Sunday, March 11, 2012

Battle-ready Tejas fighter unlikely before 2014


The battle-ready version of the country's fighter plane, Tejas, may not emerge before late 2013 or 2014 going by its present pace.

On Friday evening, defence scientists in Bangalore flew yet another improved version of the aircraft to test many indigenously-developed instruments. They reported its 18-minute performance as ‘satisfactory'.

Evidently, much work remains before the fighter matches the Indian Air Force's requirement.

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