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HAL Tejas This is a timeline of the development of the HAL Tejas, a light-weight, multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. 1980s 1983 The DRDO obtains permission to initiate a programme to design and develop a light combat aircraft. 1984 Government of India set up Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in 1984 as the nodal agency for managing and developing the ...
The HAL Tejas Mark 2 (lit. ' Radiance ' ), or Medium Weight Fighter ( MWF ), [ 2 ] is an Indian single-engine, canard delta wing , multirole combat aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in collaboration with Aircraft Research and Design Centre (ARDC) [ 3 ] of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force ...
HAL Tejas Mk 1 participated in the first phase of Exercise Tarang Shakti 2024. The jets were escorted by a formation of four HAL Tejas Mk 1 aircraft, one of which was piloted by Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh. The exercise began with Tejas intercepting German, French and Spanish jets as a part of the training exercise ...
HAL Tejas: India: Multirole: Mk.1: 31 [2] [3] Conversion trainer: Mk.1 Trainer: 4 [4] [5] Used for training; 14 more on order [6] Multirole: Mk.1A: 73 on order, 97 more approved [6] [7] Sukhoi Su-30MKI: Russia: Multirole: Su-30MKI Flanker H: 259 [8] [9] 12 more on order. [10] Mikoyan MiG-29: Soviet Union: Multirole: Fulcrum: 52 [1] [11] [12 ...
HAL Tejas — (in service) 4.5 generation light combat aircraft (LCA) HAL Tejas MK2 [ 47 ] — 4.5+ generation Medium weight fighter ( under development ) 2025 first flight expected. HAL TEDBF — Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter is 4.5+ generation fighter for Indian Navy's aircraft carriers ( under development ). [ 48 ]
The light combat jet, called Tejas, meaning flame or brilliance in Sanskrit, was inducted into the force in 2016 after a long wait in India's efforts to modernise its largely Soviet-era fleet.
It is a further development of the HAL Tejas, or the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), programme which began in the 1980s to replace India's ageing MiG-21 fighters. The Tejas Mk 2 is being designed to replace multiple strike-fighters like SEPECAT Jaguars , Dassault Mirage-2000 & MiG-29 of Indian Air Force.
Data from Display at Aero India 2021 General characteristics Crew: 2 Capacity: 24 to 36 seated troops / 4,500 kg (9,921 lb) Length: 25.16 m (82 ft 7 in) Height: 6.22 m (20 ft 5 in) Max takeoff weight: 13,000 kg (28,660 lb) Powerplant: 2 × SAFHAL Aravalli turboshaft engines, 2,000 kW (2,800 shp) each Main rotor diameter: 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in) Performance Maximum speed: 300 km/h (190 mph, 160 kn ...