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BENGALURU: After months of negotiations, the Rs 46,898-crore order for 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark-1A was finally signed on Wednesday. Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will now start producing the aircraft.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that there are multiple friendly countries that are interested in the Tejas and that there may be orders from them too.
HAL chairman and managing director R Madhavan said that the PSU will start delivering the first batch of aircraft in 36 months from Wednesday. The PSU has nine years to complete the orders.
The PSU, at present has the capacity to manufacture eight LCAs per year, which it will now augment the same to 16 with a second dedicated plant in Doddanekundi which was inaugurated by Singh on Tuesday.
Synopsis
Buoyed by the recent Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approval for procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark-1A aircraft worth Rs 47,000 crore, Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is all geared up to make operational a dedicated second LCA plant in Bengaluru.
IAF s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. (Photo: BCCL)
(This story originally appeared in on Feb 01, 2021)BENGALURU: Buoyed by the recent Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approval for procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark-1A aircraft worth Rs 47,000 crore, Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is all geared up to make operational a dedicated second LCA plant in Bengaluru.
IAF s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. (Photo: BCCL)
BENGALURU: Buoyed by the recent Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approval for procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark-1A aircraft worth Rs 47,000 crore, Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL is all geared up to make operational a dedicated second LCA plant in Bengaluru.
The new plant at Doddanekundi here, according to sources in HAL, will be inaugurated by defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday. “The plant, when commissioned fully, will be able to produce 16 LCAs per year. We’ll make the Tejas Mark-1A and the trainers here,” one source said.