India s Improved Tejas Mark 2 Jet Fighter: Here s What We Know
India hopes to recoup more from the substantial time and money devoted to the Tejas fighter program in previous decades.
Here s What You Need to Know: The Tejas remains unexceptional compared to top-performing fourth-generation light fighters.
In 2016 the Indian Navy rejected the domestically built Tejas jet fighter or Light Combat Aircraft after a troubled thirty-three years of development in which the maritime fighting branch had invested significantly. However, the Indian Navy argued that the Tejas weighed too much, and produced insufficient thrust for takeoff from the ski-jump ramp of its forthcoming aircraft carrier.