Kalaikunda: Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen today hailed India's indigenously-built multi-role light combat aircraft Tejas as "excellent and very impressive".
As the first civilian foreigner, Hen took a half-an-hour flight in Tejas at the Kalaikunda airbase here.
"It is an excellent aircraft and it is very impressive," Hen told reporters here.
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.
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.
Two Tejas aircraft were flown in here from Bangalore for displaying them to the Singapore Defence Minister.
Air Vice Marshal Singh who flew Ng is the project director of the National Flight Test Centre-Aeronautical Development Agency.
28/11/17 PTI/Business Standard
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As the first civilian foreigner, Hen took a half-an-hour flight in Tejas at the Kalaikunda airbase here.
"It is an excellent aircraft and it is very impressive," Hen told reporters here.
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.
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.
Two Tejas aircraft were flown in here from Bangalore for displaying them to the Singapore Defence Minister.
Air Vice Marshal Singh who flew Ng is the project director of the National Flight Test Centre-Aeronautical Development Agency.
28/11/17 PTI/Business Standard
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