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LCA Tejas to have 2 squadrons

LCA Tejas to be inducted with international engines.

According to DRDO officials at the press conference, while the first two squadrons of the IAF equipped with the LCA would fly with GE 404 engines subsequent inductions would be powered by an engine to be procured through an international tender or as part of a JV with a foreign vendor.

Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) director, Dr PS Subramanyam said, “I am confident that DRDO will keep to the December 2010 initial operational clearance (IOC) plan. We have started weapons testing on the LCA, and soon the aircraft will fly with the hi-tech MMR radar (multi-mode radar).”

“Meanwhile, we understand the IAF has tight induction bands and we will get the LCA into those bands. The first two squadrons will fly on GE engines and the next four will fly on any international engine that qualifies our new request for proposals.

Yiyee…..

The Tejas will have Two sqaudrons by 2010…That is nice to know…..

I hope everything goes well with the Kaveri engine

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TejasV in Leh

Remember i was talking about LCA Tejas was in leh for Business ..well i was there for pleasure

here is a pic

Leh lonliness

Leh lonliness

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Lca Tejas passes the test at leh

Yo my name sake has passed the high altitude and low temprature test in leh..

here is a link

And here is how it was tested

“Reports from the trial location suggest that the current phase of flight trial was progressing with aircraft and systems performing well. Officials said the aircraft were soaked overnight in cold weather, with temperature around minus 20 degrees Celsius and successfully powered up next day for operation.”

All this using a GE 404 engine and not a kaveri engine….it just saddens me that kaveri is a failure till now and this the time when we need it the most.

But none the less Tejas passed with flying colors

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The Name Sake 3

Tejas with two pods

Tejas with two pods

Well i am a bit late in reporting this but Tejas but Tejas has landed in ladakh…the land of the moon

Just for those who don’y know I love leh ladakh and well “been there and done that”

A couple pf pic pf the flight taking off from Leh

And O Tejas went to leadakh on a buisiness unlike me who went on pleasere…

Tejas at leh

Tejas at leh

 

There was a high altitude testing of the Tejas….it was to fly at 10,650 ft…

the results of the flight are not out yet but i am having my fingers crossed

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LCA Tejas

Tejas (LCA)

The Namesake

Well I am very hopeful to see my name sake in action; though it is 25 years old on the drawing board, but I do hope to see it inducted in the Indian air force by the time I am 25, No scarsicm intended

The delays caused were only because of political and financial reason. Yes, the KAVERI engine has failed its altitude tests but come on cut some slack for DRDO, this is the first time they are into making a jet engine, more over once the engine is done it will be used to power many other projects like the atv and arjun

Also the project ‘Tejas’ will be a 4th generation aircraft which means it is in the league of Chengdu J-10 , Dassault Mirage 2000 , F-16 Fighting Falcon , IAI Lavi , JAS 39 Gripen , JF-17/FC-1

Just because the original plan was 25 years old does not mean that the technology inside is 25 years old too, The plan was kept on upgraded to include the latest cutting edge technology in it.

I will list out the specification of it

General characteristics

  • Crew: One
  • Length: 13.20 m (43 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 4.40 m (14 ft 9 in)
  • Wing area: 38.4 m² (413 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 5,500 kg (12,100 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 8,500 kg (18,700 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: >12,500 kg (>27,558 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1× General Electric F404-GE-F2J3 turbofan, 80.5 kN (18,100 lbf); or 1× General Electric F404-GE-IN20 turbofan, 85 kN (19,000 lbf); or 1× GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri turbofan, 89.9 kN (20,000 lbf)
  • * Internal fuel capacity: 6,614 lb (3,000 kg)
  • External fuel capacity: 5×800 liter tanks or 3×1,200 liter tanks, totaling 4,000/3,600 liters

Performance

  • Maximum speed: Mach 1.8, 1,990 km/h (1,205 mph) at high altitude (Mach 1 at all altitudes)
  • Range: 2,000 km/2.30 hr (with internal fuel) (1,242 mi)
  • Service ceiling 15,950 m (50,000 ft)
  • Wing loading: 221.4 kg/m² (45.35 lb/ft²)
  • Thrust/weight: 1.07

Armament

  • 1 × 23 mm GSh-23 cannon internally mounted twin-barrel cannon with 220 rounds of ammunition.
  • Eight external stations: three hardpoints under each wing, one fuselage centreline hardpoint, and one station beneath the port-side intake trunk for a pod (FLIR, IRST, laser designator, or reconnaissance).
  • Maximum external payload: >4000 kg.
  • Air-to-air missiles include Astra, BVRAAM, Vympel R-77 (NATO reporting name: AA-12 Adder), and Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name: AA-11 Archer).
  • Air-to-surface munitions include anti-ship missiles, laser-guided bombs, unguided bombs, cluster bombs, and unguided air-to-surface rockets.

Other equipment

  • Drop tanks
  • Electronic warfare pods
  • Recce pods
  • Targeting pods

Any how as I said that I am very hopeful of seeing flying as a success story, the experience gained from Tejas will pave way for making even better aircrafts and may be a black bird sort of thing……Wishful thinking ??? I don’t think do.

Cheers DRDO !!!!!!

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