HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Programme

India Defence

2011	Air Force Updates: 214 Fifth Generation Fighters, HAL Tejas Delayed, MRCA Deliveries by 2014 and more.. 2011-10-03 Rafael Derby Air-to-Air Missiles for Indian Air Force HAL Tejas Fighter Jets 2011-05-09 Rafael Derby BVRAAMs on Indian Air Force HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft by 2012-end 2011-02-22 Operational Clearance Accorded for HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft 2011-01-10
2010	Tejas LSP-3 Jettisoned 1200-litre Drop Tank at Chitradurga ATR 2010-12-18 HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Succesfully Test Fires R-73 Air-to-Air Missile 2010-11-30 North Eastern Airfields Being Upgraded; HAL Tejas Mark I to be Inducted Mid-2011 2010-11-02 GE Aviation to Deliver 20 GE F414 Engines for HAL Tejas Mark II; Deliveries Begin in 2014 2010-09-30 Eurojet May Edge Out GE Aviation in HAL Tejas Fighter Jet Engine Deal 2010-09-19
2009	Indian Navy Orders Six Naval Tejas LCA Fighters; Infuses Rs.900 Crore in Programme 2009-09-20 HAL To Build Advanced LCA Tejas Mark 2 2009-02-15
2008	Tejas (LCA) Fighter Jet High-Altitude Trials at Leh Successful: DRDO 2008-12-17 Indian Air Force to Induct LCA Tejas Fighter Jets by 2010: Defence Minister 2008-10-29 GTRE, Snecma Tie Up to Build Engines for HAL LCA Tejas Fighters 2008-08-03 DRDO Seeks Partners to Co-Develop Kaveri Engine for LCA Tejas Fighter Jet 2008-06-15
2007	HAL Begins Weaponization Of LCA Tejas; Fires RD 73 Air-to-Air Missile 2007-10-25 Naval LCA To Fly Mid 2008; MCA Design Objectives, Details Revealed 2007-09-01 HAL, IAI May Co-Develop Radars For LCA Tejas Fighter Jet 2007-08-20 Tejas LCA Project On Fast Track As Air Force Teams Up With ADA 2007-06-19 HAL's Tejas LCA Undergoing Flight Trials Towards Operational Clearance 2007-06-19 Air Force To Deploy First LCA Tejas Squadron in Tamil Nadu By 2010 2007-05-23 BHPV To Supply CHE's Worth Rs.20 Crore for Tejas LCA Fighter Jet Programme 2007-05-19 Parliamentary Committee Expresses Dismay Over LCA Project Delays, Cost Over runs 2007-05-04 LCA Serial Production Model Makes First Successful Test Flight 2007-04-26 BHPV Developing Sub Parts For HAL's LCA Tejas Fighter Jet Programme 2007-04-09 Serial Production of LCA Tejas Fighter Jet Begins 2007-03-18 HAL Updates: LCA PV5 to August; PV3 being Weaponized 2007-02-10 HAL's LCA Tejas Fighters Weaponization to Begin from April 2007 2007-02-05 Fifth LCA Tejas Prototype to Fly by August, Weaponization to take 18 Months 2007-01-29
2006	GTRE Issues RFP's for Kaveri Engines for LCA Tejas Fighter Jets 2006-12-27 India's Fifth Prototype LCA Completes Successful Maiden Flight 2006-12-01 Air Force to acquire 28 Tejas (LCA) fighter jets by 2007 2006-09-19 Lockheed Martin might cooperate with HAL on the LCA Project 2006-08-30 HAL Tejas LCA fighter jet by 2008-2010: Defence Minister 2006-08-03 LCA Tejas prototype makes supersonic flight 2006-05-13 Tejas LCA fighter jet completes 500th flight test 2006-03-09 Indian Navy likely to induct LCA Tejas (naval variant) 2006-02-05
2005	IAF to procure 126 LCA Tejas fighters by 2010 2005-11-26

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