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  Flying Daggers 45: IAF inducts first squadron of homegrown LCA Tejas

  India | July 01, 2016 11:08 IST

  The first squadron of Tejas, the indigenous Ligh Combat Aircraft (LCA), will be inducted into Indian Air Force tomorrow.

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  First Tejas squadron with two jets to be ready on July 1

  June 27, 2016 22:02 IST

  New Delhi: The first squadron of indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas -- christened 'Flying Daggers 45' -- will be in place on July 1 with the handing over of two LCA by the makers Hindustan

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  IAF chief Arup Raha flies Tejas, calls it a ‘good aircraft’ for induction

  India | May 17, 2016 18:06 IST

  Bengaluru: Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Tuesday flew the indigenously designed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for over 30 minutes over at the HAL airport. Giving a thumbs up to the HAL’s Tejas,

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  Indian Air Force chief Arup Raha to take maiden flight in Tejas today

  India | May 17, 2016 12:22 IST

  New Delhi: IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha will tomorrow take his maiden flight in India's indigenous light combat aircraft, Tejas, and review the development so far. Marshal Raha will also inaugurate the LCA

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  HAL in talks with Swedish firm Saab for upgraded Tejas aircraft

  April 14, 2016 19:02 IST

  New Delhi: State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL is in talks with Swedish aerospace major Saab, makers of single engine Gripen fighter planes, to collaborate on the upgraded version of the indigenously developed Light Combat

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  India willing to export Tejas, Akash, Brahmos if IAF requirements are met: Manohar Parrikar

  March 28, 2016 17:25 IST

  Panaji: India is willing to export Tejas fighter jets, Akash missile system and even the Brahmos missile, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today, but added that it will happen only after the Indian Air Force's

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  Full-scale production of LCA Tejas by next year: Manohar Parrikar

  India | January 21, 2016 19:25 IST

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said full-scale production of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will begin by next year and that other countries have shown interest in the plane."As per my primary

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  Tejas would meet our requirements: IAF chief Arup Raha

  India | August 13, 2015 22:59 IST

  Shillong:  Pinning hope on India's indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft, the Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, on Thursday was optimistic that the jet, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation

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  IAF to get four more Tejas by end of this fiscal: NAL

  India | April 25, 2015 21:55 IST

  Chennai: The Indian Air Force is likely to get four more indigenously made light combat aircraft Tejas by the end of the current financial year from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, National Aerospace Laboratories' Director Shyam Chetty

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  IAF chief Raha concerned over delays in Tejas, Sitara delivery

  India | April 22, 2015 23:44 IST

  New Delhi: Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha today expressed concerns over the delays in delivery schedules of ‘Tejas' Light Combat Aircraft and intermediate jet trainer ‘Sitara', both being developed indigenously, and their impact on operational

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  Parrikar asks IAF to focus on conserving resources

  India | April 20, 2015 20:27 IST

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today asked Indian Air Force to focus on safety and conservation of available resources as he interacted with top commanders here just days after India decided to buy 36

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  After 32 years, first Light Combat Aircraft likely to be handed over to IAF today

  India | January 17, 2015 14:24 IST

  New Delhi:  Thirty-two years after the project was sanctioned, the first of the indigenously-built Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) is finally expected to be handed over to the IAF today.This will be the start of

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  Tejas equipped with new generation electronic warfare suite

  India | January 11, 2015 8:56 IST

  Chennai:  An advanced electronic warfare (EW) suite developed by the DRDO was successfully tested onboard the country's Light Combat Aircraft Tejas-PV1 today.  “After obtaining due flight clearances and certification, the first flight sortie of LCA

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  At a glance: Tejas - indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) of India

  India | January 02, 2015 10:49 IST

  News Desk: Tejas is India's first indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). It  is a lightweight multi-role jet fighter developed by India. It is a tailless, compound delta wing design powered by a single engine.It came

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  Know more about India's first light combat aircraft Tejas

  India | November 29, 2014 21:09 IST

  New Delhi: Tejas is India's first indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). It is all set to replace the MiG-21 series. Tejas  is a the outcome  of several years of design and development work from the

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  India finally flies indigenous fighter jet Tejas

  India | December 20, 2013 20:45 IST

  Bangalore: Thirty years after it was conceived, India's indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas - the lightest military jet in its class - Friday got initial operational clearance, paving the way for its induction into the

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  Antony asks DRDO to share research projects with private agencies

  India | December 19, 2013 19:56 IST

  New Delhi: Against the backdrop of delay in providing critical technologies to armed forces, Defence Minister A K Antony today asked DRDO to focus on major programmes and give away the low-end research projects to

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  IAF seeking to obtain initial operational clearance for Tejas: Browne

  India | December 14, 2013 16:02 IST

  Hyderabad: With the phasing out of MiG-21 Type 77 aircraft from its fleet, the Indian Air Force is now seeking to obtain initial operational clearance (IOC) for Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas', which is developed by

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  Antony to induct LCA into Air Force on December 20

  India | December 07, 2013 19:59 IST

  New Delhi: After a delay of over two decades and several cost overruns, indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas will be inducted in the IAF later this month in Bangalore.The under development aircraft achieved

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  Tejas aircraft to be put to test at Pokhran in Feb

  India | August 24, 2012 17:05 IST

  Jodhpur, Aug 24: The much-awaited indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will now be put to test in the forthcoming air exercise “Iron Feast”, to be held in February next year in Pokhran of Jaisalmer.The