India’s indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas will fly over Rajpath for the first time as part of Republic Day celebrations this year.
According to a media report, in addition to LCA Tejas, the Republic Day fly past will also feature Mi-17 V5 helicopters, Mi-35 choppers, C-130J aircraft, MiG-21 Bison fighters, C-17 aircraft as well as the SU-30MKI.
LCA Tejas is the first advance fly-by-wire (FBW) fighter aircraft designed, developed and manufactured in India.
It has been designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
Tejas was inducted into Indian Air Force as part of Squadron No 45 (Flying Daggers) on July 1, 2016.
The squadron currently operates from Bangalore but will soon move to Sulur near Coimbatore.
LCA Tejas has a glass cockpit and it is equipped with a glass cockpit and state-of-the-art satellite-aided Inertial Navigation System.
It operates a computer-based attack system that can fire air-to-air missiles and deploy bombs as well as precision guided munitions.
