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July 11, 2018Tejas misses deadline for being combat-ready
Indian indigenous Tejas fighter, developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) first approved in 1983, has missed yet another deadline to become fully combat-ready. Indian government had repeatedly declared over the last couple of years that the jet would get its final operational clearance (FOC) by June 2018.
But the single-engine Tejas is still far away from achieving the FOC. HAL is currently working on manufacturing 123 Tejas LCA for the IAF. Out of these 40 are Mark 1 version and the remaining 83 are Mark 1A version.
