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Indian Air Force likely to receive four more Tejas light combat aircraft by 2015-end | |||
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Indian Air Force is likely to get four more indigenously made light combat
aircraft Tejas by the end of the current financial year from Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited, National Aerospace Laboratories' Director Shyam Chetty
has said. "The four aircraft may adhere to international standards
on end-to-end accuracy," Chetty said, adding, further research
was on to meet the parameters stipulated by the IAF. |
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Indian Air Force HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft |
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IAF had some concerns
with Tejas's end-to-end accuracy and efforts have been made to rectify
it, he said speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the 68th CSIR-Central
Leather Research Institute Foundation Day Celebrations here on Saturday.
"The Indian Air Force wanted eight aircraft every year. We will be handing them four more aircraft by the end of this financial year," he said. The country got its first indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas in January this year, three decades after the Centre gave nod for its development, said the Indian-based newspaper Economic Times. The aircraft handed over in January could take off with only restricted weaponry and sensors and tests with a full range of weaponry was yet to be done, he added. "We have missiles from countries like Russia, France, and Israel. We have to integrate them with the [Tejas] aircraft and conduct tests," he said. Scientists are presently conducting trials for Tejas at the sea-based test facilities at INS Hamsa in Goa. He also referred
to some manufacturing issues concerning Tejas. |
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