Janes: India's LCA Mk 1A programme faces delays as IAF insists on additional requirements

[LKJ86]

Rahul Bedi, New Delhi - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
22 May 2018

Serial production of India’s indigenously developed Tejas Mk 1A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) could face further delays as the Indian Air Force (IAF) demands the incorporation of new and upgraded systems.

Sources from within manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) told Jane’s on 22 May that the IAF recently informed the state-owned aerospace company that the Mk 1A model needs to feature advanced ‘smart cockpit’ multi-function displays and identification friend-or-foe (IFF) systems.

Moreover, the service demands that digital map generators and upgraded radio altimeters be fitted onto the aircraft before it is approved for serial production.

Industry sources said that although some of these systems can be commercially sourced, integrating them with the software currently installed on the fighter’s mission computer would be “time-consuming” and could defer the fighter’s production schedule by about two years.

Source:http://www.janes.com/article/80238/...ays-as-iaf-insists-on-additional-requirements

 

[Jinn Baba]

So another decade before induction?

 

[4GTejasBVR]

The source need some source

 

[ziaulislam]

2030;
meanwhile HAL maintained that integrating the induction of new squadron will delayed due to IAF insistence of marking the tail with new squadron colormark, this will cause a delay of 5 years because of the competition that needs to be held