New Delhi: The Indian Air Force on Wednesday said that the first light combat aircraft Tejas Mk1A is likely to be received by November this year, after missing the February 2024 deadline.

In its first accident, a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas of the Indian Air Force crashed near a hostel in Jaisalmer’s Jawahar colony in Rajasthan on Tuesday during an operational training sortie.

Nevertheless Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL, is making an effort to replace all British components of the Tejas jet fighter, with Indian made components. According to Indian media the LCA ...