PM Modi Takes Sortie On LCA Tejas Aircraft
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took a sortie on LCA Tejas aircraft at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) site in Karnataka’s Bengaluru.
“Successfully completed a sortie on the Tejas. The experience was incredibly enriching, significantly bolstering my confidence in our country’s indigenous capabilities, and leaving me with a renewed sense of pride and optimism about our national potential”, the Prime Minister said in a post on X.
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PM Narendra Modi became the first Prime Minister to fly the Tejas as he went on sortie which lasted a few minutes.
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Under Modi Government, an order worth Rs 36,468 Crore for delivery of 83 LCA Mk 1A aircraft has been placed with HAL and delivery is scheduled to begin by February 2024. More than Rs 9,000 Crore have been sanctioned for the development of LCA Mk 2, an updated and more lethal version of LCA Tejas.