My name sake seems to going towards a bad phase of it life…IAF does not want more of LCA Tejas
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The Indian Air Force has categorically ruled out placing further orders for the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas, with its current configuration.
In 2005, the IAF placed an order with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for 16 fighters and four trainers. The then Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said a decision on an additional 20 aircraft was under consideration. But that plan has come a cropper since the overweight, under-powered Tejas does not meet the IAF’s minimum air staff requirements (ASR).
The IAF decision though is not the end of the road for the Rs. 6,000-crore LCA programme. It will consider acquiring 125 more Tejas when an improved — Mark 2 (Mk2) — variant is developed. As indicated by an IAF committee in 2004, any further order will be subject to the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), the designer and developer of the LCA programme, showing “firm visibility that the aircraft will meet the ASR.”
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I was so looking forward to it ..I wanted it to see action in a war or some thing of that nature…but no…
The problem seems to be at the heart of the Tejas…Its failed Kaveri engine.
We all know that it failed it altitude in russia…well i am still optimistic that it will soon be overcome and i still have a feeling thatthe navy will not let Tejas go in vain
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