CCS accepted a mega Rs 48,000 crore deal for 83 LCA Tejas Mk1A fighter

Ending a protracted wait, the govt. in the present day accepted the acquisition of the Mk1A model of the indigenously developed Tejas fighter plane has for Indian Air Force. The Cabinet Committee of Security chaired by PM Narendra Modi has accepted a defence procurement deal price Rs 48,000 crore for the LCA Tejas Mk1A plane. According to the choice, 83 planes might be bought from HAL beneath the most important ever indigenous defence deal.

The CCS chaired by PM Sh. @narendramodi in the present day accepted the biggest indigenous defence procurement deal price about 48000 Crores to strengthen IAF’s fleet of homegrown fighter jet ‘LCA-Tejas’. This deal might be a sport changer for self reliance within the Indian defence manufacturing.— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) January 13, 2021
Defence minister Rajnath Singh revealed the choice on Twitter, saying that “this deal will be a game changer for self reliance in the Indian defence manufacturing.” He mentioned that the LCA-Tejas goes to be the spine of the IAF fighter fleet in years to come back. The minister mentioned that LCA-Tejas incorporates numerous new applied sciences lots of which had been by no means tried in India. At current, the indigenous content material of LCA-Tejas is 50% in Mk1A variant, and it will likely be enhanced to 60%.
Rajnath Singh knowledgeable that Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has already set-up second line manufacturing services at its Nasik and Bengaluru Divisions to fabricate the sunshine fight plane. He mentioned that HAL will steer LCA-Mk1A manufacturing for well timed deliveries to the IAF.
Of the entire 83 plane, 73 might be fighters and the remainder 10 are trainers. HAL is to ship them by 2026.
Tejas Mk1A is a complicated model of Tejas Mk1 (Final Operational Clearance), which has already been inducted into the IAF with an order for 16 planes. These Mk1(FOC) are upgraded from their earlier model Mk1(IOC).
Mk1A has a number of enhancements over the Mk1 model, which incorporates improved maintainability, lively electronically scanned array radar which replaces the mechanically-steered radar, air-to-air refuelling, long-range past visible vary missiles, superior digital warfare to jam enemy radars and missiles and so forth. The Mark A1 model of the jet may have a complete of 43 enhancements over the preliminary model.
The Tejas Mk1A plane will substitute the growing old planes at present operated by Indian Air Force, which embrace Mig-21 and Jaguar planes.
Today’s CCS approval paves the way in which for signing a contract with HAL for supply of the planes.