New,Acm Iaf confirms india will buy 114 mrca

[Windjammer]

Every new Indian war lord makes tall claims and feel good statements but by the time the said period arrives, they would have disappeared into history.
Imagine digging and questioning the former IAF Chief who during his tenure declared that before the turn of century all MiG-21s would have been replaced by Tejas.

 

[The Maverick]

Every new Indian war lord makes tall claims and feel good statements but by the time the said period arrives, they would have disappeared into history.
Imagine digging and questioning the former IAF Chief who during his tenure declared that before the turn of century all MiG-21s would have been replaced by Tejas.

These,are not tall claims and certainly more than achievable
USA engines
Israel sharing tech on radars and hammers
India no having the full.eco system.in place both Tejas,mark 2 and Amca are real.and achievable
so much so that we Indians pulled out of the Russian su57 ourselves ....

 

[PakFactor]

Hopefully, my great great grandkids will see the final prototype and come to my grave and show me a picture. But I'll still be laughing from the grave.

 

[WinterFangs]

when teja was first established, my dad was around 14-16, now his son is 21.

 

[SQ8]

Le Tejas:

Tujhe yaad na meri aay, kissi se ab kya kehna

 

[313ghazi]

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since some of you are questioning timelines I can clarify these for you now.

Tejas in service x 22 in 2,sqds
remaining 10 single seater to be delivered by 2022 or early 2023.
8 twin seater foc version delivered in 2023
83 mark1a,Tejas with Aesa radar starting 2024 to be delivered by 2030.....
That's 123 Tejas by 2030 in 6 sqds .....

Tejas,mark 2 roll.out 2022
first flight 2023
production starting 2029 to 2030
144 Tejas mark2 to be delivered by 2040

Amca mark1 rollout 2025
first flight 2026
Starting deliver 2035 onwards

hence by comment about Tejas mark2 and Amca merge st some point
in other words about 60 tejas mark 2 will have been delivered only by the time Amca 1 arrives for delivery

I suspect these time lines,could change either way even moved forward with assistance from.france or usa
USA will.play a big role as both Mark 2 and Amca to be flying with Ge414 engines ...
ultimate reliability .

Big question how many mrfa rafales will.iaf induct between 2025 to 2035 will.depend on Indian aerospace industry progress which I think will.mushroom into the biggest in Asia bar China next 10 years plus

So in reality you have 22 in service after 40+ years since the project started and 21 years since the first flight.

 

[The Maverick]

So in reality you have 22 in service after 40+ years since the project started and 21 years since the first flight.

You are correct about 40 years possibly
Originally idea to build a Mig replacement mooted /discussed in the early 1981-82
First detail concept of LCA showcased in 1989
First flight 2001
IOC 2016
FOC 2019

Your 40 years is correct

But as we indians keep explaining 40 years ago we had zero infrastructure in aerospace
No labs , wind tunnels, tools . machines . softwae Or technology OR single qualified aero science engineer .
Today multi billion dollars of infrastcture hundreds possibly thousands of employees in this arena

AND LOOK WHAT WE BUILD

AND SOON

Project Diretor AMCA

 

[faithfulguy]

when teja was first established, my dad was around 14-16, now his son is 21.

India take the word “generation” in fighter planes literally.

 

[White and Green with M/S]

THIS KID HAVE SO MUCH HYPERPOWER EGO FOR INDIA

 

[Yasser76]

I guess getting knocked out of T20 WC means they will have more time on their hands to post more BS on here....

 

[Pandora]

It has become a habbit for every new indian chief to announce new MRCA. Just make a phudu out of indians every 2-3 years. In the end they will induct few more Rafales and call it a day.