April 28, 2018: In a major milestone, indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has successfully fired an air-to-air beyond visual range (BVR) missile. With this, Tejas has demonstrated its overall capability as an effective combat jet, and inched closer to receive final operational clearance.
Ministry of Defence said in an official release that the test firing of the missile from a Tejas jet was carried out yesterday off the Goa coast and it met all operational requirements. This will expedite issuance of the Final Operational Clearance to the aircraft developed by state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL and Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO.
Earlier, Tejas was given clearance for deployment of armaments and other missiles. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman complimented the DRDO and other agencies involved in making Tejas a world-class aircraft. (AIR News)
