The Union Cabinet has recently approved the procurement of 83
Tejas light combat aircrafts at a cost of Rs. 45,696 Crores from Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited for the Indian Air Force. This is the first “Buy (Indian-Indigenously
Designed, Developed and Manufactured)” category procurement of combat aircrafts.
The 83 aircrafts consist of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter
aircrafts and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 Trainer aircrafts. These aircrafts which are
designed and developed indigenously are equipped with critical operational
capabilities of Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar, Beyond Visual
Range (BVR) Missile, Electronic Warfare (EW) Suite and Air to Air Refuelling
(AAR).
This procurement of indigenously manufactured aircrafts will
help to boost the domestic defence manufacturing industry. The HAL would work
with 500 domestic companies including MSMEs in the designing and manufacturing
of these aircrafts. This is a great opportunity for small and medium players in defence
manufacturing industry.
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