Short of Fighter Planes, Air Force wants HAL to Hasten Production

Faced with a depleting jet fleet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has suggested to the government that it needed a speedier ‘make in India’ by public sector giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
Over the next 16-18 years, the IAF would require more than 300 jets made by the HAL. At the present pace of 11-12 planes per annum, the HAL would take 25-26 years to make various versions of Tejas, Tejas Mark II (called medium weight fighter) and also the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA), a fifth generation state-of-the-art plane. All the three planes are part of the projected 300 jets. Read More…