HAL’s light combat aircraft Tejas joins IAF stable
HAL-produced final operational clearance (FOC) standard LCA Tejas has been inducted into IAF Squadron ‘The Flying Bullets’.
The fighter aircraft was inducted at a function at Sulur (Tamil Nadu) on Wednesday, marking another milestone for HAL.
“We are proud to deliver a much lethal aircraft than the IOC block. Apart from all the capabilities of IOC aircraft, the FOC variant additionally comes with air-to-air refuelling capability, close combat gun, additional drop tanks, BVR missile capability, updated avionics and flight control software suite,” said R Madhavan, CMD, HAL.
The FOC variant will reduce the maintenance man hours and turn-around time resulting in enhanced support for IAF missions. Four more FOC-LCAs are in the advanced stages of production and testing and expected to join the Squadron soon.
