HAL TEDBF

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Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter
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A model of HAL TEDBF displayed at Aero India 2021
Role Carrier-based multirole fighter
National origin India
Manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Design group Aeronautical Development Agency
Aircraft Research and Design Centre (HAL)[1]
Defence Research and Development Organisation
First flight 2026 (expected)[2]
Status Under development
Primary user Indian Navy
Developed from HAL Tejas

The HAL Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF) is a canard delta wing, twin-engine, carrier based, multirole combat aircraft currently under development for the Indian Navy. The TEDBF is designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and will be manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).[3] The TEDBF is intended to perform a multitude of missions including air supremacy, air interdiction, anti access/area denial, anti-ship strike and electronic warfare missions.[3] The TEDBF is expected to replace the MiG-29K in Indian Navy service onboard the INS Vikramaditya and the upcoming INS Vikrant.[4][3]

The programme was officially announced in 2020, in response to the Indian Navy's dissatisfaction in operating a single-engine carrier-based fighter based on Tejas and eventual withdrawal from the naval LCA programme in 2016. A model of the aircraft was displayed at Aero India 2021.[5] The first flight is expected to be in 2026 with service induction by 2032.[6][7][8]

The design's twin-engines are expected to give shorter take-off performance from the Indian Navy’s Short Take-off But Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) aircraft carriers.[9] As a dedicated deck-based fighter, it will feature folding wings for storage. The TEDBF will predominantly be equipped with indigenous weapons.[5][10][11]

Development[]

Naval LCA programme[]

Main article: HAL Tejas

The naval LCA programme to develop a carrier-based fighter for the Indian Navy was launched in 2003.[12] The ADA was entrusted with the design and development of the new naval fighter based on the Tejas design. The programme was envisaged to complete in two phases - in the first phase two prototypes were built based on the Tejas Mark 1 design and in the second phase two prototypes were to be built based on the Tejas Mark 2 design.[13] The programme was jointly funded by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy, with the later funding 40% and 60% of the developmental cost of naval LCA Mark 1 and Mark 2 respectively.[14] In 2009, the Cabinet Committee on Security approved the development of Mark 2 variant of the naval LCA.[15] The first naval prototype, a two-seater NP-1, was rolled out in 2010 and first flew on 27 April 2012.[16] By 2015, another naval LCA prototype, a single seat NP-2, has joined the programme and carried out first ski jump assisted take off from a SBTF in Goa.[17][18] In December 2016, the Indian Navy (IN) opted out of the programme, with the cited reason being the 'overweight' of the naval variant, and issued a fresh RFI for the immediate procurement of 57 Multi-Role Carrier Borne Fighters (MRCBF).[19][20][21] The once stalled programme was revived in 2018, on special interest of the then defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman.[22] The flight tests were resumed with NP-1 and NP-2, for attaining technological maturity of the carrier based fighter.[23] By early 2020, the naval LCA has successfully carried out night arrested landing at SBTF in Goa and carrier landing and Take off on aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.[24][25][26]

TEDBF programme[]

In April 2020, DRDO-ADA announced that they are working on a new naval fighter according to the Indian Navy's MRCBF requirement floated in 2016 to replace the current fleet of MIG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters.[27][28] The new naval fighter unveiled at the Aero India airshow 2021 turned out to be an entirely new design, twin engine, medium weight class fighter, now called Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF).[29] The experience gained in the N-LCA programme will help in the development of Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF).[30]

Government approval for the project was given in mid-2020 for which ₹13,000 crore will be sanctioned for the program soon as per the latest reports.[31][32] The aircraft will have canards to increase the lifting surface area and will employ two General Electric F414 engines. The first flight is expected in 2026.[33]

A proposed air force variant of aircraft is named the Omni-Role Combat Aircraft (ORCA) and is under study. The Indian Air Force requires more than 750 aircraft between 2030 and 2050. The ORCA is being developed in addition to HAL AMCA.[34]

Specifications[]

Data from Jane's,[35] The Week[36]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 16.30 m (53 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 11.20 m (36 ft 9 in) (unfolded), 7.6m (24 ft 11 in) (folded)
  • Max takeoff weight: 26,000 kg (57,320 lb) (expected)[37]
  • Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F414 afterburning turbofan, 58.5 kN (13,200 lbf) thrust each dry, 98 kN (22,000 lbf) with afterburner

Performance

  • Maximum speed: Mach 1.6
  • Service ceiling: 18,000 m (60,000 ft)
  • g limits: +8/−3

Avionics

See also[]

Related development

Related lists

References[]

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