IAF s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. (Photo: BCCL)
BENGALURU: Buoyed by the recent Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approval for procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark-1A aircraft worth Rs 47,000 crore, Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL is all geared up to make operational a dedicated second LCA plant in Bengaluru.
The new plant at Doddanekundi here, according to sources in HAL, will be inaugurated by defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday. “The plant, when commissioned fully, will be able to produce 16 LCAs per year. We’ll make the Tejas Mark-1A and the trainers here,” one source said.
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As of now, the defence ministry has given approval for procurement of an initial batch of 15 LCHs (10 for Air Force and five for Army) but the numbers are expected to go up as the first ones enter service.
Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Rakesh kumar Singh Bhadauria takes a sortie in indigenous light combat helicopter (LCH)
NEW DELHI: Indian forces facing China’s aggression in Ladakh will shortly receive indigenous attack helicopters which have proven their worth in high altitude areas during recent tests, adding muscle to the airborne fleet that currently consists of AH 64E Apache choppers.
Officials said the Army and Air Force will receive a light combat helicopter (LCH) each by March, even before formal orders have been placed, as the production programme is on and necessary certifications have been received. “In recent tests by the armed forces in high altitude areas of Ladakh, the helicopters demonstrated that they can operate with adequate payloads,”
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Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Jan 15, 2021, 06:00 IST
Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that India was capable of giving a stern reply to any superpower intending to hurt the self-respect of the nation.
Addressing
military veterans at the fifth Armed Forces Veterans’ Day at the Headquarters Training Command of the
Indian Air Force in Bengaluru, Singh said that India did not want to have conflicts with any nation in the world, including its neighbours. However, if attempts were made to hurt India’s self-respect, it would be ready to give a befitting reply even if the country was a superpower.
The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), the highest decision-making body for security issues headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved
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In the biggest-ever deal in the indigenous military aviation, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday cleared the proposal to buy 83 Tejas Mark 1A fighter jets from defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The Indian Airforce (IAF) will be acquiring these jets for a whopping Rs 48,000 crore. These 83 fighters will have 43 improvements over the 40 Tejas Mark-1 that has been already ordered by the IAF. The deliveries of these advanced aircraft will begin three years after the actual contract, which is likely to be signed next month.
Tejas fightersCredit:Twitter (Group Captain Gunasekhar)