After the sale of BraMos to the Philippines, India’s indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) TEJAS will be showcasing its capabilities at the Singapore Air Show.
The Singapore Air Show is one of the world’s premier aviation events and will be held from February 15 to 18 at the Changi Exhibition Centre.
However, the Singapore air show is very important because it will allow countries in South East Asia to get an up close and personal look at this fighter that has some of the most advanced technology in it.
Tejas is a single-engine, multi-role supersonic fly-by-wire (FBW) fighter with the ability to refuel in the air. It has a glass cockpit with an advanced digital cockpit, multi-mode radar, integrated digital avionics system, advanced composite material structures, and a satellite-assisted inertial navigation system, making it a fourth-generation fighter.
India is now looking to sell the TEJAS to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), as it wants to replace its aging BAE Systems Hawk 108 and Hawk 208.
Also, the cost of the TEJAS matches the RMAF expectations and India is hoping for a countertrade for the sale of TEJAS to the Royal Malaysian Air Force for palm oil because Malaysia has some budgetary and Forex issues and wants a barter payment system by trading in Palm oil for 18 fighter jets.
India is the world’s largest importer of palm oil and is responsible for buying more than 9 million tons annually and the majority of its comes from Indonesia and Malaysia.
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