https://www.lcatejas.com/ 2026-09-26 monthly 1.0 https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/parallax/jet-aerial.webpHAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft in flight https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/aerial-1.jpgTejas in flight https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/avionics.JPGTejas glass-cockpit avionics https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/engine-propul.jpgTejas GE F404-IN20 engine https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/tejas-navy.jpgNaval Tejas carrier variant https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/tejas-ski-jump.jpgTejas ski-jump take-off https://www.lcatejas.com/specifications/ 2026-09-26 monthly 0.9 https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/tejas-side.jpgTejas specifications https://www.lcatejas.com/variants/ 2026-09-26 monthly 0.9 https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/tejas_arial_hero.jpgTejas variants https://www.lcatejas.com/engine/ 2026-09-26 monthly 0.8 https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/tejas_hero.jpgTejas engine https://www.lcatejas.com/avionics/ 2026-09-26 monthly 0.8 https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/tejas-cockpit-simulator.jpgTejas cockpit and avionics https://www.lcatejas.com/airframe/ 2026-09-26 monthly 0.8 https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/tejas-trio-planform.jpgTejas tailless delta planform https://www.lcatejas.com/timeline/ 2026-09-26 monthly 0.8 https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/aerial-1.jpgTejas timeline https://www.lcatejas.com/gallery/ 2026-09-26 monthly 0.8 https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/mk1a-la5043-nashik-full.jpgLA-5043, the first Mk1A built on HAL’s new Nashik line, 17 October 2025. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/mk1a-water-salute-full.jpgA water-cannon salute for the Mk1A after its flight at Nashik, 17 October 2025. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/mk1a-takeoff-aero-india-2025-full.jpgA Mk1A lifts off at Aero India 2025, Air Force Station Yelahanka, 10 February 2025. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/mk1a-fighter-trainer-static-full.jpgThe Mk1A fighter (left) and Mk1A twin-seater on display at HAL Bengaluru, 9 February 2025. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/nashik-production-hall-full.jpgInside the Mk1A assembly hall at HAL Nashik on the day the line opened, 17 October 2025. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/sulur-pair-takeoff-full.jpgA pair of Tejas departs Sulur at the commissioning of No. 18 Squadron, 27 May 2020. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/la5018-banking-full.jpgLA-5018 of No. 18 Squadron “Flying Bullets” in a steep bank, 2021. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/sq45-pair-full.jpgTwo IOC-standard Tejas of No. 45 Squadron “Flying Daggers” in close formation, 2021. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/la5020-smoke-full.jpgLA-5020 of No. 18 Squadron trailing smoke during the Air Force Day display, October 2021. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/foc-head-on-full.jpgAn FOC-standard Tejas banks towards the camera, October 2021. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/garuda-vii-full.jpgSu-30MKI, French Air and Space Force Rafale and Tejas LA-5026 together during Exercise Garuda VII, Jodhpur, November 2022. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/tarang-shakti-la5022-full.jpgLA-5022 over Jodhpur during Exercise Tarang Shakti, flown by the then Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal A.P. Singh, September 2024. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/singapore-airshow-2022-full.jpgIAF Tejas on the flight line at the Singapore Airshow, February 2022. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/trio-aero-india-2025-full.jpgThree Tejas in formation over Yelahanka ahead of Aero India 2025, February 2025. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/aero-india-2023-planform-full.jpgA knife-edge pass shows off the Tejas’s compound-delta wing at Aero India 2023. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/republic-day-2024-full.jpgA four-ship Tejas formation rehearsing for the Republic Day 2024 flypast, January 2024. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/takeoff-aero-india-2017-full.jpgTake-off at Aero India 2017, Bengaluru, 15 February 2017. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/navy-vikrant-deck-full.jpgLCA Navy on the deck of INS Vikrant after its first landing aboard, February 2023. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/navy-vikrant-launch-full.jpgSki-jump launch from INS Vikrant, afterburner lit, 2023. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/navy-np2-ski-jump-full.jpgNP-2 launches off the ski-jump at the Shore Based Test Facility, INS Hansa, Goa, 2019. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/navy-np1-sbtf-2014-full.jpgNP-1 makes the first ski-jump take-off from the Shore Based Test Facility, INS Hansa, Goa, December 2014. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/il78-refuelling-full.jpgTejas with an IAF Il-78MKI tanker during its first air-to-air refuelling trials, September 2018. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/cockpit-simulator-full.jpgA Tejas cockpit simulator on display: head-up display and glass multi-function displays. https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/gallery/mk2-render-full.jpgRender: the Tejas Mk2, released by DRDO in August 2024. The Mk2 is in development, with first flight targeted for 2027. https://www.lcatejas.com/faq/ 2026-09-26 monthly 0.8 https://www.lcatejas.com/assets/media/mk1a-nashik-la5043.jpgTejas Mk1A LA-5043 at HAL Nashik