Light combat aircraft Current Affairs, GK & News
Tejas Mark-2 Project
Recently the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the project to develop a more capable and powerful version of the indigenous aircraft LCA Mark 2 multirole fighter jet. Key Points The Tejas Mark-2 is described as a 4.5-generation machine, which will not only have 70 per cent indigenization (as opposed to the Mark IA’s 62 ..
Month: current affairs - september, 2022
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Hal • Hindustan Aeronautics Limited • LCA Mark 2 • LCA-Tejas • Light combat aircraft • Mark IA • Tejas • Tejas Mark 2 • Tejas Mark-2 Project
Rajnath Singh becomes first defence minister to fly in LCA Tejas
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 19th September 2019 flew in the Tejas fighter aircraft from the HAL airport in Bengaluru. He becomes the first defence minister to fly in the indigenously built light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas. Defence Minister Flies in Tejas Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was accompanied by Air Vice Marshal N Tiwari, ..
Topics: Aeronautical Development Agency • Aircraft • Aviation • Carrier-based aircraft • Future of the Indian Air Force • HAL Tejas • Hindustan Aeronautics Limited • LCA • Light combat aircraft • Military aircraft • Ministry of Defence • Tejas
12th edition of Aero India show 2019
The 12th edition of the country’s biennial air show and aviation exhibition – Aero India 2019 – has been launched by Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Air Force Station Yelahanka in Bengaluru on 20th Feb. The chiefs of the three Armed Forces — Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, Admiral Sunil Lanba and General ..
Topics: Aero • Aero India • Air shows • Aircraft • Aviation • Carrier-based aircraft • Dassault Rafale • HAL Tejas • Indian Air Force • Light combat aircraft • Military aircraft • Yelahanka