The Indian indigenous fighter aircraft project received a strong boost when Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a sortie in the LCA trainer aircraft which was provided to the Indian Air Force only in early October this year.
Earlier, the Indian Air Force announced that it will buy 97 more LCA Tejas Mark 1A fighter jets and replace MiG-21 aircraft completely by 2025. The MiG-21 aircraft have been in the service of the IAF for more than six decades, and the phasing-out marks the end of an era.
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Boost to Make in India: The government said, "Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a defence PSU under the Ministry of Defence, responded to a request for information received from Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) in February 2019 for LCA class aircraft.
The HAMMER missile is capable of taking out bunkers or hardened shelters in different terrains such as mountainous locations similar to Eastern Ladakh.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday inaugurated HAL's new LCA-Tejas Production Line in Bengaluru. He lauded the efforts made by HAL to increase the production capacity of LCA which is going to be the backbone of IAF fighter fleet in years to come.
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the largest indigenous defence procurement deal worth about Rs 48,000 crore to strengthen IAF’s fleet of homegrown fighter jet ‘LCA-Tejas’.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will fly in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas over this tech hub on Thursday morning for a first-hand assessment of the 4th generation fighter, an official said on Wednesday.
The first-ever arrested landing of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas (Navy) was executed successfully on Friday by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) at INS Hansa Goa, a shore-based test facility.
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