Bengaluru: A day after it was declared combat ready, and General Bipin Rawat described it as a “wonderful aircraft” at the end of a 40-minute sortie, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) said it would explore the $multi-billion global market for exporting the military jet as some enquiries have arrived from countries in South-east Asian region and African nations.
“We are going to display this aircraft in some international air shows later this year, but we haven’t decided when to test fly ‘Tejas’ in countries from where we have received enquiries,” Chairman & Managing Director R Madhavan said at Aero India 2019 on Thursday.
