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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 (IAF).
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 ...
LCA Tejas production partners. The LCA programme originated in the early 1980s. In 1983, the Government of India established the LCA project with the initial goal to develop a new light combat aircraft to replace the ageing IAF fighters, especially the MiG-21 variants, [22] which had been the mainstay of the IAF since 1963. [23]
Mk 2: 4 [58] [59] Adani Drishti-10 Starliner Israel India: Reconnaissance: 1 Status: Grounded. [60] 1 on order. Derivative of Elbit Hermes 900 manufactured by Adani Defence. [61] [62] General Atomics MQ-9 United States: Surveillance/ Combat: MQ-9B SkyGuardian: Status: 8 on order. The final deal was signed on 15 October 2024. [63] IFT Switch ...
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] HAL ORCA version for IAF planned.
In the second phase, two more prototypes were to be built based on the Tejas Mk. 2 design. [6] The programme was jointly funded by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy, with the latter funding 40% and 60% of the developmental cost of naval LCA Mk. 1 and Mk. 2, respectively. [7]
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.