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At a glance: Tejas - indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) of India

News Desk: Tejas is India's first indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). It  is a lightweight multi-role jet fighter developed by India. It is a tailless, compound delta wing design powered by a single engine.It came

India TV News Desk India TV News Desk Updated on: January 02, 2015 10:49 IST

 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited  plans to initially produce eight LCAs every year and then scale up production to 16. Tejas can fly 1,700 km non-stop and has "glass cockpit display system". The aircraft has been designed into various combat variants like the Trainer variant and Naval variants of Tejas are being developed for land and carrier borne operations.

Powered by GE-F404 Engine, Tejas has tailless compound delta configuration. Various levels of trials were under taken to see that these indigenously developed aircraft can be flown in all whether conditions. 

DRDO and HAL  monitored all the trials of LCA Tejas along with the top officials from the Indian Air Force.

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