different IAF LCA and NLCA which justifies an increase of 9-10 mil dollars
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The final certification process for Tejas, Indias Light Combat Aircraft, has begun ahead of its crucial initial operational clearance (IOC), program official P.S. Subramanyam tells AVIATION WEEK.
The certification process is being conducted by a team headed by K. Tamilmani, chief executive at the Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (Cemilac). It is one of the most significant developments in the last nine and a half years of the program. The first prototype of the Tejas initial technology demonstrator made its first flight on Jan. 4, 2001.
The certification mainly ensures that the user [the Indian Air Force] will be handed over a safe, mature and reliable aircraft with specified performance, says Subramanyam, who is program director for combat aircraft and director of the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA). Cemilac has given a clear road map segmenting two major stepsequipment and system certifications. The process was started a month ago.
More than 300 engineers from ADA, Cemilac, the Defense Research and Development Organization, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., the National Aerospace Laboratories and other program partners are working in tandem to ensure that Tejas enters the much-awaited IOC by December 2010.
Theres excitement in the air, Subramanyam says. We are ensuring that everything goes as per the scriptbe it the tests on the ground, on the aircraft and while [in the] air. The Tejas certification mission is in full throttle.
For its part, Cemilac has been updated with all the test schedules. All operational equipment needs to be certified, Tamilmani says. We look at the reliability of all systems . . . especially in the flight-control systems. Tejas has four levels of redundancy stages for its flight-control computer.
Tamilmani says Tejas has proved itself as a safe platform, and the Cemilac team interacts very closely with the users conducting the airworthiness certification.
The envelope for IOC is frozen and we are working very closely with the [Indian Air Force] program management team at ADA and with other partners, Tamilmani adds.
(This is the first in a series of stories by Aviation Week exclusively capturing all the developments of Tejas crucial entry into the IOC phase.)
Is this price comparison with mk-2 lca?
Because i think N-lca with not coming with lca mk-1. [ correct me if i m wrong]
now if yes, please explain what making price difference .. 9 -10 million is not a small amount .. is there additional costly instrument needed for naval version than air force version OR airframe is so costly OR both things raising price, please explain.. thanks in advance
There r curently 8 lca frames oprational. and after ioc they r counted into the squarden.
oops it seems IAF is also on an opinion poll
Livefist - The Best of Indian Defence: IAF Conducts Poll, Asks If LCA Tejas Will Replace MiG-21 In Time!
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Very interesting, and I thought I was the only one who conducted elegantly unscientific polls! The screengrab above is from a poll that the Indian Air Force appears to have conducted on its official website, with the very timely question: Can the LCA replace the ageing MiG-21 fleet of the Indian Air Force in time? Hmmm, oddly worded question. To be sure, the poll doesn't indicate when it was conducted (or for that matter, whether it was conducted at all!) and for how long it was open. All we have is this mystifying, tantalizing opinion poll results page, with no links to where it actually comes from. But boy is it timely now, with the LCA Tejas aiming to achieve initial operational clearance (IOC) in December this year. The poll appears to have got some pretty decent response too -- 2,50,953 votes, with a little over 66 per cent (~1.6 lakh voters) voting that the LCA would indeed replace the MiG-21 fleet in time, though a chunky 21 per cent didn't think it would.
But what was this poll about? What's the story? I'm going to try and find out tomorrow, but in the meanwhile, I'd love to know what everyone thinks.
I doubt IAF can do that role with few LCAs. Besides an enemy would require an AC to attack us from through sea route. We have excellent relations with all countries operating a capable carrier. IAF's priority should be north and north-east for now or until they have a credible defensive capability in those area.