Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a sortie on a Tejas fighter aircraft in
Bengaluru during his visit to the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited site on
Saturday.
The Prime Minister took to social media platform X to share his
experience of taking a sortie of the Tejas fighter.
“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,” PM Modi said in a post on X.
Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari was on the spot to
supervise the preparations for PM Modi’s maiden sortie in the indigenous Made
in India fighter aircraft.
The Chief was on ground for the Prime Minister’s sortie in the LCA Tejas
where the aircraft was flown by Indian Air Force test pilot Group Captain
Debanjan Mandal, defence officials said.
PM Modi is on a visit to Bengaluru to visit and review the manufacturing
facility, including the facility for Tejas jets.
Indian Air Force recently issued a tender to the State-owned HAL for the
purchase of 12 advanced Su-30MKI fighter jets.
“Recently, a tender has been issued to the HAL for buying the 12 Su-30MKI
fighters, which will be manufactured in India by the HAL in partnership with
the Russian original equipment manufacturers,” defence sources had told ANI
earlier.
The public sector company is expected to respond to the tender by next
month with details of the project along with other details, they said.
The aircraft would include a high percentage of indigenous content as per
the requirement of the Indian Air Force in line with the Aatma Nirbhar policies
of the government in the defence sector.
ANI
