HAL LCA Tejas: Updates, News & Discussions
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Yasser76
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OK, so no proper reply.
do we even now the details of why GE keep missing the timeline, this is very uncalled for a company of the stature of GE.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.
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.defencesecurityasia.com
Khanviletey
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GE is getting such bad press from all the crashes IAF has had that they feel it’s counter productive to give India engines.
Just my two cente
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AI generated indeed
White Privilege
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About darn time, to stop further developments, and convert existing and under construction airframes to trainers, may give back some return....
No? Really?
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