The HAL LCA (light combat aircraft) Tejas is a domestically produced Indian delta-wing multirole fighter jet designed by India’s Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and built by India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Tejas was built to serve the Indian Air Force and represents a significant step in India’s quest to develop its domestic defense industry. As with many fighter jet programs, the Tejas has faced delays, but it seems that the Indian Air Force will once again start taking delivery of the fighter jets soon (deliveries have been delayed due to General Electric’s supply chain woes).
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February 29th, 2008. It was the day that Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it had been selected by the U.S. Air Force to provide the KC-45A aerial refueling tanker for the KC-135 tanker replacement program. Most notably, this jet would be based on the A330 commercial airframe, produced by EADS – which, these days, would be Airbus’ Defence and Space division.Unfortunately, the celebrations wouldn’t last long for Airbus and Northrop Grumman.Just days later, Boeing would launch a full-scale counteroffensive to convince the Air Force that it had selected the wrong aircraft. In the end, Boeing was successful in overturning the Northrop Grumman deal, having its 767-based tanker win instead. It’s been quite awhile since this whole ordeal took place – long before our website and YouTube channels existed. So we thought it would be interesting to take a look back for today’s video!