Tejas MK-1 to get FOC this year,many countries are interested in the purchase of the aircraft

[SQ8]

Statements and not reality.
If any effort has to be put in then it should all be into the Mk.2 to make a decent workable aircraft.

The Mk.1 has alredy been screwed over by this senseless mismanagement.

 

[randomradio]

Statements and not reality.
If any effort has to be put in then it should all be into the Mk.2 to make a decent workable aircraft.

The Mk.1 has alredy been screwed over by this senseless mismanagement.

The Mk1 is dead. It ends with 20 jets.

The Mk1A is where the real focus is on right now. That will end with 103 jets. With perhaps, the Kaveri.

 

[SQ8]

The Mk1 is dead. It ends with 20 jets.

The Mk1A is where the real focus is on right now. That will end with 103 jets. With perhaps, the Kaveri.

Apparently the IAF is finally learning how to properly support local industry and cooperate with them.

Tejas was supposed to be the pride of India but instead was treated like some stepchild.

 

[randomradio]

Apparently the IAF is finally learning how to properly support local industry and cooperate with them.

Tejas was supposed to be the pride of India but instead was treated like some stepchild.

There's a lot of incorrect information floating around.

IAF wanted to support the industry from day 1. They created their ASR in just 2 years after the go-ahead. But DRDO actually threw the IAF and their ASR out and created their own new jet instead.

The original LCA was supposed to be a simple aircraft with hydraulics, not FBW, and a simple radar in the same class as the Thomson-CSF RDM with the ability to track 2 targets. ADA changed the specs to FBW, multimode radar, BVR capability etc in the early 90s.

ADA officially told the IAF not to interfere in the project and booted them out. That's the kind of support the IAF received. IAF was allowed back in once they realised they are not going to meet the 2008 objective and they needed user input on core electronics. The IAF has been bashed for all the wrong reasons. With IAF assistance, in 2010, the ADA got the govt to change a bunch of rules and laws and pushed the LSPs into prototype development instead of handing the jets over to the IAF. Many people are not aware of this.

As for this Mk1 and Mk2 hoopla:

From the specs we have seen, the Mk1A will have superior performance compared to AF-Mk2 version 1. The Mk1A is lighter than the Mk1 by 800Kg and can be equipped with the early, original version of Kaveri, but with newer materials for additional thrust. The Mk2 V1 has similar weight as the Mk1, has a higher thrust engine, slightly longer fuselage for avionics and only 20Kg increase in fuel, yes, only 20Kg. The drag is lower by 8%. Mk2 V1 requires a modified version of Kaveri with a new French core or the F414. With the exception of a lack of internal ECM, the Mk1A beats the Mk2 V1 comfortably.

Now, there's a new AF-Mk2 V2 which is 1m longer, has extra fuel and a modified Kaveri. There's talks of addition of canards or LEVCON, we are not sure since the design is not yet frozen. The MTOW could cross 16T. So it's basically a new aircraft.

In other words, the Mk1A is the new Mk2 and the Mk2 has become the Mk3. These are not the official designations of course, I am referring only to technical characteristics.

 

[SQ8]

There's a lot of incorrect information floating around.

IAF wanted to support the industry from day 1. They created their ASR in just 2 years after the go-ahead. But DRDO actually threw the IAF and their ASR out and created their own new jet instead.

The original LCA was supposed to be a simple aircraft with hydraulics, not FBW, and a simple radar in the same class as the Thomson-CSF RDM with the ability to track 2 targets. ADA changed the specs to FBW, multimode radar, BVR capability etc in the early 90s.

ADA officially told the IAF not to interfere in the project and booted them out. That's the kind of support the IAF received. IAF was allowed back in once they realised they are not going to meet the 2008 objective and they needed user input on core electronics. The IAF has been bashed for all the wrong reasons. With IAF assistance, in 2010, the ADA got the govt to change a bunch of rules and laws and pushed the LSPs into prototype development instead of handing the jets over to the IAF. Many people are not aware of this.

As for this Mk1 and Mk2 hoopla:

From the specs we have seen, the Mk1A will have superior performance compared to AF-Mk2 version 1. The Mk1A is lighter than the Mk1 by 800Kg and can be equipped with the early, original version of Kaveri, but with newer materials for additional thrust. The Mk2 V1 has similar weight as the Mk1, has a higher thrust engine, slightly longer fuselage for avionics and only 20Kg increase in fuel, yes, only 20Kg. The drag is lower by 8%. Mk2 V1 requires a modified version of Kaveri with a new French core or the F414. With the exception of a lack of internal ECM, the Mk1A beats the Mk2 V1 comfortably.

Now, there's a new AF-Mk2 V2 which is 1m longer, has extra fuel and a modified Kaveri. There's talks of addition of canards or LEVCON, we are not sure since the design is not yet frozen. The MTOW could cross 16T. So it's basically a new aircraft.

In other words, the Mk1A is the new Mk2 and the Mk2 has become the Mk3. These are not the official designations of course, I am referring only to technical characteristics.

Still reeks of mismanagement

 

[randomradio]

Still reeks of mismanagement

Management was one problem. But then we had to compress 100+ years of aviation knowledge into a 15 year development process with very few people and without any experience. That was already too much to ask for when everything had to be built up from scratch.

From FSED phase I all the way to IOC, we took only 20 years to 'catch up' to the rest of the world.

The French are in a complete tizzy over the Kaveri. They now want it to power their Rafale NG.

 

[Nilgiri]

The French are in a complete tizzy over the Kaveri. They now want it to power their Rafale NG.

Got a link?

 

[HariPrasad]

Hard work of Indian sciscient is paying off now. We are all set to make a very decent plane to which our adversaries shallsnot be able to counter. When mk2 shall come in, we shall be making top class 4+ generation fighter in the world. It shall become totally indegeneous with arrival of Uttam and Kaveri. We shall be in same position and in same status in this area which we enjoy in missile technology. From that point onward, there shall be no looking back. We shall be climbing learning ladde very fast an excell like we haveh progressed in space and in missile technology.

 

[randomradio]

Got a link?

It's not official news. It's being covered up through the offsets program.

 

[wali87]

Yes and I heard the Americans are even more intrigued by the Kaveri, according to sources they’re planning to replace their existing F22 engines with these.

 

[Ultima Thule]

Hard work of Indian sciscient is paying off now. We are all set to make a very decent plane to which our adversaries shallsnot be able to counter. When mk2 shall come in, we shall be making top class 4+ generation fighter in the world. It shall become totally indegeneous with arrival of Uttam and Kaveri. We shall be in same position and in same status in this area which we enjoy in missile technology. From that point onward, there shall be no looking back. We shall be climbing learning ladde very fast an excell like we haveh progressed in space and in missile technology.

@HariPrasad

 

[HariPrasad]

@HariPrasad

Even Tejas in its IOC level is more than capable to make you guys run away from Bahrain. When mk2 will come in, chines planes will have no place to hide.

 

[Ultima Thule]

Even Tejas in its IOC level is more than capable to make you guys run away from Bahrain. When mk2 will come in, chines planes will have no place to hide.

YEAH YEAH YOUR CRAP COWPISS, VEDIC, OUT OF THIS UNIVERSE, 1000000000000 GEN JUNK JET WILL DESTROY THESE

LET FORGET THESE

@HariPrasad

 

[Muhammad Omar]

I seriously want to know the names of those countries which are interested in buyinh Tejas

 

[艹艹艹]

Can you sell it to China?