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IMAGES: Indian Navy MiG-29K makes inaugural night landing at INS Vikrant

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 06/04/2023 - 18:26 in Military

On May 26, an important milestone was reached in the Indian Navy when one of its MiG-29K fighters successfully made the first night landing aboard the INS Vikrant aircraft carrier.

Officers of the Indian Navy stated that this achievement represents a significant step towards the full operationalization of the warship, along with its air wing, by the end of the year.

INS Vikrant, commissioned in the navy last September, is currently sailing in the Arabian Sea. Its implementation symbolizes a crucial moment in the search for India's self-sufficiency in the defense manufacturing sector. Navy spokesman, Commander Vivek Madhwal, praised the crew and naval pilots, highlighting their determination, skill and professionalism in conducting the challenging night landing test.

This achievement follows the previous conquest of a MiG-29K and a prototype of the naval version of the indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) successfully landing and taking off from the aircraft carrier for the first time during the day in February. Currently, INS Vikrant is undergoing aerial certification tests and flight integration with rotary and fixed-wing aircraft to reach a combat-ready state as quickly as possible.

Ongoing flight tests involve the use of MiG-29K fighters of Russian origin, which employ takeoffs with ski jumps and are recovered by hooked landings, also known as STOBAR (short takeoff, but interrupted recovery) in naval terminology. Twelve MiG-29Ks are expected to be deployed in Vikrant, while the navy seeks to acquire a new deck-based fighter Officials estimate that the first TEDBF prototype could carry out its maiden flight by 2026 and go into production by 2031.

In terms of on-board fighter competition, the French fighter Rafale M was selected to the detriment of the American F/A-18 Super Hornet to equip the navy with 26 new aircraft for the INS Vikrant, as previously reported. The Vikrant, with 76% native content, will operate an air wing consisting of 30 aircraft, including the new fighters, MiG-29Ks, Kamov Ka-31 helicopters, MH-60R multifunctional helicopters and advanced light helicopters.

The 45,000-ton INS Vikrant was built at the Cochin Shipyard. Only the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, France and China have the capacity to build aircraft carriers of this magnitude. It was named after the previous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, which was in service in the navy from 1961 to 1997.

Officials indicated that the navy is also considering the construction of a second national aircraft carrier to increase India's maritime power in distant seas. INS Vikramaditya, bought second-hand from Russia for US$ 2.33 billion, led the navy to defend the need for three of these floating airfields, given its extensive area of interest.

The Vikrant is the fourth aircraft carrier operated by the Indian Navy, following the first Vikrant (of British origin) from 1961 to 1997, the INS Viraat (of British origin) from 1987 to 2016 and the INS Vikramaditya since 2013.

With dimensions of 262 meters in length, 61 meters high from keel to mast and a flight deck of 12,500 square meters (equivalent to 10 Olympic swimming pools), the Vikrant has a resistance of 7,500 nautical miles, a maximum speed of 28 knots, 2,300 compartments and the capacity to carry 1,600 crew members.

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Fernando Valduga

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Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Daytona Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work around the world of aviation.

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Future Indian Navy Fighter Jets: Astra-Mark 1-2, Anti-Radiation Missiles… This Navy Fighter Jet Will Bury The Enemy In The Sea - Future Indian Navy Fighter Jets What is HAL TEDBF its specification range war power tstrd

For the Indian Navy, such a fighter jet will be built in the country, with the arrival of which the strength of aircraft carriers will become much greater. Monitoring, surveillance, espionage and deadly attacks become easier. It will be made by HAL i.e. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. At the moment the name is very big. But after it is created, it gets a beautiful name. The name of this fighter…

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First Look At Futuristic Variant Of India's Tejas Fighter

⏩ Detailed concept drawings of the fighter, dubbed the Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF), accessed by NDTV, are being studied by the Aeronautical Design Agency (ADA) and HAL which would eventually build the fighters if their development is funded by the government. ⏩ Future twin engine variant of Tejas aircraft will feature folding wings for aircraft carrier deployment. ⏩ Will be comparable to Rafale but design and development cost will cost less than what India has paid for India specific enhancements in the Rafale deal

New Delhi: In twelve years from now, a twin engine variant of India's Tejas fighter could start replacing Russian built MiG-29K jets deployed on board the Indian Navy's aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya and Vikrant which is yet to be inducted. Detailed concept drawings of the fighter, dubbed the Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF), accessed by NDTV, are being studied by the Aeronautical Design Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) which would eventually build the fighters if their development is funded by the government. What's more, the design of an Air Force variant of the jet, the Omni Role Combat Aircraft (ORCA), with significant design differences, is also being studied. This variant would weigh a ton less than the Naval variant since it would not need heavy reinforced landing gear required for operations from the deck of an aircraft carrier.

Sources close to the project have told NDTV that the total design and development costs for prototypes of the aircraft ''would cost less than the Rs.12,780 crore India Specific Enhancement package'' signed between India and France towards customising 36 Rafale fighters being inducted into the Indian Air Force.

''The total design and development costs for twin engine variants of the Tejas fighter would cost less than Rs.13,000 crores with each fighter for the Navy costing in the range of Rs. 538 crores.'' The Indian Air Force variant of the fighter would cost between Rs 35 crore and Rs.71 crores less than the Navy variant. The development time-scale for the project has been pegged at six years from the time initial funding has been provided.

Project designers say they could ''very comfortably develop'' the new twin engine Tejas variant based on the experience they have gained in testing the Naval prototype of the Tejas fighter. This prototype is expected to land on the deck of India's aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, for the first time within the next few weeks. The prototype is powered by a single US-built General Electric F404-GE-IN20 turbofan engine which is not seen to be powerful enough to justify serial manufacture of a Naval Tejas in its present avatar other than in very limited numbers. The significantly larger twin engine Tejas now being proposed would be fitted with two more powerful General Electric F414 engines and would have a significantly higher weapons payload and range. The additional thrust provided by two engines would also guarantee a larger safety margin for pilots while taking off and landing in hot and humid tropical weather conditions out at sea in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Weighing 23 tonnes, the Navy Twin Engine Deck Based fighter would be significantly larger than the 13.5 ton Tejas Mk-1 fighter which has entered squadron service with the Indian Air Force and the 17.5 ton Tejas Mk-2 which is meant to be inducted into the Indian Air Force from 2030. The fighter would be in the size of the MiG-29K currently being operated by the Indian Navy on its aircraft carrier, the INS Vikramaditya and would have the ability of carrying a weapons payload of nine tonnes. It would feature folding wings to save space on the deck of aircraft carriers. The jet would likely have a top speed in the range of Mach 1.6 or just under 2,000 kilometres per hour.

Both the Navy Twin Engine Deck Based fighter and the Air Force Omni Role Fighter would host several indigenous sensors and avionics which are now at an advanced stage of development. This includes an Active Electronically Scanned Radar (AESA) which can simultaneously track targets in the air and out at sea or over land with great precision. All the fighters would be built with made in India data links and communication systems which would enable the jets in a formation to securely exchange critical sensor information during a mission. A host of made-in-India weapons including long range variant of the Astra air to air missile which has recently completed tests would arm the jets.

Project designers point out that none of the future variants of the Tejas now being studied are a part of the Navy or Air Force's present procurement plans. ''More than 750 aircraft will need replacement between 2030 and 2050.'' By 2040, several older aircraft in service with the Indian Air Force, including the Sukhoi 30MKI, presently the cutting edge, would need to retire. Development of a larger, twin engine variant of the Tejas, designers feel, is an incremental step forward as they simultaneously proceed with the design and development of a made-in-India stealth fighter called the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), both larger, more capable and more expensive than variants of the Tejas. The AMCA is expected to start entering squadron service with the IAF from 2040 if funding is secured.

''A twin engine variant of the Tejas would be in the class of the Rafale, extremely nimble with excellent sensor fusion,'' say designers working on the plans for the futuristic fighter. ''The jet would be extremely nimble with excellent sensor fusion. The fact that this would be entirely designed and developed in India would be a huge boost for our ambitions in being an aerospace power.''

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The ADA has started testing one of the TEDBF concepts for the Indian Navy's next-generation deck-based fighter jet requirement, a scale model of the concept jet for the wind tunnel studies is created, so that the design can be further refined and that will eventually shape the pic.twitter.com/DXQJk7mK6T

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If Developed, This Futuristic Tejas Variant Could Match IAF's Rafale Jets

Future twin engine variant of Tejas aircraft will feature folding wings for aircraft carrier deployment.New Delhi: In twelve years from now, a twin engine variant of India's Tejas fighter could start replacing Russian built MiG-29K jets deployed on board the Indian Navy's aircraft carriers INS Vikramaditya and Vikrant which is yet to be inducted.Detailed concept drawings of the fighter, dubbed the Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF), accessed by NDTV, are being studied by the Aeronautical Design Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) which would eventually build the fighters if their development is funded by the government. What's more, the design of an Air Force variant of the jet, the Omni Role Combat Aircraft (ORCA), with significant design differences, is also being studied. This variant would weigh a ton less than the Naval variant since it would not need heavy reinforced landing gear required for operations from the deck of an aircraft carrier.Sources close to the project have told NDTV that the total design and development costs for prototypes of the aircraft ''would cost less than the Rs.12,780 crore India Specific Enhancement package'' signed between India and France towards customising 36 Rafale fighters being inducted into the Indian Air Force.''The total design and development costs for twin engine variants of the Tejas fighter would cost less than Rs.13,000 crores with each fighter for the Navy costing in the range of Rs. 538 crores.'' The Indian Air Force variant of the fighter would cost between Rs 35 crore and Rs.71 crores less than the Navy variant. The development time-scale for the project has been pegged at six years from the time initial funding has been provided.Prototype of Twin Engine Tejas variant could be completed in six years of project funding.Project designers say they could ''very comfortably develop'' the new twin engine Tejas variant based on the experience they have gained in testing the Naval prototype of the Tejas fighter. This prototype is expected to land on the deck of India's aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, for the first time within the next few weeks. The prototype is powered by a single US-built General Electric F404-GE-IN20 turbofan engine which is not seen to be powerful enough to justify serial manufacture of a Naval Tejas in its present avatar other than in very limited numbers. The significantly larger twin engine Tejas now being proposed would be fitted with two more powerful General Electric F414 engines and would have a significantly higher weapons payload and range. The additional thrust provided by two engines would also guarantee a larger safety margin for pilots while taking off and landing in hot and humid tropical weather conditions out at sea in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal.Single-engine Navy Tejas prototype being test will land to INS Vikramaditya soon.Weighing 23 tonnes, the Navy Twin Engine Deck Based fighter would be significantly larger than the 13.5 ton Tejas Mk-1 fighter which has entered squadron service with the Indian Air Force and the 17.5 ton Tejas Mk-2 which is meant to be inducted into the Indian Air Force from 2030. The fighter would be in the size of the MiG-29K currently being operated by the Indian Navy on its aircraft carrier, the INS Vikramaditya and would have the ability of carrying a weapons payload of nine tonnes. It would feature folding wings to save space on the deck of aircraft carriers. The jet would likely have a top speed in the range of Mach 1.6 or just under 2,000 kilometres per hour.The twin engine Tejas variant would have a top speed of Mach 1.6 and carry a nine tonne weapons payload.Both the Navy Twin Engine Deck Based fighter and the Air Force Omni Role Fighter would host several indigenous sensors and avionics which are now at an advanced stage of development. This includes an Active Electronically Scanned Radar (AESA) which can simultaneously track targets in the air and out at sea or over land with great precision. All the fighters would be built with made in India data links and communication systems which would enable the jets in a formation to securely exchange critical sensor information during a mission. A host of made-in-India weapons including long range variant of the Astra air to air missile which has recently completed tests would arm the jets.The futuristic Tejas variants would be armed with weapons including the indigenous Astra air-to-air missile.Project designers point out that none of the future variants of the Tejas now being studied are a part of the Navy or Air Force's present procurement plans. ''More than 750 aircraft will need replacement between 2030 and 2050.'' By 2040, several older aircraft in service with the Indian Air Force, including the Sukhoi 30MKI, presently the cutting edge, would need to retire. Development of a larger, twin engine variant of the Tejas, designers feel, is an incremental step forward as they simultaneously proceed with the design and development of a made-in-India stealth fighter called the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), both larger, more capable and more expensive than variants of the Tejas. The AMCA is expected to start entering squadron service with the IAF from 2040 if funding is secured.''A twin engine variant of the Tejas would be in the class of the Rafale, extremely nimble with excellent sensor fusion,'' say designers working on the plans for the futuristic fighter. ''The jet would be extremely nimble with excellent sensor fusion. The fact that this would be entirely designed and developed in India would be a huge boost for our ambitions in being an aerospace power.'' Read the full article

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India Moves Forward with Development of New Twin-Engine Carrier-Based Fighter Aircraft

#India moves forward with development of new twin-engine carrier-based fighter aircraft. #IndianNavy #TEDBF

India’s Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) has given the green light for the development of a new twin-engine carrier-based fighter aircraft, NDTV reported.

According to the report, the project was discussed at ADA’s annual general body meeting on May 22, which was chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and attended by the Chiefs of Staff of the Indian Navy and Air Force. The report added…

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The detailed drawings of the Indian Navy's new carrier-based aircraft

The detailed drawings of the Indian Navy’s new carrier-based aircraft

Indian NTDV released the detailed drawings of the Indian Navy’s new carrier-based aircraft design.

Dubbed Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter(TEDBF) is being studied by the Indian Aeronautical Design Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The design of an Air Force variant of the jet, the Omni Role Combat Aircraft (ORCA), with significant design differences, is also being studied. This…

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HAL starts production of India's 5th generation AMCA combat aircraft

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 03/1322 - 14:00 in Military

In collaboration with DRDO's Aeronautical Development Agency, India's aerospace and state defense corporation Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) began producing India's Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

With the beginning of productive activity, the AMCA program entered a critical phase. The plan requires the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Navy to be equipped with a 5.5 generation twin-engine stealth fighter.

“HAL, in association with ADA, has started manufacturing activities for advanced mid-combat aircraft (AMCA)," HAL announced in its Twitter post on March 9

While HAL and ADA will take care of the design and development, trade defense companies will be involved in the production of the combat jet. The advanced poaching will be a multifunctional fighter capable of dominating the air, ground attack, suppression of enemy air defense and electronic warfare tasks.

The first two squadrons in the AMCA MK-1 configuration will be powered by an imported engine, while the remaining five squadrons with advanced features (Mark 2) will be powered by engines manufactured in India and equipped with 6th generation technologies.

SNECMA M88 engine produced by Safran.

It is worth noting that the engine of the new fighter will be built jointly by the Defense Research and Development Organization of India (DRDO) and Safran of France. India's aviation arsenal will be strengthened by the latest stealth aircraft, which will improve air superiority. In addition, the naval variant of the aircraft will serve as the main combat jet for the new aircraft carriers of the Indian Navy.

In addition to stealth features, the new aircraft will include three-dimensional thrust vectorization, an active electronic scanning radar (AESA) Uttam made in India and an internal weapons compartment to improve the stealth capabilities of the aircraft.

The AMCA has a maximum speed of almost 2,600 kilometers per hour (Mach 2.15), as well as a combat range of 1,620 kilometers. In non-stand form, the fighter will be equipped with a 23 mm cannon and 14 fixed points to carry up to 6,500 kg of weaponry.

The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is currently working with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on the MK-2 version of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) TEJAS, as well as the AMCA and Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF) for the Indian Navy.

"The configuration has been finalized," Girish S Deodhare, director general of ADA, said in a media release. “The Preliminary Quality of Service Requirements (PSQR) have been finalized and the preliminary review of the project is completed.”

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Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several air events and operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation

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DRDO Offers to Develop New Twin-Engine Deck Based Fighter Aircraft for Indian Navy

#India's #DRDO Offers to Develop New Twin-Engine Deck Based Fighter Aircraft for #IndianNavy. #TEDBF #LCANavy

The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has offered to develop a new twin-engine carrier-borne fighter aircraft, dubbed the Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF), for the Indian Navy, the Hindu reported citing Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh.

According to Admiral Singh, the new aircraft will be developed based on the experience gained with the development of the naval variant of…