India aims to strengthen IAF’s fighter fleet by expanding Tejas productionWith the revised delivery of aero-engines from General Electric, India is set to increase production of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LC...
06 Feb, 2025, 01.05 PM IST
Indian Air Force moves Tejas fighter jets to KashmirThe Indian Air Force has deployed its indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas in Jammu and Kashmir so that pilots gain experience in flying ...
30 Jul, 2023, 10.43 AM IST
LCA Tejas and its future variants will form mainstay of IAF: Defence ministryIn February 2021, the ministry sealed a Rs 48,000 crore deal with state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd for procurement of 83...
30 Jun, 2023, 04.59 PM IST
IAF to operationalise second squadron of Tejas; IAF Chief to do itThis event will be conducted at Air Force Station, Sulur near Coimbatore. The squadron will be equipped with LCA Tejas FOC Aircraft and wil...
26 May, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
IAF to operationalise No.18 Squadron at CoimbatoreThe No.18 Squadron, formed in 1965 with the motto "Teevra aur Nirbhaya" meaning "Swift and Fearless," was earlier flying MiG 27 aircraft.
25 May, 2020, 02.21 PM IST
IAF to induct first squadron of homegrown Tejas tomorrowState-run HAL will hand over the first two Tejas aircraft to IAF which will make up the 'Flying Daggers' 45, the name of the first squadron...
14 Jul, 2018, 09.28 PM IST
Manohar Parrikar lauds HAL, ADA on induction of Tejas planes"Moment of National pride. Indigenously developed Tejas fighter jet inducted into Air Force. Tejas will take our air strength to new height...
14 Jul, 2018, 05.01 PM IST
IAF likely to get fully-loaded Tejas version it wants by 2020The Flying Daggers, the first squadron of the Tejas indigenous light combat aircraft, which currently comprises two jets, will touch its fu...
14 Jul, 2018, 05.00 PM IST
33 years on, first home-grown fighter jet Tejas to be inducted this weekThe Tejas may still not be combat-ready, and its first squadron will be raised on Friday with only two jets, but it will certainly be a his...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.59 PM IST
IAF plans to put LCA Tejas in combat role by 2017The idea is to have a total of six aircraft this financial year and about eight in the next. Tejas will feature in combat plan of the IAF n...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.58 PM IST
IAF to get first squadron of Tejas in JulyRather than waiting for LAC Mk II, IAF had decided to go in with an upgraded version of the existing Tejas with over 40 modifications.
14 Jul, 2018, 04.56 PM IST
First Tejas squadron to come up by July; IAF chief Arup Raha flies the indigenous jet"The twin-seat Tejas trainer will undergo a full-profile sortie. It will convey IAF's confidence in the indigenous fighter," said HAL chief...
14 Jul, 2018, 04.52 PM IST
32 years after sanction, IAF set to get its first home-grown Tejas fighter in MarchTejas Mark-II, the fighter IAF really wants with more powerful engines for greater thrust, will start to come only by 2021-2022.
20 Dec, 2014, 12.38 PM IST
IAF gets new deputy chief amid declining fighter strengthThe foremost challenge for Air Marshal Sinha, will be to ensure that the continuing dip in the number of fighter squadrons in IAF is arrest...
01 May, 2014, 12.33 PM IST
Tejas project to cost Rs 55,000 croreThe overall developmental cost of the home-grown fighter, which remains a critical operational necessity, currently stands at Rs 17,269 cr.
13 Feb, 2014, 09.42 AM IST
UPA's major goof up: Tejas inductedTejas is still at least two years away from becoming fully operational despite being almost three decades in the making.
27 May, 2012, 07.53 AM IST
- Tejas LCA project to cost more than Rs 13,000 crore over 35 years
The overall developmental cost of Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has quietly zoomed past the Rs 13,000-crore mark, with the government sanctio...
16 Apr, 2010, 12.18 PM IST