Tag: LCA Tejas

IAF’s Tejas becomes World’s first Light Combat Aircraft to successfully test-fire Israeli Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile
Defence & Security

IAF’s Tejas becomes World’s first Light Combat Aircraft to successfully test-fire Israeli Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile

Enhancing its combat prowess, India's indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has successfully added 5th generation Israeli-origin Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) under its air-to-air weapons capability. Python-5 can be launched from very short to beyond visual ranges with precise attack probability, excellent resistance to countermeasures, irrespective of evasive target maneuvers or deployment of countermeasures. The Air-to-Air missile comes with a fifth-generation imaging seeker, which enables it with ‘full sphere launch capability’ with lock-on-after-launch and excellent acquisition and targeting capabilities. Similar trials were also conducted on validating the enhanced capability of the already inducted Derby Beyond Visual Range (BVR) AAM on the light com...
Big boost to India’s fighter plane manufacturing ecosystem – Cabinet approves deal worth nearly 47000 crores to procure LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircrafts for the IAF
Defence & Security, National

Big boost to India’s fighter plane manufacturing ecosystem – Cabinet approves deal worth nearly 47000 crores to procure LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircrafts for the IAF

The Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) today approved the largest indigenous defence procurement deal worth nearly 47000 Crores to 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. The CCS met under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister in New Delhi earlier today and has approved procurement of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircrafts and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1A Trainer aircrafts at the cost of Rs. 45,696 Crore along with Design and Development of Infrastructure sanctions worth Rs.1,202 Crore. Under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, India is continuously growing in its power to indigenously design, develop and manufacture advanced cutting edge technologies and systems in the Defence Sector. The ...