Defence ministry paves way for procurement of 83 indigenous Tejas fighter aircraft for IAF

Consequent to the separation of duties between Department of Defence (DoD) and Department of Military Affairs (DMA), the first meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) under the chairmanship of defence minister Rajnath Singh was held with the acquisition wing being the Secretariat of the DAC.

This would lead to better coordination and faster processing of cases with the acquisition wing being in the overall charge of the Capital acquisition process.

The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas indigenously-designed by Aircraft Development Agency (ADA) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is going to be the backbone of Indian Air Force (IAF)in future.