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Aero India 2021 Is Marked For Indian Defence Capabilities Amid The Biggest Ever Defence Deal for 83 Tejas LCA Combat Jets With HAL
Aero India 2021 gets as many as 601 exhibitors - 523 Indian and 78 foreign while 14 countries have confirmed participation at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bangalore. But the highlight is the biggest ever make in India contract worth Rs 48,000 crores inked formally with Defence Public Sector Undertaking, HAL today.
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Aero India 2021 gets as many as 601 exhibitors - 523 Indian and 78 foreign while 14 countries have confirmed participation at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bangalore.
But the highlight is the biggest ever make in India contract inked formally with Defence Public Sector Undertaking HAL today.
Government Seals Deal With HAL For 83 Tejas Jets At Aero India
The delivery of the Tejas LCA to the Indian Air Force under the Rs 48,000-crore deal will begin from March 2024. PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-03T14:12:58+05:30 Government Seals Deal With HAL For 83 Tejas Jets At Aero India outlookindia.com 2021-02-03T14:16:37+05:30
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The contract for procuring 83 Tejas light combat aircraft from state-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd was sealed on Wednesday at the inaugural ceremony of Aero India-2021, the country s premier Defence and aerospace show, here, in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
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India seals Rs48,000-crore deal for 83 Tejas from HAL
Bengaluru: The government on Wednesday formally sealed the Rs 48,000 crore deal to procure 83 Tejas LCA from state-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, a deal described by the government as the biggest Make in India defence contract.
The contract was handed over by Director General (Acquisition), Ministry of Defence, VL Kantha Rao to CMD of HAL, R Madhavan, at the inaugural ceremony of Aero India-2021, the country s premier Defence and Aerospace show, here, in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. I am very happy that HAL has got the orders for development of 83 new indigenous LCA (light combat aircraft) Tejas MK1A from Indian Air Force valued at more than Rs 48,000 crore. It is probably the biggest Make in India Defence contract till date, Singh said.
In Bengaluru for Aero India 2021, which his ministry has billed as “Asia’s most prestigious air show”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday inaugurated a second production line at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) that will boost its capacity to build the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA). With HAL currently discharging an order for 20 Tejas Mark 1 fighters and poised to sign a Rs 45,000 crore contract with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to build 83 Tejas Mark 1A fighters, the new production line doubles HAL’s capacity from eight to 16 Tejas fighters each year. “HAL’s new LCA facility is an example of how Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India) is shaping [up] and HAL deserves the largest indigenous order of 83 LCA Mark IA… The fighter is superior in many ways when compared to others fighters in its category besides being cost effective,” said the defence minister.