PHOTOS: LCA Tejas Retrospective Part I

I will be in Bangalore on January 10 to cover the declaration of initial operational clearance on the LCA Tejas. In the run-up, am hoping to put out as many archival photos of the programme as I possibly can find in my archives, sourced from ADA, NAL, DRDO and HAL.

The photo used in the ad button on the top-left is by Kedar Karmarkar

11 thoughts on “PHOTOS: LCA Tejas Retrospective Part I”

  1. wow from plastic model to real – 20 years of journey! in spite of the criticism its amazing as we started from the scratch.
    hopefully after getting the experience the next big projects like amca would take much less time.

  2. Shiv .
    indiadefenseonline says india may purchase for 900 million for Javelin . so any idea appox how many javelin's india planned

  3. satbir Nag is not portable missile it requires launch vehicle just like TOw. javlin is shoulder launched missile like milan

  4. @satbir: Javelin is a man portable missile. Nag ATGM doesn't have a man portable version yet, hence the Javelin procurement.

    On topic: Perhaps the archive will contain hints as to what the Mark II version might look like?

  5. Cheers to Tejas.

    I think Tejas Mk2 will have similar but elongated and widened shape to have all the capacities enhanced in due proportions.

  6. That is not a canard, but the wing surface above the air intakes. That wing surface also plays a role in cutting out vortexes from the air intake.

    That is what is sought to be displayed here in this model. This appears to be a wind tunnel model.

    There was a canard version of the LCA that was tested in a wind tunnel, but that design was given up in favour of the present one. The current LCA configuration arose after getting the best possible combination of light weight, agile fighter.

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