India: LCA Tejas prototype makes supersonic flight

A prototype of India's indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft made a supersonic flight here today.

The PV 2 prototype is the "definitve" operational version of the Tejas jet for induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF). It first made a supersonic flight yesterday, the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) here said.

It made another supersonic flight today, for the first time carrying two state-of-the-art air-to-air missiles. This indicated the jet's entry into the operational flight test phase, it said.

The test flight was flown by Wing Commander Vikram Singh and lasted 24 minutes, the ADA said.

The Tejas is meant to replace the IAF's ageing fleet of Russian-made MiG jets.

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