Fighter aircraft Tejas undergoing development flight trials

After completion of the first phase of engineering development, Tejas, the fighter aircraft being developed by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), is undergoing flight trials toward initial operational clearance.

Ambient environmental conditions have strong influence on the aircraft and systems performance. Hence, the aircraft will need to be subjected to a wide range of altitude and temperature conditions as part of the development flight testing, according to an ADA statement.

"Sea level trials are one such important test, for which currently a detachment is operating at INS Rajali, Arakkonam, since last week," it said. Arakkonam, located at about 215 km east of Bangalore, has a long runway at an elevation of about 80 meters above mean sea level.

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