HAL LCA Tejas: Updates, News & Discussions

Ali_Baba said:
Pakistan would not have learnt nothing from the J-35 by being a member of it. It learnt very little from the JF17 project, and ended it with not being able to "even" build the whole of the "structural airframe" in Pakistan...

Had it learnt anything from JF17, it would have learnt enough to not have attempted the nonsense of Azm !!!

Until the focus of aviation development projects move "out of the PAF" into private, or civilian led aviation institutions with professional engineers and professional aviation leadership(to develop), no real progress will be made in Pakistan.

Azm exposed a fundamental structural problem in Pakistan's approach, and until that is fixed, Pakistan shouldn't get involved in the development of projects, but focus on buying off the shelf and do integration work locally and local weapons etc.
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Valid arguments but on wrong thread.
 
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/i...ejas-feb-7-mishap-entire-fleet-to-get-update/

After the entire fleet of 35 Tejas fighter jets in the inventory of the Indian Air Force (IAF) underwent ‘exhaustive checks’, it has been found that the accident on February 7 was caused by a glitch in the software of the plane’s onboard computer. The software has been corrected, and a new upgraded software is being tried out on the plane, said sources.

The software upgrade has been done jointly by the IAF and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The glitch that caused the accident on February 7 was not a mechanical or metallurgical failure, the sources said, adding that glitches in software do happen and are corrected.

The IAF had ordered ‘exhaustive checks’ after the mishap, in which a jet was veered off the runway into an adjoining mud-ditch while it was in the process of taking off from a forward base along the western front. The pilot of the single-seater aircraft survived, but sustained injuries. The IAF is also conducting its Court of Inquiry.

The subsequent exhaustive checks included checking the metallurgy of the under carriage that holds the wheels, the electro-magnetic system used for applying brakes and the software. On February 23, plane maker HAL had said that the February 7 incident was ‘not a crash’, but a minor technical incident on ground.
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Well, we are approaching mid point of March. Shocking that a HAL announced deadline may be missed, absolutely shocking.....
 
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HAL to invest ~$1.1 billion for infra development to increase the production rate of indigenous aircraft and helicopters.
 
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Deino said:
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/i...ejas-feb-7-mishap-entire-fleet-to-get-update/
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What Went Wrong With the Tejas Jet? IAF Investigation Reveals Critical Software Glitch - https://indianmasterminds.com

IAF identifies a critical software glitch in the Tejas fighter jet crash. The IAF and HAL are rolling out a fleet-wide software upgrade.
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Another report of the same incident.

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Review of the report itself by pilot.
 
Faceless said:
Nearly Fully Assembled LA 5051
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This makes it the 19th Mk1A aircraft
along with 1 fully assembled and 1 partially assembled trainers makes it the 21st Aircraft of the 83 Mk1A order,
If we include the partially assembled fuselage of LA 5053 then it would the 23rd aircraft.

HAL was supposed to deliver a total of 28 aircraft in 2 years (12 in FY 24-25 and 16 in FY 25-26)
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20 Tejas Mk1A airframe ready out of 30 they were supposed to produce in 2 years (mostly without any engines)
 
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After almost two months on the ground following a serious accident, LCA fighter jets set to start flying again next Wednesday.
Flaw in braking software fixed, checks being conducted on the fleet - HAL

As first reported by ET, the serious accident took place on February 7, with the aircraft seriously damaged and likely to be written off. Fleet has remained grounded for almost two months following the incident.


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HAL says that it has imposed Liquidated Damages on GE Aviation for delay in deliveries of F 404 engines for the Light Combat Aircraft.Penalties being imposed on each delayed engine bring delivered.

HAL says it expects at least 20 F 404 engines to be delivered in the second half of this year. Six have already been delivered.
 
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HAL says that it has imposed Liquidated Damages on GE Aviation for delay in deliveries of F 404 engines for the Light Combat Aircraft.Penalties being imposed on each delayed engine bring delivered.

HAL says it expects at least 20 F 404 engines to be delivered in the second half of this year. Six have already been delivered.
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Should have initiated long ago. Deir aaye durusht aaye.
 

GE Misses March 2026 Engine Deadline, Triggering Fresh Tejas Mk1A Crisis as India’s Fighter Fleet Modernisation Falters​

The failure to deliver five additional GE F404-IN20 engines before March 2026 has intensified delays to India’s Tejas Mk1A programme, threatening Indian Air Force plans to replace ageing MiG-21, MiG-29 and Jaguar fighter fleets.​

On April 2 2026

(DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA) — India’s effort to rebuild its shrinking fighter fleet has entered another critical phase after General Electric failed to deliver five additional F404-IN20 engines before the end of March 2026.

According to local India defence website, the missed deadline has transformed an already delayed Tejas Mk1A programme into a wider force-structure problem because the Indian Air Force urgently requires replacement aircraft for retiring Soviet-era combat fleets.

Without the promised engines, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited cannot sustain planned production rates, leaving India’s most important indigenous fighter programme increasingly vulnerable to industrial disruption and strategic slippage.

The latest delay has emerged despite a mutually agreed schedule requiring five new engines during the first quarter of 2026 following delivery of the previous fifth engine in December 2025.

Had the March timetable been achieved, HAL would now possess ten engines from the original 2021 contract covering ninety-nine GE F404-IN20 powerplants for the Tejas Mk1A programme.

That 2021 agreement, valued at US$716 million or approximately RM2.72 billion, was intended to guarantee long-term propulsion availability for India’s principal indigenous light combat aircraft fleet.

Instead, nearly five years after the contract was signed, the Tejas Mk1A programme remains constrained by the same engine shortages that have repeatedly delayed production milestones.

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GE Misses March 2026 Engine Deadline, Triggering Fresh Tejas Mk1A Crisis as India’s Fighter Fleet Modernisation Falters - Defence Security Asia

GE has missed its March 2026 deadline to deliver five additional F404-IN20 engines for India’s Tejas Mk1A fighter programme, deepening delays, threatening Indian Air Force squadron strength and exposing a critical vulnerability in India’s defence-industrial supply chain.
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Project is dead, we all know it. After the Iran incursion every single resource of US Indutry will be focused on restocking and re-equiping US forces.
additionally Boeing will get first dibs on this engine for it's massive T-7 Red Hawk Programme.

Now watch as HAL continues to churn out airframes with software glitches and no engines and hopefully this time next year we can see 30 HAL Tejas lined up with no engines, this will then be hailed by some posters on here as "Progress"
 
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