Defence
In Pictures: First Series Production Tejas Mk-1A Trainer Revealed As IAF's Deputy Chief Takes To The Skies
The Tejas Mk-1A series production trainer aircraft. (Pic via Twitter @livefist)
The Deputy Chief was visiting the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HALs) Tejas Division and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) to assess the progress in the production of the 83 Tejas Mk-1A fighters.
The IAF has ordered 83 Tejas Mk-1A in a deal worth Rs 48,000 crore, in 2021.
Under the deal HAL has to manufacture 10 two-seater trainer variants and 73 one-seater variants, apart from delivering the remaining eight two-seater trainers from the earlier deal of delivering 40 Tejas Mk-1 versions.
This series-production trainer is from the eight earlier ordered.
According to the press release, the delivery of the initial limited series production (LSP) of 10 LCHs for the IAF is almost complete and the manufacturing process for the remaining five LCH of the Army will begin shortly.
In total, the IAF and the Indian Army plan to buy 145 series production LCHs.
