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NEW DELHI: The ministry of defence connected Thursday signed a Rs 62,370 crore declaration with the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the procurement of 97 LCA Mk1A craft for the Indian Air Force (IAF), including 68 fighters and 29 twin-seaters, on with associated equipment.The transportation of these craft would commence during 2027-28 and beryllium completed implicit a play of six years. The craft volition person an indigenous contented of implicit 64%, with 67 further items incorporated, implicit and supra the erstwhile LCA Mk1A declaration signed successful January 2021, the ministry of defence said. The integration of precocious indigenously developed systems specified arsenic the UTTAM Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar, Swayam Raksha Kavach, and power aboveground actuators volition further fortify the Aatmanirbharta initiatives.
The task is being supported by a robust vendor basal of astir 105 Indian companies straight engaged, the ministry said.HAL precocious besides received the 3rd GE-404 motor for the LCA-MK1A (Tejas Mk1A) and different motor is expected to beryllium delivered shortly. The MK1A variant of the LCA includes improvements successful combat avionics and air-to-air refuelling capabilities.The Nashik part of HAL has a full of 2,207 employees, including 1,188 method experts, 624 experts for method enactment and 395 engineers.
