Will Uttam AESA be integrated from the 40th jet onwards?
The current order of 83 jets with this will put the total number of LCA Tejas Mk-1A at 180 along with 40 Mk-1
Replying to myself, Janes reported 2 days before the first Mk1A was due for delivery that HAL announced the delivery schedule would not be met. Q2 2024 now? Q3 for first delivery to IAF? It will be interesting to see if HAL can catch up on the delivery schedule by the end of the 2024/2025 financial year.HAL upped FAL capacity to 8 frames a year around 2016 IIRC. A second line was commissioned 2021, giving FAL capacity of 16 frames a year. Currently 2 frames are scheduled for delivery by end March this year. 8 deliveries are scheduled in 2024/2025 financial year, 16 in 2025/2026 financial year and later years. If Nashik FAL is commissioned in 2025, I think that the production rate could reach 24 per year 2027 onwards.
A 4th assembly line for exports some time later? On that basis I suspect that Argentina will go for F-16 and Philippines will select F-16 or Gripen E.
Replying to myself, Janes reported 2 days before the first Mk1A was due for delivery that HAL announced the delivery schedule would not be met. Q2 2024 now? Q3 for first delivery to IAF? It will be interesting to see if HAL can catch up on the delivery schedule by the end of the 2024/2025 financial year.
I hear that Nashik is going to be used to assemble more Su-30's. If so, I think that Mk1A production capacity falls to 16 per annum for the foreseeable future.
I wonder how long it will take to switch from Mk1A assembly to Su assembly at Nashik, build 12 x Su then switch back to Mk1A assembly. I also wonder how many unused GE 404 there are in India and the current delivery rate from GE. I know that GE is raising the delivery rate to 20 per year but have no idea when they will get to that level.Only 12 more Su max. Super Sukhoi upgrade hasn’t been started However HAL Nashik has advertised they will be delivering 2 mk1A by March next year.
Means work has already started there.
Engine delivery is another issue. GE hasn’t delivered engines as per contract . They have supply chain issues