The ingenuously built Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has been deployed on the western front along the Pakistan border. This comes after the row with China along the Line of Actual Control.
During his independence day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi , said that the deal for the 83 Mark1A LCAs will be finalised soon.
“The LCA Tejas was deployed by the Indian Air Force on the western front close to the Pakistan border to take care of any possible action by the adversary there,” ANI reported quoting government sources.
LCA is India’s first indigenous fighter aircraft. The deal, worth over Rs 40,000 crore, will likely be the largest-ever deal for an indigenous equipment in the country.
LCA Tejas is a single-engine multirole light combat aircraft that is set to replace the aging Mig-21 fighter aircrafts.
It is the second supersonic fighter jet developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the first one being HAL HF-24 Marut.
It is designed to carry a range of air-to-air, air-to-surface, precision-guided and standoff weaponry and has a general range of 850 km and a combat range of 500 km.