Tejas SP-2 to make debut flight in September (Update 1)

[samlove]

Second Series production (SP-2) Tejas Light Combat Aircraft from the batch of 20 ‘series production’ aircraft is gearing up to make its first flight next month, Sources from LCA’s production agency Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd have confirmed this.

First flight of SP-1 aircraft was completed last year in October and earlier this year aircraft along with technical documents was handed over to Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha of Indian Air Force, by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in the presence of key officials from HAL and ADA.

Series production (SP) aircraft are being built at HAL’s production line in Bangalore and the first lot of 20 aircrafts will be built as per IOC-II standards and next 20 aircrafts as per FOC Standards. As of now, IAF has ordered 40 Tejas Mark-I aircraft to form two squadrons and first squadron would be based at Sulur, which will compose of only experienced pilots and Gradually, a younger lot would be brought in, said defence analyst close to idrw.org.

HAL plans to hand over 4 more aircrafts by March 2016 and 8 Series production (SP) Aircraft’s for FY2016-17. Quartz nose cone which have been handed over to HAL from U.K. vendor Cobham will be integrated into three aircrafts by next month and will being radar performance testing to complete last lap of the project, called FOC (final operational clearance),which will also involve testing of new refuelling probe along with Air-to-air missiles .

 

[Arsalan]

oooyyy mubariikkk..... That is great

@Indian Patriot check this. The program is on track and may prove you, myself and many more critics as wrong. There is another timeline, let see if they can meet it now because if they do it will be an achievement in itself.

 

[Arsalan]

Bhai mere, kyun har thread ki marne pe laga hai? Yahan par bhi **** mar kar jayega woh.

Well i guess we are all here to learn and if someone is making a mistake and there is a chance to correct that someone we should give it a try.

AND

You must watch your language dear.

 

[surya kiran]

Well i guess we are all here to learn and if someone is making a mistake and there is a chance to correct that someone we should give it a try.

AND

You must watch your language dear.

lo ji change kar diya. Actually I had not used the f word. I thought it was a harmless term. Anyways, enjoy.

 

[Arsalan]

lo ji change kar diya. Actually I had not used the f word. I thought it was a harmless term. Anyways, enjoy.

it is harmless but it smells, stinks

Anyway, thank you!

 

[anant_s]

finally some good news coming in. lets hope they sort out nose issues quickly.

 

[Arsalan]

finally some good news coming in. lets hope they sort out nose issues quickly.

nose issues? you mean the quartz radome?

Or

You are talking about some noise issues? (LCA is not a multi role Submarine-Aircraft based on some vedic technology right? )

Seriously, i did not get what you are pointing to.

 

[anant_s]

nose issues? you mean the quartz radome?

Or

You are talking about some noise issues? (LCA is not a multi role Submarine-Aircraft based on some vedic technology right? )

Seriously, i did not get what you are pointing to.

naughty you
yes i meant the quartz radome issue (the report mentions the same).
i guess aerodynamically and structurally they have most things optimized. they are working on further weight reduction that will improve upon thrust to weight ratio. so while we will see improvement in avionics radar etc, structurally there won't be much changes in Mark 1 design.

 

[prashant_hrit]

tejas ufff

 

[Luca1]

When I see sp2. I thought is wa s service pack 2. LOL. Indians use software terms for a plane. India would have a better luck making a flight simulator plane.

 

[VelocuR]

After some modification and fixed in Pakistan, there you go.

Good news, Tejas SP-2 is working properly, thanks to Pakistan's reverse engineers.

 

[PoKeMon]

When I see sp2. I thought is wa s service pact 2. LOL. Indians use software terms for a plane. India would have a better luck making a flight simulator plane.

Its service pack not pact. Learn first.

 

[Arsalan]

naughty you
yes i meant the quartz radome issue (the report mentions the same).
i guess aerodynamically and structurally they have most things optimized. they are working on further weight reduction that will improve upon thrust to weight ratio. so while we will see improvement in avionics radar etc, structurally there won't be much changes in Mark 1 design.

Oky,
Yeah i read that they have finally decided to get it from UK, the radome and IFR probes.

 

[GURU DUTT]

Its service pack not pact. Learn first.

looks like he/she is still stuck with Windows XP

 

[Indian Patriot]

@Indian Patriot check this. The program is on track and may prove you, myself and many more critics as wrong. There is another timeline, let see if they can meet it now because if they do it will be an achievement in itself.

They will meet it by 2100.