IAF to induct Tejas aircraft this year

The locally designed Indian Light Combat Aircraft, HAL Tejas, will be inducted in to the Indian Air Force (IAF) fleet by the end of this year.

According to VK Saraswat, the DRDO chief, all the technical issues which had earlier delayed the induction of the aircraft has been solved and Tejas is ready to enter the final operational clearance phase.

The multirole fighter, which was developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency, conducted its first test flight on 4^th January 2001.

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