The LCA Tejas is an Indian single-seat, single-jet engine, multi-role light fighter designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force and Navy. The aircraft has a tail-less compound delta-wing configuration, which provides for high maneuverability.
It came from the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme, which began in the 1980s to replace India's ageing MiG-21 fighters. The Tejas is the second supersonic fighter developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) after the HAL HF-24 Marut.
The LCA Tejas, as is the case with all major defence research and development projects, is a mind-boggling case study of delays, slippages, compromise and mismanagement that continues till date.
And so, in this Video, we will look at Tejas's 33 year long timeline, to see if India did actually develop an Aircraft it aimed to develop in the first place, or was it a failure?
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