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Tejas, a tale of India’s nascent aerospace system with a happy ending Sunday, January 17, 2021 By: The Print In a boost to India’s fledgling domestic aerospace ecosystem, the Cabinet Committee on Security cleared the Rs 48,000-crore deal for 83 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, which included 73 Mark 1A versions, on 13 January. The first big order to the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for Tejas, which will become the backbone of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the coming years, is a landm...

Key Role for Private Sector, No Choice for State-owned Firms: How Tejas & Rafale are Making India 'Atmanirbhar' Sunday, January 17, 2021 By: News 18 On January 13, 2021, PM Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) gave the green signal for procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircraft, LCA Tejas MK IA for a deal whose cumulative value would be around Rs 48,000 crore. And though it is certainly not the first major domestic defense deal for domestic companies, given a large array of missiles are already made i...

Tejas, a tale of India’s nascent aerospace system with a happy ending Tejas, a tale of India’s nascent aerospace system with a happy ending It was in 1983 when India rolled out the project to build a new light combat aircraft as a replacement for Russian MiG 21s, which continue to fly despite being obsolete. Snehesh Alex Philip 16 January, 2021 10:30 am IST Text Size: In a boost to India’s fledgling domestic aerospace ecosystem, the Cabinet Committee on Security cleared the Rs 48,000-crore deal for 83 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, which inclu...

WHY IS PAKISTAN’S JF-17 FIGHTER A FAILURE? Agencies 16th January, 2021 04:33:23 In 1999, Pakistan and China signed an agreement to jointly develop and produce the JF-17 “Thunder” and equally share the development cost. The JF-17 was planned to be a low cost, light-weight, all-weather multi-role fighter with a Chinese airframe, equipped with Western avionics and powered by the Russian Klimov RD 93 aero-engine. Pakistan envisaged a fighter aircraft comparable to the Su-30MKI, Mig-29 and Mirage-2000. China even stated that it would induct the aircraft due to its superior capabilities. Ho...

Read more about Objective is to win conflicts with home-made weapons: CDS Gen Rawat on Business Standard. After the government approved a deal to buy 83 Light Combat Aircraft Tejas fighter jets, Chief of Defence Staff General Rawat said it is a boost for the Centre's Make in India initiative