HAL Tejas | Updates, News & Discussions

[SirHatesALot]

PFFFFFF seriously, LCA will provide HAL with invaluable experience, but it wont be a game changer in the IAF arsenal, while the new Sukhois, FGFAs and Rafales will...

I know just joking buddy

 

[DANGER-ZONE]

News Already posted in LCA thread .... When an LCA Sticky thread already running what is the need of opening several others for JUST INs.
@nuclearpak, @ANTIBODY, @Oscar have you guys noticed it .... its an usual act of members here and nobody cares about it. Don't we have a dedicated Intel MOD or something that take cares of Indian section as well.

 

[shree835]

IOC-2 of LCA Tejas delayed by one month , new deadline is November

The much-awaited induction of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft in the Indian Air Force got further delayed with the Defence Ministry giving the LCA team a new deadline of November, 2013, to obtain the initial operational clearance-2, which will be the last but one hurdle before the LCA gets inducted into the air force.

The earlier deadline for the IOC-2 was September, which has been extended by two months now. The schedule for the final operational clearance will be December, 2014, though the top brass in the IAF is sceptical about the FOC deadline.

At a review meeting on Monday, Defence Minister A K Antony asked the Defence Research and Development Organisation, Aeronautical Development Agency and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to avoid any further slippage on the LCA programme that began in 1983 with the target of developing the indigenous fighter in five years.
But 30 years down the line and after spending more than Rs 13,000 crore, the Tejas light combat aircraft is still not a part of the Indian Air Force inventory, though recently it flew in an IAF exercise at Pokhran.

At the review meeting, HAL was asked to ramp up its production capacity to 16 aircraft a year.

Even though the LCA got its IOC-I in January, 2011, the aircraft had to go through an additional IOC as the IAF?was unhappy with the IOC-I. The government had earlier sanctioned LCA’s full scale engineering development by December 31, 2018.

 

[shree835]

Induction of LCA Tejas postponed to November

 

[shree835]

Avoid further time slippage: Antony on Light Combat Aircraft project

Worried over the long delay in the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) project, defence minister A K Antony on Monday asked DRDO and HAL to avoid further time slippage and stick to the schedule of achieving final clearance for the indigenous plane by the end of next year.

In a meeting to review the programme, it was decided that efforts would be made by all the stakeholders to attain the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC-2) of the aircraft by November this year and its Final Operational Clearance (FOC) by the end of 2014.

“The defence minister stressed upon the necessity to stick to the schedule and for concerted efforts on the part of all stake holders for avoiding further slippage in the programme,” defence ministry officials said here.

Asking Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to make the project “number one thrust area”, the meeting decided that Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) would ramp up its production capacity to 16 aircraft per year.

The high-level meeting was attended by National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon, Defence Secretary R K Mathur, IAF chief NAK Browne, DRDO chief Avinash Chander and LCA Programme Director P Subramaniam.

The first Initial Operational Clearance (IOC-I) of the aircraft was achieved in January 2011.

In recent times, Antony has grown impatient over the continuing delays in the programme which was initiated in the 80s and has seen several time and cost overruns.

Recently, he had said at a DRDO function, “I am waiting that LCA should become a reality. I have been given a particular date by DRDO and I hope that it is the final date and the aircraft gets its Initial Operational Clearance II.”

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Avoid-further-time-slippage-Antony-on-Light-Combat-Aircraft-project/articleshow/20746401.cms

 

[sudhir007]

From
LCA-Tejas has completed 2208 Test Flights Successfully. (18-June-2013).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-365,LSP1-74,LSP2-273,PV5-36,LSP3-138,LSP4-82,LSP5-180,LSP7-45,NP1-4,LSP8-9)

To
LCA-Tejas has completed 2219 Test Flights Successfully. (21-June-2013).
• (TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-365,LSP1-74,LSP2-273,PV5-36,LSP3-140,LSP4-84,LSP5-184,LSP7-45,NP1-4,LSP8-12)

 

[rockstarIN]

LSP7 & 8 to hand over to IAF post IOC-2 in november 13, right?

 

[satishkumarcsc]

Fire the derby soon....

 

[Dash]

LSP7 & 8 to hand over to IAF post IOC-2 in november 13, right?

Yes....They will

 

[sudhir007]

More Flight test update



From

LCA-Tejas has completed 2225 Test Flights Successfully. (21-June-2013).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-365,LSP1-74,LSP2-273,PV5-36,LSP3-141,LSP4-85,LSP5-186,LSP7-46,NP1-4,LSP8-13)

to

LCA-Tejas has completed 2228 Test Flights Successfully. (24-June-2013).
(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-365,LSP1-74,LSP2-273,PV5-36,LSP3-142,LSP4-85,LSP5-187,LSP7-47,NP1-4,LSP8-13)

 

[IND151]

IOC-2 of LCA Tejas delayed by one month , new deadline is November | idrw.org

 

[S-DUCT]

LCA Flight test update

LCA-Tejas has completed 2234 Test Flights Successfully. (25-June-2013).

(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-365,LSP1-74,LSP2-273,PV5-36,LSP3-144,LSP4-85,LSP5-188,LSP7-48,NP1-4,LSP8-15)

From
LCA-Tejas has completed 2228 Test Flights Successfully. (24-June-2013).

(TD1-233,TD2-305,PV1-242,PV2-222,PV3-365,LSP1-74,LSP2-273,PV5-36,LSP3-142,LSP4-85,LSP5-187,LSP7-47,NP1-4,LSP8-13)

Six test flights in one day.!

 

[Mujraparty]

AK Antony sets December deadline for final delivery of LCA Tejas

It will be a race against time for the developers of the Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas, as Defence Minister A.K. Antony has set a December 2014 deadline for the final delivery of the home-made fighter.

But going by the amount of work remaining on the aircraft, it will be a rush for the scientists to get the final operational clearance within the stipulated time. To achieve the target of getting combat ready, more than 1,200 parameters still need to be met.

The most crucial issues include getting a new radome for the aircraft as the quality of the previous one was found to be hampering radar performance.

Antony on Monday held a review of the Tejas, which is in the making for the last 30 years. The latest intervention from the ministry means that the project will be among the top priorities for DRDO, which has Dr Avinash Chander as its new chief.

The ministry has also asked Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to enhance its facility to produce 16 aircraft a year.

This again would be a gigantic task considering the fact that HAL took years to maintain the schedule of delivery of Sukhoi-30 aircraft after it was given the licence to produce in the country.

The delay in delivery of Sukhois has already impacted IAF's operational readiness. The fresh impetus was needed as the aircraft missed another deadline this month when it was due to obtain second initial operating clearance (IOC).

November 2013 has been set as the new deadline for getting IOC-2, which is a crucial step before the aircraft is finally certified to be ready for induction. It takes more than a year to obtain final operating clearance (FOC) after the IOC.

The first IOC for the aircraft was obtained in 2011. Officials said the process of getting the radome, which houses the Israeli radar, from an indigenous source can itself take at least a year's time.

On an average, 80 issues are addressed every month. There have been progress on many counts, admit officials, but a number of issues are yet to be resolved.

The cost of the LCA project has now crossed more than Rs.20,000 crore though it was initially pegged at Rs.560 crore in the early 1980s. The IAF is looking to raise only two squadrons of this version of the aircraft which is powered by GE-404 engines whose thrust is not adequate.


Read more at: AK Antony sets December deadline for final delivery of LCA Tejas : North, News - India Today

 

[shree835]

AK Antony sets December deadline for final delivery of LCA Tejas

It will be a race against time for the developers of the Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas, as Defence Minister A.K. Antony has set a December 2014 deadline for the final delivery of the home-made fighter.

But going by the amount of work remaining on the aircraft, it will be a rush for the scientists to get the final operational clearance within the stipulated time. To achieve the target of getting combat ready, more than 1,200 parameters still need to be met.

The most crucial issues include getting a new radome for the aircraft as the quality of the previous one was found to be hampering radar performance.

Antony on Monday held a review of the Tejas, which is in the making for the last 30 years. The latest intervention from the ministry means that the project will be among the top priorities for DRDO, which has Dr Avinash Chander as its new chief.

The ministry has also asked Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to enhance its facility to produce 16 aircraft a year.

This again would be a gigantic task considering the fact that HAL took years to maintain the schedule of delivery of Sukhoi-30 aircraft after it was given the licence to produce in the country.

The delay in delivery of Sukhois has already impacted IAF’s operational readiness. The fresh impetus was needed as the aircraft missed another deadline this month when it was due to obtain second initial operating clearance (IOC).

November 2013 has been set as the new deadline for getting IOC-2, which is a crucial step before the aircraft is finally certified to be ready for induction. It takes more than a year to obtain final operating clearance (FOC) after the IOC.

The first IOC for the aircraft was obtained in 2011. Officials said the process of getting the radome, which houses the Israeli radar, from an indigenous source can itself take at least a year’s time.

On an average, 80 issues are addressed every month. There have been progress on many counts, admit officials, but a number of issues are yet to be resolved.

The cost of the LCA project has now crossed more than Rs.20,000 crore though it was initially pegged at Rs.560 crore in the early 1980s. The IAF is looking to raise only two squadrons of this version of the aircraft which is powered by GE-404 engines whose thrust is not adequate.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lca-tejas-ak-antony-sets-december-deadline-final-delivery-india-today/1/285321.html

 

[IND151]

AK Antony sets December deadline for final delivery of LCA Tejas | idrw.org