JF-17 Vs LCA Tejas

The aircraft is also fitted with a night vision compatible glass cockpit with Martin Baker (UK) zero-zero ejection seats. The aircraft’s electronic warfare suite, developed by the Advanced Systems Integration and Evaluation Organization (ASIEO) of Bangalore, includes a radar warning receiver and jammer, laser warner, missile approach warner, and chaff and flare dispenser. The LCA’s design has been configured to match the demands of modern combat scenario such as speed, acceleration, maneuverability and agility. Chinese J-10 with Composite airframe may have higher speed (Mach 2.1) & thrust but modern avionics & tactical missiles play a major role in modern combat. LCA(Mach 1.85) is not that behind and some other things( LCA Tejas will have Beyond Visual Range Missile Derby.:neutral: )
are better than JF17 (Titanium heavy metal airframe, copy of 1956 model MiG-21).

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After spending buckets full of money Indian R&D organization DRDO has abandoned the LCA/Teja project. In fact, to date India has not been able to produce even an indigenous assault rifle!
 
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This Video may convince you, due to its Titanium Alloy Airframe (of 1956 model MiG-21) which is very heavy and also without RUSSIAN RD-93 engine JF17 is a Great Scrap Metal :read: JUNK FIGHTER :viking: -No.1 BLUNDER ;-) Chinese are afraid to fly even Laden!! Good for poor African , East Bloc or Latin American countries
 
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After spending buckets full of money Indian R&D organization DRDO has abandoned the LCA/Teja project. In fact, to date India has not been able to produce even an indigenous assault rifle!


Is it LCA Tejas Or Not?

My dear friend, were you in Afghanistan or Paksitan? If not, pls browse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INSAS_rifle :9mm:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Sub_Machine_Carbine
In 1997 the INSAS Rifle and LMG were ready for mass production, and in 1998 the first Indian army units were observed armed with INSAS rifles for the Republic Day Parade.

Indian Nuclear Submarine already in Army service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arihant_class_submarine

India have an Automobile industry. World famous Land Rover & jauguar is now manufactured by Tata. Tata Nano is being introduced in USA this year 2012.
India reached up to moon from a humble beginning in space technology. What you have ? there? This is to dicuss JF17 vs LCA Tejas your comments are not related to the subject.
 
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Is it LCA Tejas Or Not?

My dear friend, were you in Afghanistan or Paksitan? If not, pls browse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INSAS_rifle :9mm:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Sub_Machine_Carbine
In 1997 the INSAS Rifle and LMG were ready for mass production, and in 1998 the first Indian army units were observed armed with INSAS rifles for the Republic Day Parade.

Indian Nuclear Submarine already in Army service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arihant_class_submarine

India have an Automobile industry. World famous Land Rover & jauguar is now manufactured by Tata. Tata Nano is being introduced in USA this year 2012.
India reached up to moon from a humble beginning in space technology. What you have ? there? This is to dicuss JF17 vs LCA Tejas your comments are not related to the subject.

1.Nothing you have bothered to mention above, without caring to inquire, is indigenous Indian. All poor copy cats. In fact, to prove themselves genius, to justify their existence and to fatten political leaders' Swiss accounts, DRDO, ISRO, etc have been trying to introduce something Indian in each perfectly fine eqpt, and thereby ruin it.

2. Why should I tell you where I am / was? Are you in GTNMO?
 
1.Nothing you have bothered to mention above, without caring to inquire, is indigenous Indian. All poor copy cats. In fact, to prove themselves genius, to justify their existence and to fatten political leaders' Swiss accounts, DRDO, ISRO, etc have been trying to introduce something Indian in each perfectly fine eqpt, and thereby ruin it.

2. Why should I tell you where I am / was? Are you in GTNMO?


My dear friend,

India reached to moon. 20 Nos. LCA Tejas used by Indian Army. LCA tejas Naval version on test. We are in no hurry !! Kaveri Engine, a bit delayed but SURE will come out !!

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfsu7aXG9yg&feature=related"]New Small Arms from DRDO & OFB. - YouTube[/ame]

Closing your eyes on facts above?? Your Quote " After spending buckets full of money Indian R&D organization DRDO has abandoned the LCA/Teja project. In fact, to date India has not been able to produce even an indigenous assault rifle!" is a wrong statement, completely, dear !
Are you Afghanistan or Africa or Pakistan?
HA HA !! hoo hoo !!


What you have there? Pirated softwares & dirty Internet-cafes OR muddy Kurta ? !!

Take education in Afghanistan my dear!! go and take your rightful seat in GTNMO where you find your cousins !
OR beg Chinese ! What is there at KAMRA complex, JF17 Made in Pakistan? fattening pockets Ministers by robbing poor Pakistani people ? So many foreign aircrafts flying over Paksitan & PAF could do nothing !!

What is GTNMO? GTN Mobile? There is no need to tell where are you, because everyone knows !.
Ha Ha !!
 
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Finally, Tejas Light Combat Aircraft clears missile target test, to be inducted on Dec 20

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New Delhi: Outgoing IAF chief NAK Browne on Wednesday reviewed the progress of the Sulur air base where the force is to deploy its first squadron of the indigenously- developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas.:cheers:
 
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IAF Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) is the Smallest Lightest Aircraft among supersonic multirole fighters(4+ generation).
In its current form, Tejas is almost similar to a stealth as it has quite a few features in common with the coveted jet. "The wings are made entirely of composite structures. LCA integrates modern design concepts like static instability, integrated avionics, glass cockpit, primary composite structure, AESA radar, microprocessor based utility and brake management systems, HUD, Quad-redundant FBW Digital Flight Control System. Tejas is an amlgamation of contemplorary concepts & technologies, advanced glass cockpit, integrated digital avionics system & advanced composite body while other similar fighter jets using heavy Titanium metal airframe technology of 1950 era. LCA TejasPV-III, operation clearence (IOC) is awarded only after flying, 2500 sorties & rigorous testing. Tejas naval version is capable of taking off from ski jump of a ship. Other advanced modifications are on the way, but wait till LCA - MK IIs are ready and on the sky. Air frame is of composite material which makes the aircraft light & fly long distance, fast with little fuel which makes it similar to F15 Eagle, Eurojet fighters, Su 27MKII & Su-30MKI . LCA Tejas jetfighter engine F404-IN20 is manufacturered by General Electric USA, currenrly used by European figter jets. Tejas employs C-FC materials for up to 45% of its airframe by weight, including in the fuselage (doors and skins). RCS is much lower than JF17 & thrust weight ratio is better for LCA is more than one. Tejas is fitted with LITENING (IAI) surveillance & targeting pod. LCA will also carry the EL/M-2052 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar developed by IAI Elta. This agile radar, along with the DASH-3 helmet mounted display sight from Elbit Systems will enable a Tejas pilot to acquire targets at all combat ranges and engage them in full sphere, shooting the missiles by merely looking at the target. The aircraft will also be carrying the Litening targeting pod, enabling the LCA to deploy precision guided weapons of various types – from laser guided, to GPS or EO guided weapons. The principal partner of LCA is Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Since Green-Red paints are solely used by Pakistan & China for JF17 there is a shortage of green-red color paints in the world market. LCA use another available color is not a great fighter jet built but not too bad on real war scenarios !!

LCA Tejas is also fitted with a night vision compatible glass cockpit with Martin Baker (UK) zero-zero ejection seats. The aircraft’s electronic warfare suite, developed by the Advanced Systems Integration and Evaluation Organization (ASIEO) of Bangalore, includes a radar warning receiver and jammer, laser warner, missile approach warner, chaff - flare dispenser and fly home guidance software, armed with Python 5, Beyond Visual Range missiles: Derby &, Astra, Medium-Range Active-Radar Homing Air-to-Air Missiles:Vympel R-77,Vympel R-73, Air-to-surface missiles: Kh-59ME (TV guided standoff Missile)Kh-59MK (Laser guided standoff Missile) Anti-ship missiles: Kh-35,Kh-31. The Derby is medium-range active-radar seeker air-to-air missile, that can hit targets at about 50 km. LCA’s design has been configured to match the demands of present highly modern precision combat scenario such as speed, acceleration, maneuverability and agility.

Moscow has given a categorical assurance that it will not allow China to supply JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighter aircraft to Pakistan equipped with Russian RD-93 engines. Mikhial Pogosyan believes that the Chinese-made cheaper FC-1 (US$10M) has become direct competition for expensive MiG-29(US$35M). He has virtually blocked the signing of the contract to deliver 100 RD-93 jet engines to China. So JF17 into assembly-production lines at KAMRA (KAC) Pakistan get further extended. Government sources confirmed that the Russian assurance was conveyed by Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov. http://english.pravda.ru/russia/economics/06-07-2010/114138-russian_fighter_jets-0/

"PAF does not have the budget to buy new fighter planes from NATO countries nor the NATO countries are willing to sell to Pakistan, JF 17 was the last resort , even the chinese have not yet inducted JF 17, still in development phase (rumours say, JF 17 already been scrapped by Chinese Airforce-PLAAF along with its WS10/13 engines, (a nightmare to PAF Pilots) with an ailing economy PAF only option was to immediately induct a fighter jet and then carry out the testing, on other hand Chinese/Indian economies are not ailing like Pakistan, our induction is process is somewhat similar to NATO countries where a prototype is launched and then testing is done up to 2500 flight hrs or 10 to 14 yrs from the date of launch and in these meantime all other variants like Naval variant are also tested, PAF lacks resources and funds to upgrade and that's why JF 17 was inducted immediately to show a brave face, this is the reality".
Russia’s Klimov offered a variant of the RD-33 turbofan engine to power the fighter. Russia earlier had denied China from transferring the engine to Pakistan as it was against Russian policy and India’s interest, but later, for some reason, Russia had no issue in China supplying those engines to Pakistan. To international media they replied in diplomatic parlance, Chinese were in such a hurry that they had not heard the last word from Russia on this subject. It is believed that Pakistan is unsatisfied with the engine and a new deal for a different engine, most probably to have Snecma M53-P2 could be finalized. Rather than using the Ada programming language, which is developed dedicated for military applications, the software for the aircraft is written using the popular civilian C++ programming language which students use to develop programs in high schools, this might give an edge to Pakistan where software industry is not very skilled and C++ resources can be easily trained in large numbers (source: http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/stuck-in-sichuan-pakistani-jf17-program-grounded-02984/). There are various rumors on Internet claiming that lack of RD-93 (and delay of WS-13 ) is slowing down production of JF-17. Widely advertised-published in you-tube videos, 3D animation graphics will make a great fighter JF-17 on screen, but won't make a compatible jetfighter on the real war scenarios. Net-Videos can only win clapping of school going children & common people.

The fighter aircraft, which obtained the Initial Operation Clearance on December 20, 2013 is a step away from induction into the IAF to replace the ageing IAF MiG-21 aircrafts. The immediate plan was to induct six squadrons of the IAF with the Tejas. This means about 120 aircrafts. Already, the IAF has placed orders for two squadrons. Similarly, the Indian Navy will have at least 40 of the naval version of the fighter aircraft.The LCA signals the country’s indigenous capability to develop a major air-based weapon platform and a step towards achieving self-reliance in aircraft design, fabrication and manufacture. It has laid a sound base for a smooth take off in the efforts to develop more advanced fighter aircrafts in the future, Avinash Chander, the Chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said. The fighter-jet is our design, uses an Indian software (based on ADA), and is fully under our control. We are not sure what software in the JF-17 is under the PAF's control. What do you do if you don't have access to codes?"

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLvTBcIEbJk"]Indian Air Force - Tejas Combat Aircraft in Action - Part 14 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPaA5-AdRxg"]LCA Tejas: Role of Israel - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0yXuM5PFnA"]Indian Air Force - Tejas Drops Laser Guided Bomb and Fires Air to Air Missile - Part 15 - YouTube[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQh8fSPR-RU"]Tejas IOC movie from the hangars of HAL ADA - YouTube[/ame]
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Finally, Tejas gets electronic warfare systems Oct 16, 2013, DHNS: - After eight years of research and postponement, India’s first indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas, positioned at HAL Bangalore, has finally been fitted with electronic warfare (EW) systems. Now, new test flights will happen with electronic warfare anytime during November or beginning of December. The 2,348 test flights of the LCA so far have not had electronic warfare. The new test flights will bring in new data and information for further development of the aircraft and the electronic systems.

The biggest game-changer, one that would make the Tejas a truly formidable multi-role fighter, could be the ongoing project to develop an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. This advanced radar, which only US companies have truly mastered, is being developed for the Tejas by the DRDO laboratory, Electronics Research & Development Establishment (LRDE).

“Whether or not AESA radar is developed in time for the first Tejas Mark II, this radar will be retrofitted onto these fighters as soon as it is certified,” says the ADA chief.

The Tejas Mark II is also being configured to fire any advanced weaponry that the IAF acquires, e.g. any long-range air-to-air missiles (LRAAMs) that may be acquired along with the ongoing purchase of 126 Dassault Rafale fighters. The DRDO is developing an indigenous air-to-air missile, the Astra, but that is some way off from completion.

The production of 20 Tejas Mark I fighters ordered by the IAF is under way in HAL. This will be followed by another order for 20 more Tejas Mark I, once the fighter obtains final operational clearance, expected in 2015. While HAL is running well behind its objective of building 8 Tejas per year, the target for completion of these 40 fighters remains 2017. After that, the production of Tejas Mark II will begin, subject to successful flight-testing.

Sources in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) told Deccan Herald that the LCA Prototype Vehicle-1 (PV-1) has now been fitted with a radar-warning receiver, a radar-warning jammer, laser warner, missile-approach warner, emitter, and a flare dispenser. The systems are now undergoing ground trials with aeronautical engineers simulating multiple threats to the aircraft. US Stealths F-35 even after 20th year development still under modernization. All US Stealth's fighter Jets are down due to a flaw in engine & Air circulation system.

U.S. Navy maintains grounding order for F-35 fighter jets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nobody wants to rush these aircraft back into the air before we know exactly what happened," Kirby said. The entire fleet of F-35s was grounded last week in response to an engine fire in an Air Force version of the plane in late June at Eglin, home to many of the planes.It would be a huge embarrassment to the United States if the jets are unable to appear at either air show, and could jeopardize export prospects for the new radar-evading plane just as two initial partners on the program - Canada and Denmark - are weighing fresh orders.
The engine failure had also prevented the F-35 from making an appearance at the July 4 naming ceremony for Britain's new aircraft carrier.
Dunaway said the Navy and other services are continuing to investigate the incident.
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ADA is evaluating the new avionics on the first Tejas prototype, designated PV-1, which is now too old for the flight-trial programme and will be used hereafter to test new systems. First up is a new Electronic Warfare system, designed by the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) laboratory, Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), which senses enemy radar signals and jams them effectively, making the Tejas hard to detect.

Next up for testing is a sophisticated on-board Oxygen generating system, developed by the DRDO’s Defence Bio-engineering and Electro-medical Laboratory (DEBEL), which continuously collects atmospheric Oxygen and supplies it to the pilot. Today, the capacity of the Oxygen bottles that contemporary fighters carry limit mission times; when Oxygen runs low, the pilot heads back to base. Now, the on-board Oxygen generating system, along with mid-air refuelling and the Tejas Mark II’s increased fuel load, will allow 3-4 hours of continuous flying, more than most fighters in the world. According to sources, the Indian Defence Ministry and HAL officials will be looking at demonstrations by overseas firms like Boeing and will choose from options given to produce the LCA. The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), part of state-owned Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), has also been working closely with HAL on the LCA project. Even ADA is pushing HAL to outsource more of the LCA Tejas’ production to accelerate the production levels to satisfy the IAF. Besides Boeing, HAL is also considering the production facilities of other major fighter plane manufacturers including Lockheed Martin in the US and Eurofighter in Europe. They are assessing how LCA Tejas’ production can be raised from the eight fighters per year that HAL’s Tejas production line in Bangalore will start building next year. The IAF will eventually need 120-140 LCAs while the Indian Navy will require another 20-40 fighters.


The production stage for LCA is 2012-13 and the IAF has placed an order for 40 LCA Mark-I model and the LCA Mark-II is likely to see a demand of around 200 aircraft. The IAF has not been fully satisfied with LCA-MK I and would want to change the GE-404 engines with greater thrust. Since the LCA-MK1 fighter jets did not meet the expected standards of performance, the IAF will turn to the development MK-II fighter jets, the aircraft will use a greater thrust GE-414 engine, to improve the operational performance.

Pakistan is developing advanced state of the art YouTube avionics & YouTube Engine for its JF17 Fighter since Russia denied AL31 engines for JF17 & hope to fight US Stealths F-35, Sukhoi PAKFA & LCA Tejas MKI &II through internet.
 
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Dimensions: Diameter 890 mm, Length 3.9 m
Weights: Max Weight 1,035 kg (2,282 lb)
Engines Performance: Thrust 9,163 kg (20,200 lb)

Tejas is a Light Combat Aircraft that uses fourth generation technologies. It is built from composite materials, has unstable aerodynamics and is controlled using a fly-by-wire system. Tejas incorporates an advanced glass cockpit.

Tejas is equipped with a quadruplex digital fly-by-wire flight control system to ease handling by the pilot. The digital FBW system of the Tejas employs a powerful digital flight control computer (DFCC) comprising four computing channels, each with its own independent power supply and all housed in a single LRU. The DFCC receives signals from a variety of sensors and pilot control stick inputs, and processes these through the appropriate channels to excite and control the elevons, rudder and leading edge slat hydraulic actuators. The DFCC channels are built around 32-bit microprocessors and use a subset of the Ada programming language for software implementation. The computer interfaces with pilot display elements like the MFDs through MIL-STD-1553B multiplex avionics data buses and RS-422 serial links.
Tejas is intentionally made longitudinally unstable to enhance maneuverability. The Control laws (CLAW) recover Stability and provide good Handling Qualities to the Pilot. They also provide invariant response with respect to variation in aerodynamics, fuel etc. and facilitate robust performance. The CLAW is carefree and ensures that various aircraft parameters are limited automatically. This enables the pilot to fly the mission without worrying about exceedence of parameters beyond a safe limit.

The autopilot provides pilot relief functions. This helps the pilot to do more head down activities (especially mission critical activities) without being concerned about the aircraft departing from its flight path. The autopilot is also equipped with advanced features like auto level (which helps the pilot recover the aircraft if he gets disoriented and also during night flying), safe altitude recovery (which automatically pulls up the aircraft if it comes too close to the ground) and navigation modes (which steer the aircraft automatically along a pre-determined flight path).

The Tejas is a tailless, compound delta platform. This platform is designed to keep the Tejas small and lightweight. The use of this platform also minimizes the control surfaces needed (no tail-planes or fore planes, just a single vertical tailfin), permits carriage of a wider range of external stores, and confers better close-combat, high-speed, and high-alpha performance characteristics than conventional wing designs. Extensive wind tunnel testing on scale models and complex computational fluid dynamics analyses have optimized the aerodynamic configuration of the LCA, giving it minimum supersonic drag, a low wing-loading, and high rates of roll and pitch.

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The coherent pulse-Doppler Multi Mode Radar is designed to operate equally effectively in the Air to Air and Air to Surface domains. Jointly developed as an Indian – Israeli venture, it features multi-target Air to Air Track, Hi Resolution Synthetic Aperture Mapping and specialized Air to Sea modes. The radar facilitates all weather employment of a variety of Air to Air and Air to Surface Weaponry, and is the primary targeting sensor on the Tejas.

Open Architecture Computer (OAC) designed and developed by ADA, combines the functions of earlier mission computer, display processor, video switching unit and mission preparation and retrieval unit. It is designed based on open system interfaces standards, which provides interoperability, scalability, and portability. OAC drives three multi-function displays, HUD and the helmet-mounted display. This open architecture design will allow the designers to continuously adapt and upgrade Tejas to meet the challenges of modern warfare.

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Tejas incorporates a highly reliable quadruplex digital fly-by-wire Flight Control System. The new generation glass cockpit comprises Multi Function Displays (MFD), Head Up Display (HUD) and Stand by Instrumentation System driven by Open Architecture Mission and Display Computer. This provides effective Human Machine Interface (HMI).The advanced utility and health management system provides system health and warnings to the pilot through a Open Architecture Computer (OAC).



During 'Initial Operational Clearance of Tejas'
Indian Defense Minister Mr. A.K Antony's Address
20th December 2013
I am happy to be in your midst for this momentous occasion, that is attaining the Initial Operational Clearance of the nation's own multi-role fighter aircraft.
Several organizations have worked together to enhance the national security through self-reliance by building this Indian Combat aircraft. Aeronautical Development Agency, along with HAL was the principal design and production partner. Many other agencies like DRDO laboratories, Indian Air Force, CSIR labs, defence PSUs, DGAQA, private industries and academia too have made a valuable contribution to this endeavour.
During the last three years, the capabilities of the aircraft have been improved significantly. In recognition of the enhanced capabilities, IAF has decided to grant the aircraft a higher status, namely the Initial Operational Clearance for induction into the service.
The improvements to the aircraft have enhanced the flight envelope of the aircraft and also weapon delivery capability of the aircraft. The performance at Iron Fist, Jaisalmer and the recent missile firing at Goa are examples of such improvements. The reliability of the aircraft and serviceability has also been enhanced. The number of flights nearing 500 within this year provides and indication of this. Operating at IAF bases namely Jamnagar, Jaiasalmer, Uttarlai, Gwalior, Goa, Leh, Pathankot demonstrate the aircraft capability to operate from Air Force bases.
There have also been occasions when the same aircraft has flown thrice on the same day, indicating the operational reliability of this home-bred fighter aircraft.
Military aviation in the country has got a major boost with the approval of several new programmes. Some of these include- MK2 variants of Navy and Air Force; Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft; Unmanned Air Systems; Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft and Medium Transport Aircraft to name a few.

The attaining of Initial Operational Clearance should mark an important milestone in the long journey


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DRDO got permission to initiate a programme to design and develop a Light Combat Aircraft.

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  • Government of India set up Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) as the nodal agency developing the LCA and managing the program
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  • IAF generated Air Staff Requirements (ASR) for LCA in October 1985.
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  • 1st October - First Flight of LCA Tejas SP 1
    The first Tejas Light Combat Aircraft from the batch of 20 ‘series production’ or full-fledged fighters flew for about 25 minutes in Bengaluru. The flight of ‘SP1’ was piloted by HAL’s Chief Test Pilot Air Cmde K.A. Muthanna(retd). The First Flight of SP1 was achieved within nine months of receiving the penultimate flight worthiness certification, called IOC (initial operational clearance) in December 2013.
  • 8th November - LCA Tejas PV6 (Prototype Vehicle 6), a final configuration two-seater trainer aircraft, successfully completed its maiden flight at the HAL Airport in Bengaluru.
  • 20th December - Maiden Ski Jump of LCA NP-1 : Carrier Compatibility Test - The first prototype of the light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas Naval version - LCA NP-1 completed its maiden flight as the part of the carrier compatibility tests at the shore-based test facility in Goa. LCA uses more capable Russian R-73 R-77 and arguably one of the best AAM's in the world the Python 5 and Derby and has better BVR capability as for avionics stated in the links above LCA has better avionics a hybrid MMR developed with a Israeli indigenous EW suite known as Mayavi (illusionist) and a Israeli Litening targeting pod which is far more capable than the FLIR used on the JF-17. Pakistan simply needs to paint red colored Chinese Aircrafts to green & advertise in youtube. With Chinese WS10 engine & Russian denial for re-exporting very reliable RD93 engine, there is possibility the reliability of JF17 falls low.
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Indian Air Force will locate the 1st squadron of domestically designed and produced LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) Tejas fighter jet at Sulur Airbase near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.


According to a DRDO Chief Controller (R&D) Dr W Selvamurthy, IAF will station 20 LCA Tejas fighter jets at Sulur in the 1st phase by early 2012.


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begin with the premise that I understand the word "good" as a relative term.


Seven safety critical and Twenty Three mission critical software systems of Tejas have been evaluated and close to 2000 successful sorties of Tejas have been completed adhering to IV&V practices. How good the LCA will depend on the situation and type of mission (SEAD, DEAD) that it is entrusted with .​

Special features of Tejas:

1. Compound delta platform.
2. Relaxed Static Stability (RSS).
3. Composite structure (which constitute 43% by weight of the airframe)
4. Fly by wire flight control(FBW).
5. Utilities system management software(USMS).
6. Glass cockpit.
7. Multi Mode Radar radar was a Hybrid version of Israel’s Elta EL/M-2032 for all weather operations.

LCA is better than JF17 & MIG-21 in number of ways.

First, there is generation gap. LCA is 4.5 generation aircraft while JF17 (3.5 Gen. using Mig21 Titanium 1955 era Airframe) & MiG 21 are of 3rd gen. JF17 is an all metallic warplane with no fly by wire controls means the pilot will have more work load to fly the aircraft. Cost-effectiveness and weight saving achieved by use of advanced composites which constitute 43% by weight of the airframe. Also it can perform high alpha & better maneuverable than JF17.

Second, LCA got better & tested avionics than JF17.

Third, unlike JF17 OR MiG21 Bison. LCA Tejas is a multirole fighter and is very light in weight. It can perform at high alpha and has better maneuverability. Optimized Structural Design taking into account strength, buckling and Aero-Servo-Elastic requirements for carriage of heavy ext. stores.

LCA uses carb-composites in its airframe hence it has got a stronger body than JF17. It reduce 1000s of screws & its weight.

It has RSS (relax static stability) in it unlike JF17 OR Mig21.

It has digital fly-by-wire Flight Control. The new generation glass cockpit (& NVG) comprises Multi Function Displays (MFD), Head Up Display (HUD) and Stand by Inst. System driven by Open Arch. Mission and Display Computer. Moving towards certification for FOC.

Electronics and Radar Development Est (ERDE) is working on a much advance Active Electronically Scanner Array radar (AESA).
According to official updated material made available to LiveFist,the fully solid-state X-band radar with ACM/SAR/ISAR are being developed.

Unlike Tejas JF-17 is not all weather capable and also not fully developed by Pakistan. Where as Tejas is fully developed in india although some vital parts like Engine are imported.

When it comes to Radar detection JF-17 will have larger rcs where as Teajs will have less because of the carbon comp. body structures!!

Tejas have modern glass cockpit and continiously evolving according to airforce needs. The FOC standard Tejas will have inflight refuelling, BVRs, capability to carry st-off missiles, all kind of conventional and sm-bombs which IAF posses.

The FOC standard Tejas will be a MultiRole all weather 4.5++ aircraft. But JF-17 doesnt have this kind of all round capabilities. Moreover it is a 30 years research product where as JF17 produced under a short span of time. There can be various flaws in design &during flight.

The max. projected weapons payload for the LCA (distributed among seven pylons) is 3.5 tonnes. In the CAS role, the LCA MK1 will be required to target mostly hostile field artillery emplacements & probably some hostile second-echelon armoured regiments. Usage of 100kg/150kg laser-guided PGMs is the only viable option for such strikes. Similarly, for LCA MK1s tasked with defensive counter-air missions inside friendly airspace & tactical air-superiority missions in support of CAS strikes, usage of dual-ejector racks for R-73E WVRAAMs & Derby MRAAMs along with twin external fuel-tanks is the only viable option.

If the enemy IADS is dense and overlapping like in the case of China the LCA will have a hard time in penetrating it. So , the obvious question would be what constitutes a credible IADS ?

A credible IADS, need three things:

1. Sensors: radar is obvious, but this can include other detection systems like IR sensors, passive detectors, and so on.

2. Weapons: AAA, SAMs, interceptors...you need some way of stopping people from getting into your airspace.

3. C3 network: this is what makes the whole thing integrated, providing functions like situational awareness and target de confliction.

The complexity of the whole system and the individual components depends on the volume of airspace you want control over and the perceived threat. But a few S-300PMU-2 batteries coupled with a battle mngmnt. radar system capable of talking to the overall EW network makes things a whole lot different. In India's immediate neighborhood only China boasts of all these above 3 things.

The max. projected weapons payload for the LCA (distributed among seven pylons) is 3.5 tone. In field artillery emplacements & probably some hostile second-echelon armoured regiments. Usage of 100kg/150kg laser-guided PGMs is the only viable option for such strikes. Similarly, for LCAMK1s tasked with defensive counter-air missions inside friendly airspace & tactical air-sup. missions in support of CAS strikes, usage of dual-ejector racks for R-73E WVRAAMs & Derby MRAAMs along with twin external fuel-tanks is the only viable option.

With no SAMs deployed in a theatre, the effectiveness of visually aimed and radar directed AAA is poor, as aircraft can attack unhindered from medium and high altitudes, out of the useful envelope of barrelled weapons. The corollary to this is , in a SAM rich environment where AAA would be absent, aircraft can attack unhindered from low altitudes, exploiting terrain masking and performance limitations in SAMs &radar systems. AAA's are also more difficult to kill, camouflage and emission control. Therefore , how good or bad the LCA is will depend what the adversary has in store in terms of SAMs , AAA and of course fighter aircrafts .






Limited Series Production (LSP) aircraftCurrently, 8 LSP series aircraft plus 40 aircraft are on order.
  • LSP-1 (KH2011) – 25 April 2007. This LCA is powered by F404-F2J3 Engine.
  • LSP-2 (KH2012) – 16 June 2008. This is the first LCA fitted with F404-IN20 engine.
  • LSP-3 23 April 2010. The first aircraft to have the Hybrid MMR radar and will be close to the IOC standard.
  • LSP-4 (KH2014) – 2 June 2010. The first aircraft that was flown in the configuration that will be delivered to the Indian Air Force.In addition to the Hybrid MMR, the aircraft flew with a Countermeasure Dispensing System and an identify friend or foe electronic system
  • LSP-5 (KH2015) – 19 November 2010. IOC standard, with all sensors including night lighting in the cockpit, and an auto-pilot.[
  • LSP-6 – Will be used to increase the Angle of Attack.As well as develop better (Experimental) RAM coating to further reduce its radar signature.
  • LSP-7 (KH2017) – 9 March 2012. APU intake has been aerodynamically reshaped.
  • LSP-8 – First flight trial completed in March 2013. LSP 8 is the version that will go for production
  • SP-1 to SP-40 – Planned to fly by late 2013. The SP-1 and SP-2 will be part of No. 45 Squadron (Flying Daggers) that will be based initially in Bangalore (Bengaluru). In May 2014, HAL planned to deliver four SP aircraft to the IAF. SP-1 took its maiden flight on 30 September 2014.

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*** Glossary Of Terms ***
SEAD – Suppression Of Enemy Air Defenses
DEAD – Defeat of Enemy Air Defenses
IADS - Integrated Air Defense System
AAA – Anti Aircraft Artillery
C3 – Command Control Communication
CAS - Close Air Support
WVRAAM – Within Visual Range Air to Air Missile
MRAAM - Medium Range Air to Air Missile
LPI – Low Probability of Intercept
IV &V Ind. Verification & Validation
SAM - Surface to Air Missile
NVG - Night Vision Goggle
 
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Unlike LCA Tejas, JF-17 is not all weather capable and also not fully developed by Pakistan. Where as Tejas is fully developed in India although some vital parts like Engine are imported.
When it comes to Radar detection JF-17 will have larger radar foot print where as Tejas will have less because of the carbon composites body structures!!
Tejas have modern glass cockpit and continuously evolving according to air force needs. The FOC standard Tejas will have AESA Radar, In-flight refueling,BVRs,capability to carry standoff missiles,all kind of conventional and smart bombs which IAF posses.
The FOC standard Tejas will be a Multi-role all weather 4++ gen aircraft. But JF-17 doesn't have this kind of all round capabilities
 
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Unlike LCA Tejas, JF-17 is not all weather capable and also not fully developed by Pakistan. Where as Tejas is fully developed in India although some vital parts like Engine are imported.

When it comes to Radar detection JF-17 will have larger radar foot print where as Tejas will have less because of the carbon composites body structures!!

Tejas have a modern glass cockpit and continuously evolving according to air force needs. The FOC standard Tejas have a modern AESA Radar, In-flight refueling, BVR capability to carry standoff missiles, all kind of conventional and smart bombs which IAF posses.

Tejas now having a Multi-role all weather 4++ gen aircraft. But JF-17 doesn't have this kind of all round capabilities.

The Tejas Mk1A will equipped with advanced version of ELTA EL/M-2052.The ELM-2052 is an advanced Fire Control Radar (FCR) designed for air-to-air superiority and strike missions, based on fully solid-state Active Electronically Scanning Array (AESA) technology, enabling the radar to achieve long detection ranges, high mission reliability and multi-target tracking capabilities.The ELM-2052 radar provides simultaneous modes of operation supporting multi-mission capabilities for air-to-air, air-to-ground and air-to-sea operation modes, and weapon deployment. In the air-to-air mode, the radar delivers very long-range multi target detection and enables several simultaneous weapon deliveries in combat engagements. In air-to-ground missions, the radar provides very high resolution SAR mapping, surface moving target detection and tracking over RBM and SAR maps in addition to A/G ranging. In air-to-sea missions the radar provides long-range target detection and tracking, including target classification capabilities.[112] The Mark 2 will feature an indigenously-developed AESA fire control radar named Uttam.

The Tejas is equipped with both GPS and a ring laser gyroscope based inertial navigation system; for flying in poor conditions, an Instrument Landing System (ILS) and a ground proximity warning system based on the Terrain Referenced Navigation (TRN) system is also employed.[99][113][114] The LCA also has secure and jam-resistant communication systems such as the IFF transponder/interrogator, VHF/UHF radios, and air-to-air/air-to-ground datalink





Hardpoints: 8 ( 1× beneath the port-side intake trunk for targeting pods, 6× wing, and 1× fuselage) with a capacity of 3,500 kg external fuel and ordnance[168] and provisions to carry combinations of:
Avionics

  • Advanced AESA radar (Israeli EL/M-2052 back end processor with Indian inputs)[52]
  • Advanced Electronic Warfare suit
  • medium range IRST
In summary, the JF-17 is the aircraft of today and the Tejas is the aircraft of tomorrow.





The biggest surprise CHINESE are not using JF17 !!
 
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Due to all metal fighter JF-17 pilots are so afraid to fly because easily detectable large RADAR CROSS SECTION (RCS) by any modern enemy fighter jets

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