Tejas gets wings
ISSUE DATE: January 25, 2021 UPDATED: January 17, 2021 09:55 IST HIGH-FLIER: The Tejas LCA at the Aero India show in Bengaluru, Feb. 2017 (Alamy Stock Photo) The Indian government finally walked the talk on supporting the indigenous defence industry when the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on January 13 cleared the purchase of 83 indigenously designed and developed Tejas Mark-1A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) worth Rs 48,000 crore. A formal contract, among the largest placed with the Indian defence industry, is likely to be inked between the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and th...