India News: The defence ministry's Defence Acquisition Council has cleared the procurement of additional batch of 97 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft for the Indian Ai
India News: The Astra-1, which has a beyond visual range of 100km, was test-fired from the Tejas jet at an altitude of around 20,000-feet off the coast of Goa. "A
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with his Argentine counterpart Jorge Enrique Taiana with a focus on enhancing defence industrial partnership.
In February 2021, the ministry sealed a Rs 48,000 crore deal with state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd for procurement of 83 Tejas MK-1A jets for the IAF. Tejas is a single-engine multi-role fighter aircraft capable of operating in high-threat air environments.
A full-scale Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas in final operational clearance (FOC) configuration will be at the centre stage of India Pavilion at Aero India 2023.