LCA Tejas to be at the centre stage of 'India Pavilion' at Aero India

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A full scale LCATejas aircraft in Final Operational Clearance (FOC) configuration will be at the centre stage of "India Pavilion" at Aero India 2023, to be held from February 13 to 17 at Yelahanka Air Force Station here.

The 14th Edition of the biennial aero show and aviation exhibition, organised by the Ministry of Defence, will have a separate "India Pavilion" based on 'Fixed Wing Platform' theme to showcase India's strides in the fixed wing area and future prospects in the field, a Defence release said on Thursday.

The India Pavilion will further showcase the growth of India in developing an eco-system for fixed wing platform which includes the demonstration of various structural modules, simulators and systems, among others, of LCA-Tejas aircraft being produced by private partners. There will also be a section for "Defence space, New Technologies" and a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) section which will give an insight about the growth of India in each sector.

LCA Tejas is a single engine, light weight, highly agile, multi-role supersonic fighter. It has quadruplex digital fly-bywire Flight Control System (FCS) with associated advanced flight control laws.