https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Tejas
Dec 09, 2019
The detailed designing of MK II is over and drawings are frozen. Metal cutting, the first step in the start of commercial production, Tejas (Mk-II) is scheduled for February 2020. Dr Girsh S Deodhare, Director of the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Head of the Tejas programme.
The Mk-II will have more advanced sensors including a powerful radar, and improved avionics. The fighter will have more weapons and fuel.
The IAF is buying 123 Mk-1 and Mk-II fighters.
The prototype of the Tejas (Mk-II) is expected to make its first flight in 2024. Machined components will be available in one and half years. GE-414 engine will be used in the plane. The Tejas (Mk-II) will be built in a modular fashion. Items like the fuselage, wings and landing gear area built separately and are put together in the final assembly line, this increases the speed of construction and shortens delivery time, as they items are produced in parallel by different firms.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/metal-cutting-job-for-tejas-to-begin-in-feb/story-wyYM6Iwz0HsC1XHkDUlX3K.html
IAF to buy 83 more Tejas fighters from HAL instead of foreign jets, CDS Rawat says
The induction of Tejas will help India emerge as a key defence exporter due to its ‘relatively low price’, Rawat says.
14 May, 2020
https://theprint.in/defence/iaf-to-buy-83-more-tejas-fighters-from-hal-instead-of-foreign-jets-cds-rawat-says/421827/
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