Indian Air Force Rs. 22,000 Crore की लागत से 83 Tejas Mk-1a Light Combat Aircraft खरीदेगी The HAL Tejas is an Indian single-engine, delta wing, multirole light fighter designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy. It came from the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme, which began in the 1980s to replace India's ageing MiG-21 fighters. In 2003, the LCA was officially named "Tejas".
Tejas has a tail-less compound delta-wing configuration with a single dorsal fin. This provides better high-alpha performance characteristics than conventional wing designs. Its wing root leading edge has a sweep of 50 degrees, the outer wing leading edge has a sweep of 62.5 degrees, and trailing edge has a forward sweep of four degrees. It integrates technologies such as relaxed static stability, fly-by-wire flight control system, multi-mode radar, integrated digital avionics system and composite material structures. It is the smallest and lightest in its class of contemporary supersonic combat aircraft.
The Tejas is the second supersonic fighter developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) after the HAL HF-24 Marut. As of 2016 the Tejas Mark 1 is in production for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the naval version is undergoing flight tests for Indian Navy (IN). The projected requirement for the IAF is 200 single-seat fighters and 20 twin-seat trainers, while the IN expects to operate 40 single-seat fighters. The first Tejas IAF unit, No. 45 Squadron IAF Flying Daggers was formed on 1 July 2016 with two aircraft. Initially stationed at Bangalore, 45 Squadron was later relocated to its home base at Sulur, Tamil Nadu.
The Minister of State for Defence, Subhash Bhamre, reported to parliament that the indigenous content of the Tejas was 59.7% by value and 75.5% by number of line replaceable units in 2016.
IAF had initially ruled out further acquisition of Tejas Mk 1 until Mk 2 was ready. In 2015, HAL proposed Tejas Mk 1A as a stop-gap to keep production running as Mk 2 was delayed. It was to include an AESA radar, air-to-air refuelling capability, an external ECM pod and improvements for easier maintenance. Following an approval from Defence Acquisition Council for 83 Tejas Mk 1A, HAL invited global bids for AESA radar and ECM pods in December 2016. In December 2018, it was reported that HAL had selected Elta's EL/M-2052 AESA radar and EL/L-8222 ECM pod. On 20 December 2017, IAF initiated a tender to buy 83 Mk 1A worth 33,200 crore from HAL. However, with HAL quoting a price substantially higher than the Mk 1, the Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in July 2018 that a committee to look into the cost of the Mk 1A, along with other products manufactured by defence Public Sector Undertakings. The committee, headed by the Defence Ministry's Director of Costs, has been given 60 days time to review the cost of the Mk 1A.
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