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Watch: Singapore Defence Minister Takes A Spin In India’s Tejas, Calls It ‘Excellent And Impressive’
ence Minister of Singapore Dr. Ng Eng Hen inside the cockpit of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas at Air Force Station, Kalaiku
Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen on Tuesday hailed India's indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft Tejas as "excellent and very impressive".
As the first civilian foreigner to fly on Tejas, Ng took a half-an-hour flight in the plane at the Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal.
"It is an excellent aircraft and it is very impressive," he told reporters.
Asked whether Singapore is interested in buying the Tejas fighter aircraft, Ng said he is not a pilot and it is for the technical people to take a call on it.
Indian defence sources said Singapore has evinced interest in Tejas. During the Bahrain air show where Tejas aircraft was showcased, some countries in the Middle East had also shown interest, the defence sources said.
He praised Air Vice Marshal A P Singh, the pilot who flew the Tejas, saying he felt as if he was riding a car and not flying in a fighter aircraft. Air Vice Marshal Singh, who flew the Tejas, is the project director of the National Flight Test Centre- Aeronautical Development Agency.
Indian defence sources said Singapore has evinced interest in Tejas. During the Bahrain air show where Tejas aircraft was showcased, some countries in the Middle East had also shown interest, the defence sources said.
The Singapore Defence Minister is scheduled to meet his Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi today. "Bilateral defence ties between our two countries are strong and it is getting stronger," Ng has said.
Singapore Air Force is holding joint military training with their Indian counterpart at the Kalaikunda airbase. The first joint military training between Indian Air Force and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) was held at the Gwalior air force station in 2004. Such an exercise was first held in Kalaikunda in 2007 and since then regular joint training has been held at the air force station. (PTI)
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