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14/01/21 10:20 AM IST

Indian Air Force to get 83 Tejas fighter jets

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After securing French multirole fighter aircraft Rafale, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will soon get 83 indigenously designed Tejas LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) fighter jets and 10 trainer aircraft.

Highlights
  • The LCA-Tejas is going to be the backbone of the IAF fighter fleet in years to come.
  • The Tejas Mk-1A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) is a made in India fourth-generation fighter aircraft with critical operational capabilities that include active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radar, an electronic warfare (EW) suite, and is capable of air-to-air refueling (AAR).
  • The Tejas single-seat, single-engine, lightweight, high-agility supersonic fighter aircraft manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) entered service with the Indian Air Force (IAF) in July 2016.
  • The aircraft’s design and development programme was led by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) of the Indian Department of Defence, with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as the prime industrial contractor.
Source: PIB

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