BENGALURU: Buoyed by the recent Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approval for procurement of 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark-1A aircraft worth Rs 47,000 crore, Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is all geared up to make operational a dedicated second LCA plant in Bengaluru.
The new plant at Doddanekundi here, according to sources in HAL NSE 1.35 %, will be inaugurated by defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday. “The plant, when commissioned fully, will be able to produce 16 LCAs per year. We’ll make the Tejas Mark-1A and the trainers here,” one source said.
At present, HAL has the capacity to manufacture eight LCAs per year. The first dedicated LCA plant and HAL’s Aircraft Division are both producing them.
