{"id":107865,"date":"2021-02-02T09:38:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T09:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=107865"},"modified":"2021-02-02T09:38:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T09:38:28","slug":"tejas-mark-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/tejas-mark-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Tejas Mark II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Recently Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Chairman R Madhavan announced that the more advanced version of India\u2019s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will be launched in 2022. What will be the name of this new version?<br><\/strong>a) Tejas B-2<br>b) Tejas Mark II<br>c) Tejas-Mk II<br>d) Tejas- Mark-IA<br><strong>Answer: (b)<br>Related Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Recently Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Chairman R Madhavan announced that the Tejas Mark II, the more advanced version of India\u2019s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, will be launched in 2022.<\/li><li>In a statement Mr Madhavan declared that HAL is going to prepare more potent version of the indigenous Tejas multirole combat jet named as Tejas Mark II.<\/li><li>This new version will be featuring a much powerful engine, greater load carrying capability, next-generation electronic warfare system.<\/li><li>He said that Tejas Mark II will have an array of superior avionics is expected to be rolled out next year and its first high-speed trials will start in 2023.<\/li><li>He said the structural package and other work on the Tejas Mark II is progressing well and its production is likely to start somewhere around 2025.<\/li><li>The upgraded version of Tejas will have a bigger fuselage, longer range, better maintainability.<\/li><li>Tejas mark II will also have greater load carrying capability, much stronger engine power and superior net-centric warfare systems.<\/li><li>Madhavan said the new variant will, with increase in range and payload capability, be much superior to Tejas Mark-IA.<\/li><li>It should known that big number of Tejas Mark-IA are already being procured by the Indian Air Force from the HAL under a Rs 48,000 crore deal that was approved by the government on January 13.<\/li><li>Tejas Mark II is likely to roll out by August-September of 2022 after that the first flight will take some time.<\/li><li>Madhavan told PTI that the first high-speed trial of the jet will start in 2023 and we expect the production to start somewhere around 2025.<\/li><li>Madhavan said that the weapon package for Tejas Mark II will be decided at a later stage depending on requirement and changing dynamics.<\/li><li>Tejas is a single engine and highly agile multi-role supersonic fighter manufactured by the state-run HAL.<\/li><li>The aircraft is a potent platform for air combat and offensive air support with reconnaissance and anti-ship operations as its secondary roles.<\/li><li>The Tejas Mk-1A will be equipped with active electronically scanned array radar, beyond visual range missile, electronic warfare suite and air-to-air refueling system.<\/li><li>Mr Madhavan also informed on this occasion that India is working on the fifth-generation medium weight deep penetration fighter jet and the project is estimated to cost around USD 5 billion.<\/li><li>The prototype of this fifth-generation fighter aircraft is likely to be ready by 2026 and its production could start by 2030.<\/li><li>He added that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was working on the timelines for the project.<\/li><li>It is still in the initial design stage. We are trying to get into a SPV route where HAL and DRDO will be partners and we will try to bring in some private players, at least two.<\/li><li>We want them (private players) to have a slight majority (stakes) so that it does not become a government entity,&#8221; he said.<\/li><li>Madhavan said that Tejas Mark 1A jet has superior performance levels compared to China&#8217;s JF-17 combat aircraft.<\/li><li>Tejas Mark 1A has better engine, radar system, and electronic warfare suit besides having edge on the overall technology.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8211; Rajesh Tripathi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:-<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/pti-stories\/tejas-mark-ii-to-roll-out-next-year-high-speed-trials-in-2023-hal-chief-madhavan-121013100319_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/pti-stories\/tejas-mark-ii-to-roll-out-next-year-high-speed-trials-in-2023-hal-chief-madhavan-121013100319_1.html<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tejas-mark-ii-to-roll-out-next-year-high-speed-trials-in-2023-hal-chief-madhavan\/article33708634.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tejas-mark-ii-to-roll-out-next-year-high-speed-trials-in-2023-hal-chief-madhavan\/article33708634.ece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Chairman R Madhavan announced that the more advanced version of India\u2019s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will be launched in 2022. What will be the name of this new version?a) Tejas B-2b) Tejas Mark IIc) Tejas-Mk IId) Tejas- Mark-IAAnswer: (b)Related Facts: Recently Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Chairman R Madhavan announced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":107866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1131,1123],"tags":[3067],"class_list":["post-107865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dssn","category-snes","tag-scientific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107867,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107865\/revisions\/107867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}