The developmental LCA (N) MK1 achieved an important milestone on 11 Jan 20 with the successful arrested landing on board the naval aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. The aircraft was piloted by Commodore JA Maolankar who also undertook the maiden ski jump take-off from the carrier today, Jan 12, 2020. A Technology Demonstrator, LCA (Navy) has […]

DefenceTalkIndia’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft project, in the works for over three decades, came under severe criticism from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on Friday, which said the Mark-I version has several shortcomings and does not meet IAF specifications. Not only that, Indian Air Force (IAF) would be “constrained” to induct the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indian-auditor-faults-lca-aircraft-project-says-it-fails-to-meet-air-forces-needs-64148/

DefenceTalkThirty-two years after the project was sanctioned, the first indigenously-built Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) was today handed over by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to the IAF, a red letter day for Indian defence and aerospace sector. The handover signals the start of a process of induction of the fighters, a 4.5th generation aircraft being […]https://www.defencetalk.com/tejas-light-combat-aircraft-handed-over-to-indian-air-force-61999/

DefenceTalkAn advance Electronic Warfare suite (EW suite) developed by Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), a DRDO laboratory, flew for the first time onboard the “Tejas-PV1 Light Combat Aircraft” today at Bengaluru. In addition to the Radar Warner, the EW suite is also equipped with jammer. It gives to the pilot an additional capability of nullifying […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-gen-electronic-warfare-equipment-integrated-on-tejas-aircraft-61853/

DefenceTalkThe Defence Minister Shri AK Antony today expressed optimism that the country’s indigenously developed fighter aircraft – LCA Tejas – will get Final Operational Clearance of the Indian Air Force by the end of next year. Speaking at the Annual Awards Functions of DRDO here, he said, all stakeholders including the DRDO, IAF and HAL […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indias-lca-tejas-fighter-fully-operational-in-2014-47963/