Tag: Light Combat Aircraft

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has put in a formal request to the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for an additional 83 Tejas Mark-1A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), an official said on Wednesday. He said the Request For Proposal (RFP) for the supply of 83 indigenous LCAs had been received by the HAL. It […]

New Delhi: In a major milestone, indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has successfully fired an air-to-air beyond visual (BVR) range missile, demonstrating its overall capability as an effective combat jet, and inched closer to receive final operational clearance. Defence Ministry officials said the test firing of the missile from a Tejas jet was […]

New Delhi:  Light combat aircraft Tejas today “successfully” test fired an air-to-air missile, paving the way for powering the indigenous-built aircraft with missiles having beyond visual range capabilities (BVR). The test-firing was conducted on a maneuverable aerial target at the interim test range in Chandipur in Odisha. The defence ministry said the objective of the […]

Bengaluru: State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Monday reported Rs 2,282-crore standalone net profit for the fiscal 2018-19, registering 14.8 per cent annual growth from Rs 1,987 crore in the previous fiscal 2017-18. “We achieved an all-time high standalone sales turnover of Rs 19,705 crore for the fiscal under review (2018-19), an annual growth of […]

New Delhi: India’s indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas on Friday successfully carried out an “arrested landing” in Goa, a major milestone in development of the naval variant of the jet. Officials said the test demonstrated the aircraft’s ability to halt at a short distance after landing on board an aircraft carrier. The test […]

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh undertook a maiden sortie on a Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), fully dressed in a G-Suit, from Bengaluru on Thursday. Singh, who became the first Defence Minister of the country to fly in a Tejas, took to the cockpit of the fighter jet with a pilot in the front […]