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How will be the Tejas Mark
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F16 FALCONWelcome back to Jetline Marvel. In this
article, we will compare the Indian-built
Tejas Mark 2 fighter jet to the American-
built F16 fighter jet.
The F16 is a historic fighter jet that has
been in service for 43 years and has set
many benchmarks. The official name of
the F-16 is “Fighting Falcon,” but its pilots
and crews commonly refer to it as “Viper.”
It is controlled by a fly-by-wire system, and
it is the first fighter jet to have a frameless
bubble canopy, providing pilots with a 40-
degree look-down angle over the sides.
This is a battle-tested fighter jet.
Interoperable with coalition and allied
forces. It has over 13 million sorties and is
still growing. Estimated.
Lets us understand both aircraft specificatspecifications.
e Tejas was built in 2015, whereas the
F16 was built in 1978.
e Both operate single-crew aircraft.
e According to the most recent updates,
Tejas has built nearly 33 aircraft, but
the F16 C has around 4,606 units. It is
exported to many countries under US
agreements.
e Tejas is 43.3 feet long, while the F16 is
49.2 feet long.
e It has a width of 26.2 feet, while the
F16 has a width of 32.8 feet.
e The Tejas stands 14.4 feet tall, while
the F16 stands 15.7 feet tall.The Tejas has a fuel capacity of
3,400kg, while the F16 has a capacity
of 3,200kg.
The Tejas Mark 2 has an empty weight
of around 7,850 kg, while the F16 has
an empty weight of 8,600 kg.
The maximum take-off weight of the
Tejas is 17,500 kg, while the F16 has a
maximum take-off weight of 19,200 kg,
which is nearly 2000 kg more.
Both fighter jets have a G limit of plus 9.
Tejas mark2 has a single General
Electric F414-INS6 afterburning
turbofan with FADEC and 98 KN of
power.e The F16 is powered by a single General
Electric F110 afterburning turbofan
engine that produces 127.2 kN of
thrust with the afterburner.
e The F16 aircraft has a top speed of
1,317 mph, or around 2,120kph.
e Tejas Mark 2 has a top speed of up to
2,385 km/h and a top speed of 1.8
mach. which is greater than the f16
e The F16 has a range of 4,220
kilometres and a ceiling of 50,000 feet.
e Tejas Mark 2 has a range of 2,500
kilometres and can reach a height of
56,758 feet.
US Built F16The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting
Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter
aircraft designed for the United States Air
Force. It began as a day fighter with air
superiority and evolved into a successful
all-weather multirole aircraft. Since
production began in 1976, over 4,600
aircraft have been built.
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The seat-back angle was increased from
13 degrees to 30 degrees, increasing pilot
comfort and tolerance to gravity forces.
Because of the F-16’s “fly-by-wire” system,
the pilot has excellent flight control.
Instead of cables and linkage controls,
electrical wires relay commands. A sidestick controller is used instead of the
traditional center-mounted stick for easy
and accurate control of the aircraft during
high G-force combat manoeuvres.
F16 can carry AAMs, air-to-ground
missiles, rockets, or bombs; electronic
countermeasures, navigation, targeting, or
weapons pods; and fuel tanks on nine hard
points — six under the wings, two on the
wingtips, and one under the fuselage —
can be carried by the aircraft. Sensor or
radar pods can also be installed in two
other locations under the fuselage.
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e The nose section of the F16 is armed
with a 20 mm single 6 barrel rotary
M61A1 cannon.It has 11 harpoints, with 2 wing tip
launch rails, 6 under wing and 3 under
fuselage pylon stations, and a storage
capacity of up to 7,700 kg.
It has four rocket pods that can carry
Hydra 70mm, CRV 7, and Zuni 127mm
rockets.
It has the ability to transport air to air
Missiles such as the 6 AIM 9
Sidewinder, AMRAAM, IRIS, Python 4
and Python 5.
Maverick, HARM, and Joint air-to-
surface missiles are examples of air-to-
surface missiles. Air-to-surface
standoff missile, as well as a joint
standoff weapone Itis armed with anti-ship missiles AGM
84 and 119 penguns.
e |tis capable of carrying a wide range of
bombs, including combined effects
munitions, Gator mines, sensor fuzed
weapons, general purpose bombs, GP
bombs, small diameter bombs, GBU,
10, 12, 24, 27, pave way 2,3 bombs.
e |tcan also carry Joint attack munition
and wind corrected munitions
dispensers, as well as B61 and B83
nuclear bombs.
e Itis armed with eight CBU 87 combined
effects munition, a Gator mine, and
sensor fuzed weapons.
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The HAL Tejas Mark 2, also known as the
Medium Weight Fighter, is a single-engine,
canard delta wing, multirole combat
aircraft designed and developed in India by
ADA and HAL. It is an improved version of
the HAL Tejas, with a longer airframe,
close-coupled canards, new sensors, and a
more powerful engine.
It is being designed and developed to
replace the IAF’s SEPECAT Jaguar,
Dassault Mirage 2000, and Mikoyan
MiG-29 strike fighters. The first flight of
the Tejas Mark 2 is scheduled for 2023,
with series production beginning in 2026.The first satellite navigation system
produced in India across Asia Pacific
The Tejas Mk-2 will be guided by the ‘Made
in India’ Uttam AESA radar. This
indigenous radar is thought to be
sophisticated.
e Tejas Mark 2 has a single 30 mm
cannon gun at the front nose and 13
hard points capable of carrying up to
6.5 tonnes of armament beneath the
wings.
e It has air-to-air missiles such as the
ASRAAM, Meteor, and ASTRA.
e Air-to-surface missiles such as the
indigenously built Brhamos, Storm
Shadow, and Crystal Maze will be
developed further. and rudram anti-radiation missiles 1, 2, 3
It can carry precision guided munition
such as Spice, HSLD, Glide, and SAAW
bombs developed by the DRDO.
It has an indigenously developed laser
guided bomb, similar to Sudarshan. as
well as cluster munition CATS ALFA,
loitering munition, unguided bomb
Tejas MK-2 is expected to have a ferry
range of 3500 km, which is the
maximum range an aircraft can carry
with its internal fuel tanks and three
drop tanks. Otherwise, the Tejas MK-2’s
minimum predicted combat range is
1500 km, which is quite impressive.
The aircraft would be designed to be
network-centric. The cockpit would beso advanced that it would be
“optionally manned,” which means that
if the pilot faints due to factors like
extreme G-Forces, the pilot’s HMD
would notify ground control, who would
be able to control the aircraf
e Tejas was built in 2015, whereas the
F16 was built in 1978
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The HAL Tejas Mark 2, also known as the
Medium Weight Fighter, is a single-engine,
canard delta wing, multirole combat
aircraft designed and developed in India by
ADA and HAL. It is an improved version of
the HAL Tejas, with a longer airframe,
close-coupled canards, new sensors, and a
more powerful engine.
It is being designed and developed to
replace the IAF’s SEPECAT Jaguar,Dassault Mirage 2000, and Mikoyan
MiG-29 strike fighters. The first flight of
the Tejas Mark 2 is scheduled for 2023,
with series production beginning in 2026.