<p>India’s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will take part in the three-day Bahrain International Airshow from Thursday, for which two Limited Series Production (LSP) aircraft have been despatched. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“The LSPs will enthral visitors from different countries during flying displays through various aerobatic manoeuvres such as 8-g pull, vertical loop, slow fly past, barrel roll etc,” Hindustan Aeronautical LTD’s Chairman and Managing Director T Suvarna Raju said on Wednesday. <br /><br />Reiterating the importance of indigenous aircraft taking part in international shows, Raju recalled HAL’s involvement in designing, developing and producing Tejas. “We have set-up state-of-the-art, environmentally-controlled dedicated Division at Bengaluru to produce LCAs”, Raju said.<br /><br />A single engine, light weight, agile multi-role supersonic fighter, Tejas light combat aircraft is a 4.5 generation aircraft with supersonic capability at all altitudes. <br /><br />It has the fly by wire, state-of-the-art open architecture computer for avionics and for good weapons and combat capabilities, with the advanced avionics reducing the pilot’s load.<br />Also taking part in the airshow will be the Air Force’s Sarang helicopter display team that flies four HAL-made Dhruv helicopters. <br /><br />Made for increased payloads at higher altitudes, HAL Dhruvs have been produced for Indian defence forces and more than 200 of them have clocked 1,42,000 flying hours cumulatively.</p>
<p>India’s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will take part in the three-day Bahrain International Airshow from Thursday, for which two Limited Series Production (LSP) aircraft have been despatched. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“The LSPs will enthral visitors from different countries during flying displays through various aerobatic manoeuvres such as 8-g pull, vertical loop, slow fly past, barrel roll etc,” Hindustan Aeronautical LTD’s Chairman and Managing Director T Suvarna Raju said on Wednesday. <br /><br />Reiterating the importance of indigenous aircraft taking part in international shows, Raju recalled HAL’s involvement in designing, developing and producing Tejas. “We have set-up state-of-the-art, environmentally-controlled dedicated Division at Bengaluru to produce LCAs”, Raju said.<br /><br />A single engine, light weight, agile multi-role supersonic fighter, Tejas light combat aircraft is a 4.5 generation aircraft with supersonic capability at all altitudes. <br /><br />It has the fly by wire, state-of-the-art open architecture computer for avionics and for good weapons and combat capabilities, with the advanced avionics reducing the pilot’s load.<br />Also taking part in the airshow will be the Air Force’s Sarang helicopter display team that flies four HAL-made Dhruv helicopters. <br /><br />Made for increased payloads at higher altitudes, HAL Dhruvs have been produced for Indian defence forces and more than 200 of them have clocked 1,42,000 flying hours cumulatively.</p>