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  • DAC gives approval for procurement of 83 indigenous Tejas fighter aircraft for Indian Air Force

    Published on March 18, 2020

    Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) today gave approval for procurement of 83 indigenous Tejas fighter aircraft for Indian Air Force.

    The Light Combat Aircraft Tejas indigenously-designed by Aircraft Development Agency (ADA) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is going to be the backbone of Indian Air Force in future.

    While orders of 40 Tejas aircraft had been placed with HAL in initial configurations, today DAC paved the way for procurement of another 83 of the more advanced version of the aircraft from HAL.

    Our correspondent reports, this procurement will be a major boost to Make in India as the aircraft is indigenously designed. The Defence Acquisition Council also accorded approval for acquisition of indigenous Defence equipment for about 1,300 crore rupees.

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