One month deadline for training, maintenance for fighter jets Tejas
Manufactured in the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) based in Bangalore, the first Tejas was handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) last month.
It is intended to replace the ageing Russian-made MiG-21 jets now used in the IAF. The Russian-made fighter jets were to be decommissioned by 2017 but pushed to 2025 owing to the delay in supplying the Tejas, sources said.
According to reports, the design, development, production and induction of about 170 Tejas fighter jets, 120 for the Air Force and 50 for Navy, would cost India over Rs. 50,000 crores.
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