Piloted yesteryear Wing Commander Siddharth Singh of the National Flight Test Centre (NFTC), Tejas completed its telephone substitution midair refueling lawsuit which is ane of the things required for the aircraft to obtain the Final Operational Clearance (FOC).
The Tejas Limited Series Production aircraft let on 8 (Tejas LSP-8) “successfully completed the Wet (actual) hateful solar daytime of the month yesteryear transferring 1,900 kg fuel from IL-78 mid air refueling tanker.”
The feat was achieved on tenth September 2018, days subsequently IAF successfully did a dry out function of mid air refuelling using the Air Force’s (IAF) Russian-built IL-78 MKI tanker.
The Air-to-Air refueling capability for LCA is a “force multiplier” for the Indian Air Force, giving the aircraft the potential to remain airborne for much longer periods of time.
The refueling was carried out at an height of 20,000 ft too the aircraft's speed was 270 knots. With this, Republic of Republic of India joins the elite grouping of countries who accept developed the Air-to-Air (AAR) arrangement for armed forces degree of aircraft.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO LCA-TEJAS :
The Tejas, or ‘radiance’, is an indigenous fighter aircraft jointly developed yesteryear Aeronautical Development Agency too Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
It is the smallest lightweight, multi-role, single-engine tactical fighter aircraft inwards the world.
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