Light Combat Aircraft- Tejas

• Successful flight-test of Power Take Off (PTO) shaft was conducted on LCA Tejas.
  • PTO shaft, critical component in aircraft, will support the requirements of future fighter aircraft & their variants and offers competitive cost & reduced time of availability.

About LCA Tejas

• LCA Tejas is all weather, single engine, lightweight, highly agile, 4.5 generation, multi-role supersonic fighter aircraft.
• It was designed by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) under the Department of Defence Research and Development and produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
• Tejas has many advanced features like Beyond Visual Range Missile capabilities, Air-to-Air Refuelling and Air-to-Ground weapons.
• It is equipped with a state-of-the-art satellite-aided inertial navigation system.
• The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme was started by the Government of India in 1984 when they established the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) to manage the LCA programme.
  • It aimed at replacing the ageing Mig 21 fighter planes.