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Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 10

Undeterred by delay in the deliveries of the existing lot of Tejas fighter jets, India is looking at testing a prototype of a more powerful and next version of the jet — Tejas Mark 2.

A high-level review meeting chaired by Samir Kamat, Chairman, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), on Friday laid down targets towards realisation of the first fly worthy prototype of Tejas Mark 2, an upgraded version of the existing Tejas Mark 1A, having a wider array of weapons and a more powerful engine.

Various stakeholders — all those associated with testing of the fly worthy prototype of Tejas Mark 2 — gave their status report on the progress. All DRDO labs involved in the development of systems and subsystems of the jet were present. The Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification and National Flight Test Centre under Aeronautical Development Agency were also part of the meet.