India’s Tejas light combat aircraft is finally ready for action.

India’s Ministry of Defense revealed this week that four more Tejas light combat aircraft will be delivered to the Air Force next month.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is opening a new production facility in 2020 to double the production of Tejas LCA per annum.

The Indian Air Force carried out its first mid-air refueling of the indigenously developed Tejas LCA on September 10.

The head of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited flew in the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft earlier this week.

The naval variant of the fighter jet conducted the first successful test of its indigenously developed arrestor hook system.

India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft missed another deadline to become fully combat-ready.

Serial production of the Tejas is encountering additional delays as the Indian Air Force is requesting the incorporation of new and upgraded systems.

The Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has successfully test-fired the Derby air-to-air beyond visual range missile.

The Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has recently completed its first hot refueling trials bringing the fighter closer to final operational clearance.

The Indian Air Force issued a request for proposal (RFP) to aircraft maker HAL for the procurement of 83 fighter jets on December 20.

A new report by the IAF said that the Tejas fighter jet lags behind its foreign competitors like the JAS-39 Gripen.

India’s defense industry is behind schedule in delivering the country’s first indigenous fighter jet.

Test firing of the new air-to-air missile is scheduled for the end of 2017.

The test firing “achieved all its planned objectives,” the Indian Ministry of Defense announced last week.

The Indian Navy looks for a successor to the now-nixed HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft.