A FULL-SCALE Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas in final operational clearance (FOC) configuration will be at the centre stage of ‘India Pavilion’ at Aero India 2023. The fighter aircraft on Monday performed several maneuvers such as the show-off, take-off, hesitation roll and vertical pinchback.

The maneuvers were appreciated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who inaugurated the global airshow on Monday.

According to sources, Argentina and Malaysia have evinced interest in importing the LCA Tejas MK 1A, a product of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). LCA Tejas is a single engine, light weight, highly agile, multi-role supersonic fighter aircraft. It has quadruplex digital fly-by-wire Flight Control System (FCS) with associated advanced flight control laws. The aircraft with delta wing is designed for ‘air combat’ and ‘offensive air support’ with ‘reconnaissance’ and ‘anti-ship’ as its secondary roles. Extensive use of advanced composites in the airframe gives a high strength to its weight ratio, long fatigue life and low radar signatures.

Tejas is equipped with state-of-the-art features like glass cockpit, zero-zero ejection seat, inflight refueling probe, jam-proof AESA radar, UEWS with SPJ, CMDS, HMDS DashV, BVR missile capability and many more which make the aircraft more lethal.