LCA Tejas Debuts at 68th Republic Day Parade

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

New Delhi: India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas and Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) developed indigenously made their maiden appearance at the Republic Day parade here on Thursday.

Despite overcast conditions, three fighter jets flew at a height of 300 metres from ground at a speed of 780 km per hour in ‘VIC' formation, leaving the spectators at Rajpath boulevard in awe.

The LCA was earlier flown at the Indian Air Force Day last year. It was also flown at the IAF's fire power demonstration Iron Fist, Aero India, and the Bahrain International Airshow.

Indigenously developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency, and produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Tejas, as a fourth generation aircraft, can fly at 1,350 km per hour and is comparable to the world's best fighters, including French Mirage 2000, American F-16 and Swedish Gripen.

The fighter jet was inducted into 45th Squadron of the Indian Air Force in July 2016 with two aircraft. The plan is to increase the production of aircraft from the present eight to 16 aircraft each year.

The AEW&C is an ‘Eye in the Sky' and a force multiplier. The system consists of multiple sensors for surveillance and signal intelligence. It helps in air defence operations.


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LCA TEJAS DEBUTE AT 68th REPUBLIC DAY OF INDIA
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Indian Air Force (Republic Day 2017) Air parade [LCA TEJAS, sukhoi 30, globlemaster, Mig 29.....
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[Gregor Clegane]

Great.

 

[swnjo]

awesome.

 

[Great Sachin]

Good to see Tejas...

 

[Skull and Bones]

Where is the truck?

 

[BABA AGHORI]

Where is the truck?

Truck is getting ready for AMCA

 

[The_Sidewinder]

Missed the fly by. Was bored of waiting, instead decided to watch Warner & Head massacring Self Proclaimed Best Bowling Attack

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Arudhra Medium Power Radar

 

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

Tejas steals the show at Republic Day 2017 parade! 10 special facts about India’s indigenous light combat aircraft


Tejas, India’s indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), has made its debut at the 68th Republic Day parade – and it’s a proud moment for all! Three Tejas aircraft participated in the fly-past, flying at a height of 300 m from ground in ‘Vic’ formation. The LCA Tejas is a single engine aircraft that was inducted into the Indian Air Force in mid-2016 after years of rigorous trials. Designed and developed by DRDO, ADA and HAL, the Tejas is said to be a highly manoeuvrable aircraft. Tejas also happens to be the first light combat aircraft with the ‘Made in India’ tag.

Tejas is perhaps the world’s smallest lightweight, multi-role single-engine tactical fighter aircraft. We take a look at 10 special facts about the multi-role supersonic fighter aircraft:

1. The Tejas can carry air-to-surface, air-to-air and a plethora of precision guided and standoff weaponry. The combat aircraft is equipped with long range beyond visual range weapons, highly agile high off-boresight missiles.

Watch! IAF’s Flying Daggers 45 set to take India’s LCA Tejas to the Skies


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2. The LCA has a quadruplex digital fly-by-wire flight control system. According to HAL this enhances the ease of handling by the pilot. The aircraft has intentionally been made longitudinally unstable. This feature allows the Tejas to have enhanced manoeuvrability.

3. According to HAL, the aircraft with delta wing is designed for air combat and ‘offensive air support’. ‘Reconnaissance’ and ‘anti-ship’ are its secondary roles.

4. The Tejas has been made using advanced composites in the airframe. This gives the LCA a “high strength to weight ratio”, long fatigue life and low radar signatures.





5. The multi-role radar on Tejas – which was developed as Indian–Israeli venture – is meant to facilitate all-weather use of a variety of air-to-air and air-to-surface weaponry. It is the primary targeting sensor on the LCA.

6. The Tejas has a ‘glass cockpit’ which displays ‘real-time’ information to the pilot. “This simplifies aircraft operation and navigation and allows pilots to focus only on the most pertinent information,” says ADA. The autopilot feature helps the pilot to do more mission critical activities, without being concerned about Tejas departing from its flight path.

7. The major mechanical system includes microprocessor controlled brake management system, nose wheel steering system, environment control system, fuel system, landing gear system, secondary power system, hydraulic system, life support system, escape system.

8. IAF has a depleting fighter aircraft strength, and while Tejas has been designed for only light combat, it will nevertheless provide a much-needed boost to the air force.

Watch! Maiden Ski Jump of LCA Naval Prototype




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9. Incidentally, Tejas has also caught the attention of foreign buyers with Sri Lanka and Egypt evincing interest in the indigenously built fighter jet. The two countries are interested in the current version of the Tejas and not the upgraded one.

10. Tejas has been developed in multiple variants – single-seat fighter and twin seat trainer variants – for IAF and Indian Navy. The Tejas for Indian Navy and has been test flown to check its operation capability from aircraft carriers.


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[GuardianRED]

Where is the truck?

LOL.... I see what u did there!!

 

[kṣamā]

Would it be lot to ask if those birds punched flairs during their fly pass... Could have looked majestic..

 

[kmc_chacko]

Great

 

[swnjo]

Where is the truck?

lol good one