Indian Air Force Chief Arup Raha To Take Maiden Flight In Tejas

[Laozi]

Tejas, which was several years in the making, has now caught the attention of foreign buyers.

NEW DELHI: IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha will tomorrow take his maiden flight in India's indigenous light combat aircraft, Tejas, and review the development so far.

Marshal Raha will also inaugurate the LCA paint hangar in Bengaluru and visit the production line of the aircraft. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has given an order of 120 Tejas, with 100 of them being anupgraded version.

He will fly a sortie in a Tejas trainer aircraft which is a two seater, defence sources said.

He will also visit the hangar where the Mirage 2000 is being upgraded.

IAF chief Air Marshal Arup Raha along with taking his maiden flight in Tejas, he will also inaugurate the LCA paint hangar in Bengaluru.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), manufacturer of Tejas, is likely to hand over the fourth aircraft to IAF by June end.


The four aircraft will makeup for the first squadron of IAF which will be used for training and familarisation.

Rather than waiting for LAC Mk II, IAF had decided to go in with an upgraded version of the existing Tejas with over 40 modifications.

IAF currently plans to acquire 120 Tejas aircraft, with 100 of these having major modifications. The force wants Active Electrically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar, Unified Electronic Warfare (EW) Suite, mid-air refueling capacity and beyond the vision range missiles.

As per the production plan, six aircraft will be made this year (2015-16) and HAL will subsequently scale it up to eight and 16 aircraft per year.

Upgraded version of Tejas will cost betweenRs.275 crore andRs.300 crore.

Tejas, which was several years in the making, has now caught the attention of foreign buyers, with Sri Lanka and Egypt evincing interest in the fighter jet.

Sri Lanka had recently rejected Pakistan's JF-17 aircraft built with Chinese help, while Egypt had last year signed a contract for 24 French-made Rafale fighter jets.

The two countries are interested in the current version of Tejas and not the upgraded one which will be rolled out later.

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-air-force-chief-to-take-maiden-flight-in-tejas-1406911

 

[Laozi]

I will advise him to announce is successor before sitting in that thing.

Announcing his successor ?

Who is he ?

A Big Shot running a Family Business OR a King of a Gulf Nation

 

[war&peace]

Announcing his successor ?

Who is he ?

A Big Shot running a Family Business OR a King of a Gulf Nation

I mean it is a good precautionary step before flying something unproven. just to avoid leadership crisis if something untoward happens.

 

[Laozi]

I mean it is a good precautionary step before flying something unproven. just to avoid leadership crisis if something untoward happens.

leadership crisis ?

I really wonder that being on a Defence Forum what kind of discussions you are indulging in ?

Maybe you don't know anything about Postings in Defence Forces

 

[war&peace]

leadership crisis ?

I really wonder that being on a Defence Forum what kind of discussions you are indulging in ?

Maybe you don't know anything about Postings in Defence Forces

Isn't a maiden flight? so agar unka higaant (hindi word for death) hogia due to some accident/malfunction in such a scenario. Wish him a lot of luck

 

[KhapPanchayat]

Isn't a maiden flight? so agar unka higaant (hindi word for death) hogia due to some accident/malfunction in such a scenario. Wish him a lot of luck

https://defence.pk/threads/tejas-scripts-history-in-bahrain-with-a-stunning-demo.418939/ try trolling harder next time. And the word is MAUT, MRITYU, higaant kya hai bhai?

 

[Laozi]

Isn't a maiden flight? so agar unka higaant (hindi word for death) hogia due to some accident/malfunction in such a scenario. Wish him a lot of luck

FYI
Total Test Flights 3145

 

[war&peace]

FYI
Total Test Flights 3145

Read the title....it says Maiden flight

https://defence.pk/threads/tejas-scripts-history-in-bahrain-with-a-stunning-demo.418939/ try trolling harder next time. And the word is MAUT, MRITYU, higaant kya hai bhai?

I'm not trolling but worried for the chief of IAF...the thread says its the maiden....anything can happen you know. I learned this word from India friends...She used some similar word when she told me about the tragic accident of her father. it was hiyaant, higaant, digaant, diyaant or something like that which i forgot.

 

[NKVD]

40-45 Million $ Piece Is not Costly Price can be down once Serial production Starts

 

[war&peace]

Oh my! Pakistan is getting worried for our defence personal? What next putin for president in US? Instead of showing so much concern for us, had you been focusing on your country, your economy would have way better, not becoming the 32nd chinese state. Btw the word is Dehant.

So you made this account for trolling

 

[barbarosa]

I am wonder that there are the high tech air crafts of the world exist in the IAF, but what happened that IAF has need of tejas?

 

[Awesome Indian]

I am wonder that there are the high tech air crafts of the world exist in the IAF, but what happened that IAF has need of tejas?

What made you think that tejas is not high tech??
Any of your fighters have AESA which tejas has??

 

[Sergi]

I mean it is a good precautionary step before flying something unproven. just to avoid leadership crisis if something untoward happens.

Miya, it's "his 1st sortie of the the bird and NOT the bird's"
Good reading skill could have avoided this misunderstanding if it really was :hoot:

 

[barbarosa]

What made you think that tejas is not high tech??
Any of your fighters have AESA which tejas has??

Is tejas equal to SU30, Mig 29, Mirage 2000. Only AESA is not the high tech

 

[Sergi]

Is tejas equal to SU30, Mig 29, Mirage 2000. Only AESA is not the high tech

You are asking is a "light" aircraft equal to "Heavy and medium" aircrafts ??? Well good luck