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  • The HAL Tejas is an Indian single-seat, single-jet engine, multirole light fighter designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force and Navy.
  • The aircraft has a tail-less compound delta-wing configuration, which provides for high maneuverability.

HAL-LCA Tejas Documentary

  • Tejas has a pure double delta wing configuration (wing root leading edge sweep 50°, outer wing leading edge sweep 62.5° and trailing edge forward sweep 4°), with no tailplanes or canard, and a single dorsal fin.
  • It is the smallest and lightest in its class of contemporary supersonic combat aircraft.



Role
Multirole light fighter
National origin
India
Manufacturer
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
Design group
Aeronautical Development Agency
First flight
4 January 2001
Introduction
17 January 2015
Status
In service
Primary user
Indian Air Force
Produced
2001–present
Number built
22 (including prototypes as of December 2017)
Program cost
₹7,399.69 crore (US$1 billion) (LCA total in 2015)
Unit cost
₹160 crore (US$25 million) for Mark I
US$40 million for Mark IA








General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 13.20 m (43 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 4.40 m (14 ft 9 in)
  • Wing area: 38.4 m² (413 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 6,560 kg (14,300 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 9,800 kg (21,605 lb)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 13,500 kg (29,100 lb)
  • Internal fuel capacity: 2,458 kg
  • External fuel capacity: 2 x 1,200-litre drop tank inboard, 1 x 725-litre drop tank under fuselage
  • Powerplant: 1 × General Electric F404-GE-IN20 turbofan
    • Dry thrust: 53.9 kN (12,100 lbf)
    • Thrust with afterburner: 89.8 kN (20,200 lbf)



Performance

  • Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 (2,205 km/h) for FOC version; Mach 1.6 (2,000 km/h) for IOC version;
  • Combat radius: 500 km (270 nmi, 311 mi)
  • Ferry range: 1,750 km (1,087 mi) with drop tanks
  • Service ceiling: 16,000 m (52,500 ft)
  • Wing loading: 255 kg/m² (52 lb/ft²)
  • Thrust/weight: 0.96
  • g-limits: +8/−3.5 g



Armament
  • Guns: 1× mounted 23 mm twin-barrel GSh-23 cannon with 220 rounds of ammunition
  • Hardpoints: 8 (1× beneath the port-side intake trunk for targeting pods, 6× wing, and 1× fuselage) with a capacity of 3,500 kg external fuel and ordnance and provisions to carry combinations of:
    • Rockets: S-8 rocket pods, Bofors 135 mm rocket
    • Missiles:
      • Air-to-air missiles:
        • Astra
        • Derby
        • Python-5
        • R-77
        • R-73
      • Air-to-surface missiles:
        • DRDO Anti-Radiation Missile
        • Kh-59ME (TV-guided standoff missile)
        • Kh-59MK (Laser-guided standoff missile)
      • Anti-ship missiles
        • Kh-35
        • Kh-31
    • Bombs: 
      • KAB-1500L laser-guided bombs
      • GBU-16 Paveway II
      • FAB-250
      • ODAB-500PM fuel-air explosives
      • ZAB-250/350 incendiary bombs
      • BetAB-500Shp powered concrete-piercing bombs
      • FAB-500T gravity bombs
      • OFAB-250-270 gravity bombs
      • OFAB-100-120 gravity bombs
      • RBK-500 cluster bomb stake
    • Other: 
      • Drop tanks for ferry flight/extended range/loitering time
      • LITENING targeting pod
Avionics
  • Hybrid version of Israel's Elta EL/M-2032 multi-mode fire control radar



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