HAL Tejas
Country: 
IndiaManufacturer: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
The HAL Tejas is an Indian single-engine light multirole fighter developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited as the principal production partner. The family includes single-seat fighters and two-seat training aircraft.
2016 denotes squadron induction with IOC-standard aircraft, not the earlier certification milestone. A Python-5 link is omitted because the supporting integration evidence has not been established in this review.
Illustration: HAL Tejas, single-seat fighter
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Data trust
- Reliability
- Verified
- Sources
- LCA TejasIndian Ministry of Defence · Accessed
- Induction of Tejas AircraftPress Information Bureau, India · Accessed
- Last reviewed
Identity
- Designation
- HAL Tejas
- Manufacturer
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- Country
- India
- Category
- Multirole fighter
- Figures refer to
- Tejas Mk1 single-seat fighter
Production & service
- Introduced
- 2016
- Status
- In service
- Units produced
- —
Specifications
- MTOW
- 13,500 kg
- Crew
- 1
- Armament
- —
- Sensors
- —
- Engines
- One GE F404-IN20
- Hardpoints
- 9
- Empty weight
- —
- Max speed
- Mach 1.6
- Combat radius
- —
- Length / wingspan / height
- 13.2 m / 8.2 m / 4.4 m
- Service ceiling
- —
Historical profile
The first Indian air-force Tejas squadron formed in July 2016 with IOC-standard aircraft. Subsequent FOC and Mk1A configurations introduced further changes; the figures here follow the published Tejas specification, not a projected later aircraft.