Everyone wants a Tejas: Why USA, Australia, Malaysia and other countries are vying to procure India’s Tejas aircraft?

The demand for Indian Tejas fighter jets seems to surge in the global market. According to the government’s statement at Lok Sabha on Friday, six countries – the United States, Australia, Argentina, Egypt, Indonesia and the Philippines – have expressed their interest in the procurement of Fighter Aircraft (LCA), while Malaysia has ordered for the procurement of 18 fighter jets made in India.
Produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (Hal) State-owned, Tejas is a single multi-role fighter, which is able to operate in a high-risk air environment. This is developing the first supersonic fighter HF-24 Marut-in the 1960s and deleted it in 1990. After that, he developed his supersonic fighter-SEKAS-which so far the smallest and lightest in his contemporary contemporary supersonic fighter aircraft class. . Light fighter aircraft made its first flight in January 2001 and was inaugurated into the Indian Air Force squadron in 2016.

Tejas – which means ‘radiation’ – has many USPs. For starters, he has an active radar that is actively scanned for critical surgery capabilities. Second, it can refuel in the air and ready for war again. Third, it can target enemy aircraft from a distance, and also has the ability to avoid enemy radar. Thanks to its features, Tejas has competed, surpassing and shadowing forward China, Russia and South Korea.
What’s more, is that tejas is the same as the aircraft made in India. According to the statement of the Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh last year, “LCA-Tanjas combines a large number of new technologies, many of which have never been tried in India. The original LCA-TEJAS content is 50 percent in the MK1A variant which will be increased to 60 percent.”
Since then, Tejas has captured the luxury of the world’s leading air forces. Malaysia, for example, has expressed interest in getting a plane for many years now. The Royal Malaysia Air Force (RMAF) intends to get a tejas to complete its MiG-29 fleet. Tejas marked its international debut at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (Lima) in March 2019 amidst the huge hubbub between RMAF and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad. This announced last month that Malaysia chose Tejas to potentially replace its MiG-29.
Ians report quoted Qamar Agha’s defense expert who said that when compared to Sukhoi, Tejas was much lighter. “Tejas is fully able to carry a burden of eight to nine tons. He can fly with as much as Sukhoi weapons and missiles, which weigh more. Fly as fast as the speed of sound, eg, Mach 1.6 to 1.8, rose at an altitude of 52,000 feet,” he said. He continued to add that “Tejas Mark-1A is also more expensive than the Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft because many of the latest types of equipment have been added to it. For example, he has a radar developed in Israel. Apart from this, the aircraft also has a radar that is developed in principle. This is very light and the strength of the warrior is also better. This is a multifunctional fighter aircraft. ”
Not only from the outside, there is a big request for tejas by Indian troops as well. According to reports, only last year, the Indian government gave a contract worth RS 48,000 Crore to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the manufacture of 83 Tejas Jet which will be sent in 2023. This has doubled Tejas production capacity from eight to 16 aircraft per year. This contract is a big encouragement to the government’s encouragement for Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Around 500 Indian companies including MSMEs in the design and manufacturing sectors will work with things in this procurement. This program will act as a catalyst to change the Indian aerospace manufacturing ecosystem into a dynamic Aatmanirbhar-Self-Custaining ecosystem, “The Ministry of Defense has been owned by the Ministry of Defense, Defense. Said while agreeing to the agreement that was awaited last year.