The government is in the process of acquiring around 200 aircraft to cope with the depleting aerial inventories of the Indian Air Force, defence secretary Ajay Kumar said here on Sunday. The contract for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited-manufactured 83 LCA Tejas Mark 1 A advanced fighter jets are in the final stages, he said. Apart from […]

The developmental LCA (N) MK1 achieved an important milestone on 11 Jan 20 with the successful arrested landing on board the naval aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. The aircraft was piloted by Commodore JA Maolankar who also undertook the maiden ski jump take-off from the carrier today, Jan 12, 2020. A Technology Demonstrator, LCA (Navy) has […]

DefenceTalkThe Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has been given the nod to manufacture weaponised version of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas for the Indian Air Force, and the first such aircraft is expected to be out by the year-end, according to a company spokesperson. The Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) has given the green […]https://www.defencetalk.com/hal-gets-nod-to-produce-weaponised-version-of-lca-tejas-72007/

DefenceTalkIndia’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft project, in the works for over three decades, came under severe criticism from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on Friday, which said the Mark-I version has several shortcomings and does not meet IAF specifications. Not only that, Indian Air Force (IAF) would be “constrained” to induct the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-auditor-faults-lca-aircraft-project-says-it-fails-to-meet-air-forces-needs-64148/

DefenceTalkThirty-two years after the project was sanctioned, the first indigenously-built Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) was today handed over by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to the IAF, a red letter day for Indian defence and aerospace sector. The handover signals the start of a process of induction of the fighters, a 4.5th generation aircraft being […]https://www.defencetalk.com/tejas-light-combat-aircraft-handed-over-to-indian-air-force-61999/

DefenceTalkAn advance Electronic Warfare suite (EW suite) developed by Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), a DRDO laboratory, flew for the first time onboard the “Tejas-PV1 Light Combat Aircraft” today at Bengaluru. In addition to the Radar Warner, the EW suite is also equipped with jammer. It gives to the pilot an additional capability of nullifying […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-gen-electronic-warfare-equipment-integrated-on-tejas-aircraft-61853/

DefenceTalkFrustrated by long delays in replacing their growing stockpile of obsolescent equipment, India’s three armed service chiefs have been warning the government that procurement delays are compromising the country’s war preparedness, military sources have told The Hindu. The government, the sources said, was told the Air Force’s combat jet fleet would soon begin shrinking dangerously, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indias-ageing-war-machine-could-grind-to-a-halt-govt-warned-58891/

DefenceTalkIndia’s own fighter, the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), is playing a growing role in protecting Indian airspace. On December 20, when the Tejas was cleared for operational service in the Indian Air Force (IAF), Defence Minister A K Antony declared 200 Tejas fighters would eventually enter combat service. Today, that figure quietly swelled to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iaf-will-buy-14-tejas-squadrons-lowering-costs-50688/

DefenceTalkThe indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has undertaken 2,400 sorties to meet the requirements of the IAF, which is set to induct the aircraft on December 20. “The LCA has clocked over 2400 flights till now with highest ever number of sorties achieved in the current year. The programme has achieved highest ever […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indias-light-combat-aircraft-tejas-completes-2400-sorties-49909/

DefenceTalkDefence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) initiated a project for design and development of an aero-engine in 1989 for requirements of combat aircraft. Since then, a considerable progress has been made in development of aero-engine. However, full objectives have not been achieved, like desired thrust. Hence, GE-F404 engine has been selected as power plant for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-drops-kaveri-engine-for-lca-will-power-future-ucav-48770/