Why in News:

• Indian Air Force (IAF) will be pitching the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas MK-I aircraft alongside participants from across the world at the Singapore Airshow 
  • Singapore Airshow is a biennial event which provides a platform for the global aviation industry to showcase their products

About Tejas

• Tejas is India’s first light fighter aircraft designed and manufactured in the country. It’s a single-seat, single-engine supersonic multirole light fighter aircraft.
• Tejas is a fourth-generation light combat aircraft (LCA). Its configuration is largely geared on mobility and agility.
• To make handling easier, the plane has a computerised fly-by-wire flight control system. This allows the pilot to focus on other tasks (especially mission-critical tasks) without having to worry about the plane deviating from its flying route.
• It can travel at a top speed of Mach 1.8
  • Mach is used as a unit of measurement in stating the speed of a moving object in relation to the speed of sound.
• The aircraft has a range of 3,000 kilometres.
• In its class, it is the lightest, smallest, multi-role supersonic fighter aircraft.
• Designed to carry a variety of precision-guided air-to-air and air-to-surface weaponry.
• Capability for air-to-air refuelling. 

Related information

• To read about new version of LCA Mk2 Tejas: https://officerspulse.com/lca-mk2/

• To read about India’s defence exports

1. https://officerspulse.com/indias-defence-exports/ 

1. https://officerspulse.com/brahmos-missile/

 Reference:

1. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/iaf-to-pitch-lca-tejas-at-singapore-airshow/article38418588.ece