
The Indian Air Force Receives its First Indigenous ‘New’ Fighter

Two of the 15 pre-production Tejas jet fighters produced by HAL and used for test and evaluation. The LCA made its maiden flight on January 4, 2001. Photo: ADA
The Indian Air Force (IAF) today received the first indigenously built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and built by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL). The LCA, also named ‘Tejas’, was handed over today by Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar to the Indian Air Force Chief Air Marshal, Arup Raha, in Bangalore. Parrikar congratulated all parties involved in the program for their achievement and called upon them to ‘think out of the box’ to meet the schedule and challenges by applying the right management tools. “Work culture should modify by adapting better technology and tools to achieve better results” Parrikar urged his audience.
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المقاتلة تيجاس اول طائرة مصنعة بالكامل فى الهند
http://defense-update.com/20150118_tejas.html#.VLzbpkeUfgW
المقاتلة تيجاس اول طائرة مصنعة بالكامل فى الهند
http://defense-update.com/20150118_tejas.html#.VLzbpkeUfgW