Tejas Mk.2 Build Begins

[SpArK]

Tejas Mk.2 Build Begins
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Finally, HAL has begun the process to build the first Tejas Mk.2 prototype, envisioned as a slightly larger but much more capable fighter than the floundering Tejas Mk.1.

On November 19, HAL's Aircraft Research & Design Centre (ARDC) floated the first of many requirements for raw materials -- alloys and such -- for the first Tejas Mk.2 (first pictures) prototype vehicle and other assemblies. More requirements will be put out over the next few weeks.

HAL is looking to put the Mk.2, powered by the General Electric F414-GE-INS6 turbofan engine, into the air in 2014. The highly anticipated Mk.2 programme will cost at least $542.44-million (Rs 2431.55-crore), comprising full scale engineering development. The IAF has put down an official requirement for 83 of the Mk.2s. Working on a detailed post on the Mk.2. No timeframe, though!


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[veekysingh]

good news , IAF just dont **** it agian pls.

 

[Ajaxpaul]

Excellent, everything is in order except a timeframe...hopefully 2014

 

[IND151]

very good news

http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rc...lYHgCA&usg=AFQjCNGzZsdMybNLqv6-KH2ClehOpKWUmw

 

[IND151]

Photos of Mk2 (Model)

http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rc...uoHAAg&usg=AFQjCNG_GGAG_QaadbAqGA7ehQ5As_RHNw

 

[Agent X]

Tejas Mk.2 Build Begins
​

Finally, HAL has begun the process to build the first Tejas Mk.2 prototype, envisioned as a slightly larger but much more capable fighter than the floundering Tejas Mk.1.

On November 19, HAL's Aircraft Research & Design Centre (ARDC) floated the first of many requirements for raw materials -- alloys and such -- for the first Tejas Mk.2 (first pictures) prototype vehicle and other assemblies. More requirements will be put out over the next few weeks.

HAL is looking to put the Mk.2, powered by the General Electric F414-GE-INS6 turbofan engine, into the air in 2014. The highly anticipated Mk.2 programme will cost at least $542.44-million (Rs 2431.55-crore), comprising full scale engineering development. The IAF has put down an official requirement for 83 of the Mk.2s. Working on a detailed post on the Mk.2. No timeframe, though!


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why we even need lca we should dump lca it's useless now we better focus on amca stealth is future.

 

[karan21]

Hmm this is some good news today

 

[sudhir007]

thanx spark for this wonderful news

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

finally a good news. HOPE they stick to the timeframe and give an advanced fighter with an aesa radar. and lca should be inducted for low priority areas where it can provide good surveillance and watch over skies.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Vow, that is the news I was waiting for all this time. Hopefully, Mk2 will kick some ***** in the air when it rolls out.

 

[rockstarIN]

LCA MK2 should be equal to Gripen NG, participated in MMRCA.

And hope, the lessons learned from MK-1 will shorten the time span and will immediately go into serial production mode.

 

[kurup]

Why don't they include LEVCONS in the design .??

 

[acid rain]

By the design, this too will have fly by wire, is there something called Fly-By-Laser?

 

[Abingdonboy]

why we even need lca we should dump lca it's useless now we better focus on amca stealth is future.

You need to crawl before you can run/sprint my freind. The development of the LCA MK.1 and especially the MK.2 will all feed into the AMCA and many of the tech to be fitted on the AMCA will be tested/devloped on the LCA MK.2. Do you think the US just jumped straight into building the F-22? No, it was decades of innovation and R&D expertise built up on many projects that laid the foundations for the F-22.

By the design, this too will have fly by wire, is there something called Fly-By-Laser?

Mate, EVERY (within reason) new fighter these will feature FBW- planes these days are designed to be fundamentally unstable to boost their maneuverability but without a FBW to keep the plane in check the bird would fall ungracefully from the sky.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Why don't they include LEVCONS in the design .??

This is present on the N-LCA because of the unique requirements when making a carrier landing and the tailless delta is not neesercarily the best design for making carrier landings hence the designers added an additional control surface- the LEVCONs, but for AF/land based fighters there is little utility in such a system.