India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has received the final operational clearance (FOC) from military aviation regulator Cemilac for induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) as a weaponised fighter jet, said an official in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The Chief Executive of Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (Cemilac), P Jayapal, handed over the FOC certificate and release-to-service documents to Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal B S Dhanoa at the Aero India air show.
“It is a major milestone for the LCA to get the final operational clearance. The aircraft could fly in many sorties and has demonstrated the precision with which it can deliver weapons,” Dhanoa told the media in the presence of Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar.
