India HAL Tejas Program

[Spitfire9]

Too many approvals needed for anything to progress.

HAL chief on Tejas Mk1A - "The only thing awaited now is the approval for some software changes in the Astra missile."

Indian bureaucracy is a millstone around the neck of Indian fighter projects. If the Astra/Tejas Mk1A combination now works, the aircraft should be delivered, not languish in hangars waiting for bureaucrats to clear it for delivery. It might be the Indian way of getting things done but in reality it is a good way of not getting things done.

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1969663243913236991

 

[Spitfire9]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1969663243913236991

Mk2 rollout probably H1 2026?
FF probably H2 2026/H1 2027?
Testing complete 2029/2030?

I wonder where the Mk2 will be assembled. In 2030 the 2 HAL plants in Bengaluru will be busy assembling Mk1A. Nashik will be busy assembling Mk1A and possibly Su-30MKI.

Will there be a gap of a year or two between certification and start of production?

 

[Nilgiri]

The kind of thing the HAL Chairman was mentioning swapping around the existing 404's

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1970148964239290581

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1979075988513235204

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/what-hal-chief-test-pilot-told-ndtv-after-flying-new-lca-tejas-mark-1a-9476441

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1979194562762674195

 

[Ripley]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1979075988513235204

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/what-hal-chief-test-pilot-told-ndtv-after-flying-new-lca-tejas-mark-1a-9476441

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1979194562762674195

Congratulations HAL.

 

[Nilgiri]

HAL signs deal with GE Aerospace to procure 113 jet engines for Tejas fighter jets

Under the deal, HAL would receive the F404-GE-IN20 engines for the indigenous jets, the delivery of which will begin in 2027 and continue till 2032.

www.hindustantimes.com

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1986778170297835716

 

[Ripley]

HAL signs deal with GE Aerospace to procure 113 jet engines for Tejas fighter jets

Under the deal, HAL would receive the F404-GE-IN20 engines for the indigenous jets, the delivery of which will begin in 2027 and continue till 2032.

www.hindustantimes.com

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1986778170297835716

This is a big deal really

 

[Pokemonte13]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1991815112530047097

My Condolences to the pilot and the aircraft

 

[IC3M@N FX]

It was probably too late for the poor pilot to eject.
This was hardly good publicity for the Tejas aircraft, regardless of whether it was pilot error or a mechanical fault.

 

[Sanchez]

It was probably too late for the poor pilot to eject.
This was hardly good publicity for the Tejas aircraft, regardless of whether it was pilot error or a mechanical fault.

Looks to be pilot; even if aircraft gave in midway through, too low. RIP.

 

[dronie]

Curse of the marut continues

 

[Strong AI]

Looks to be pilot; even if aircraft gave in midway through, too low. RIP.

3 days ago was this discussion...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1990725266100928705

 

[IC3M@N FX]

Can someone recheck the plane number if is the plane they crashed.

 

[Strong AI]

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Can someone recheck the plane number if is the plane they crashed.

Was the APU smoking? Or was that smoke for the show?

 

[Sanchez]

3 days ago was this discussion...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1990725266100928705

Aircraft can leak oil, I vividly remember the US aggressor F-18s leaking oil on the ramp like drunkards. Some say that was not oil but water instead, also possible.

Regardless, it's an active duty aircraft of the air force without known issues. Tejas is many things, but it doesn't just lock up and crash. This looks like a very clear case of pilot error to me.

Was the APU smoking? Or was that smoke for the show?

APU exhaust should be up top. Smoke generators are on the wing pylons as fake missiles. Interesting.

 

[Ripley]

Sad loss. RIP.
Tejas program was gaining some speed recently. Hope they get back on track quickly.