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Parrikar takes credit for development of Tejas MK-1A
Published May 26, 2016
SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in an interview to DD News said that he along with Indian Air Force and state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited arranged series of meetings in Bangalore and New Delhi to finally get IAF on board to accept the development of Upgraded Tejas MK-1A with key improvements over current Tejas MK-1.
Nearly 8 meetings were held in Bangalore and 5 in New Delhi chaired by Parrikar which finally lead to IAF accepting HAL’s offer of developing upgraded LCA Tejas fighter jet with many improvements with key new features like AESA Fire control Radar (FCR) ,In-flight refueling probe (IFR),Electronic warfare (EW) suite on a pod and weight reduction measures to improve flight operational performance .
Under Previous government, Indian Air Force had refused to place further orders for LCA-Tejas fighter jet based on MK-1 air frame and was keen on the development of Stretched Tejas MK-II fighter jet which was to be powered by the more powerful engine but could have delayed the project considerably due major changes required to the LCA-Tejas Air frame .
Parrikar confirmed that nearly 100 Tejas MK-1A will be ordered by Indian Air Force and in addition to 20 Tejas MK-1 orders for which were placed earlier . First, Squadron of LCA-Tejas will be ready by the end of August or early September with four aircraft (SP-1 to SP-4) and first two aircraft already have been handed over to Indian Air force .
idrw.org in previous reports had mentioned that hectic work has been going on in the vicinity of HAL Airport in Bangalore to build Hangar and Crew facility for first LCA-Tejas Squadron to be housed for initial first few months before it is relocated to Sulur Air Force Station in Tamil Nadu .
http://idrw.org/parrikar-takes-credit-development-tejas-mk-1a/
Published May 26, 2016
SOURCE: IDRW NEWS NETWORK
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in an interview to DD News said that he along with Indian Air Force and state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited arranged series of meetings in Bangalore and New Delhi to finally get IAF on board to accept the development of Upgraded Tejas MK-1A with key improvements over current Tejas MK-1.
Nearly 8 meetings were held in Bangalore and 5 in New Delhi chaired by Parrikar which finally lead to IAF accepting HAL’s offer of developing upgraded LCA Tejas fighter jet with many improvements with key new features like AESA Fire control Radar (FCR) ,In-flight refueling probe (IFR),Electronic warfare (EW) suite on a pod and weight reduction measures to improve flight operational performance .
Under Previous government, Indian Air Force had refused to place further orders for LCA-Tejas fighter jet based on MK-1 air frame and was keen on the development of Stretched Tejas MK-II fighter jet which was to be powered by the more powerful engine but could have delayed the project considerably due major changes required to the LCA-Tejas Air frame .
Parrikar confirmed that nearly 100 Tejas MK-1A will be ordered by Indian Air Force and in addition to 20 Tejas MK-1 orders for which were placed earlier . First, Squadron of LCA-Tejas will be ready by the end of August or early September with four aircraft (SP-1 to SP-4) and first two aircraft already have been handed over to Indian Air force .
idrw.org in previous reports had mentioned that hectic work has been going on in the vicinity of HAL Airport in Bangalore to build Hangar and Crew facility for first LCA-Tejas Squadron to be housed for initial first few months before it is relocated to Sulur Air Force Station in Tamil Nadu .
http://idrw.org/parrikar-takes-credit-development-tejas-mk-1a/
