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Tejas performs successful firing tests: the aircraft to be inducted soon in the IAF

New Delhi, India - Initial operational clearance expected on December 20

Almost certainly the Tejas, the new Indian aircraft, will receive its Initial operational clearance (IOC) by the deadline of December 20: the fighter has indeed succesfully fired a missile during a test performed off the coast of Goa. As communicated by a spokesperson of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the aircraftlaunched an air-to-air missile which hit and destroyed...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1156989
Rome, Italy, 12/09/2013 13:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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