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IAF to get 83 Tejas at Rs 39,000 crore
The CCS chaired by PM Sh. Narendra Modi today approved the largest indigenous defence procurement deal worth about 48000 Crores.
This will strengthen IAF s fleet of homegrown fighter jet LCA-Tejas . This deal will be a game-changer for self-reliance in the Indian defence manufacturing said Rajnath Singh India s Defence Minister.
Indian single-engine, fourth-generation, multirole light fighter designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in collaboration with Aircraft Research and Design Centre (ARDC) of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy. It comes from the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme, which began in the 1980s to replace India s ageing MiG-21 fighters. In 2003, the LCA was officially named Tejas.
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In the biggest-ever deal in the indigenous military aviation, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday cleared the proposal to buy 83 Tejas Mark 1A fighter jets from defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The Indian Airforce (IAF) will be acquiring these jets for a whopping Rs 48,000 crore. These 83 fighters will have 43 improvements over the 40 Tejas Mark-1 that has been already ordered by the IAF. The deliveries of these advanced aircraft will begin three years after the actual contract, which is likely to be signed next month.
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