LCA AF Mk2 (Medium Weight Fighter) - News and discussions

[Parthu]

Wait for sometime. Mk2 will end up being a TD. Mk1A will be produced in numbers. Higher possibility of seeing a single engine version of the AMCA.

I was in a small school competition held by the aeronautical society in IIT bombay 1995 when I got the first photo of the LCA. It is still with me.

Let me just tell you from what I have seen, higher number of UCAVs are going to come in. Have always held you will see more than the initial number of Rafales and you will see the Su-57 enter Indian service. Mk1A will come in. AMCA will get delayed, but it will come. Mk2 any delay and its dead. Mk1A will be continued.

While this remains a distinct possibility, I think it will ultimately come down to the F414 license production effort.

If we manage to get the desired 80% ToT and start making the engine locally, it'll make sense to have large numbers of single-engine fighters that utilize it instead of the fully off-the-shelf F404. If that deal goes through, the Tejas Mk2 will be inevitable. Building more Mk1A (beyond the +97) instead of Mk2 will no longer make any economic sense.

And then there's the fact that producing Mk2 will allow us to more effectively amortize the considerable R&D costs of everything that's going on AMCA as well - because of the high degree of commonality between the two.

 

[marich01]

Some LCA mk2 and amca parts are shown from ADA campus cc @Ashwin @Gautam

 

[marich01]

some work

 

[marich01]

ground instrumentation rig sensor

 

[Shan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1946818930615693622

Valid points raised by Parthu. It would be a shame if Mk2 remained a demonstrator. On paper it remains a good fighter that can serve the IAF for the decades to come if inducted. The cost itself both operational and maintenance (considering the amount of Indian components) should be favourable for the MoD. Let's see what happens.

 

[marich01]

No need to worry about progress.

 

[marich01]

 

[RationalGuy]

No need to worry about progress.

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Sir so this means cockpit fabrication is in an advanced stage?

 

[marich01]

 

[marich01]

 

[marich01]

Little more

 

[HariPrasad]

I have one question to @vstol jocky sir and others. Will MWF be more maneuverable than SAAB GRIPPEN?

 

[darshan978]

I have one question to @vstol jocky sir and others. Will MWF be more maneuverable than SAAB GRIPPEN?

HOW CAN WE DETERMINE THAT WITHOUT FIRST FLIGHT?

 

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[Ashwin]

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This is LCA NP5

 

[marich01]

 

[batman]

What's the range of Tejas mk2 without any external tank or aerial refueling and what's the radar coverage of it and how does it stand against other 4th gen aircrafts and those of our adversaries, could it actually be used against KAAN or j20 until the AMCA is ready?

 

[TARGET]

 

[Subgradewalker]

That's Mk1A, correct? Mk2,Mk2A will be an upgrade in terms of indigenous systems or is there any substantial addition.

 

[TARGET]

That's Mk1A, correct? Mk2,Mk2A will be an upgrade in terms of indigenous systems or is there any substantial addition.

This is MK2; it features a side stick designed with central widescreen ergonomics. Mk1a or Mk1 is having center stick.