Please look at this website. I know many famous defence youtubes follows these threads, please do some deeper research and let us know the full story -
It looks like all 120 F404 has already been produced and (hopefully delivered) delivered. It comes directly from GE website. Why 120? 100 for the order for FOC LCA MK1A and other 20 for our LSP/PV). So there is no bottleneck for delivering 24 MK1A per year. This 20 F 404 per ear for 97 new LCA and perhaps export order.
https://www.geaerospace.com/propulsion/military/f404
HAL Tejas Mark 1
Single engine, supersonic, multirole fighter
Country of origin:
India
Entry to service:
2015
Number Produced:
120+
Powerplant:
F404-GE-IN20
It looks like all 120 F404 has already been produced and (hopefully delivered) delivered. It comes directly from GE website. Why 120? 100 for the order for FOC LCA MK1A and other 20 for our LSP/PV). So there is no bottleneck for delivering 24 MK1A per year. This 20 F 404 per ear for 97 new LCA and perhaps export order.
https://www.geaerospace.com/propulsion/military/f404
HAL Tejas Mark 1
Single engine, supersonic, multirole fighter
Country of origin:
India
Entry to service:
2015
Number Produced:
120+
Powerplant:
F404-GE-IN20
Statistics: Posted by fanne — 20 Jan 2024 00:23