After successfully producing the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, India is now planning to build the Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), according to H Siddesha, project director and technology director of LCA.
Delivering a guest lecture on the inaugural day of ‘Footprints X7’ in Vadodara on Friday, Siddesha said that the IAF has placed an order of 123 Tejas Mark 1 and that all the aircraft will be inducted in the Indian Air Force by 2024.
“Every year, 16 Tejas aircraft will be built on two assembly lines. By 2024, all the aircraft will be inducted in the IAF whereas Tejas Mark 2 version will be ready by 2021,” Siddesha was quoted as saying by Times of India.
He also added that Tejas is superior to France’s Mirage and China’s JF-17 fighter jets.
26/02/17 Indiatvnews/DefenceAviationPost
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Delivering a guest lecture on the inaugural day of ‘Footprints X7’ in Vadodara on Friday, Siddesha said that the IAF has placed an order of 123 Tejas Mark 1 and that all the aircraft will be inducted in the Indian Air Force by 2024.
“Every year, 16 Tejas aircraft will be built on two assembly lines. By 2024, all the aircraft will be inducted in the IAF whereas Tejas Mark 2 version will be ready by 2021,” Siddesha was quoted as saying by Times of India.
He also added that Tejas is superior to France’s Mirage and China’s JF-17 fighter jets.
26/02/17 Indiatvnews/DefenceAviationPost
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