Indian Tejas Light Combat Aircraft Goes Supersonic

TEJAS GOES SUPERSONIC Tejas, India's light combat aircraft (LCA), made its first supersonic flight in late July while on its 94th sortie, powered by a General Electric GE404 engine. Wing Cdr. Vikram Singh took the technology demonstrator to a targeted speed of Mach 1.08 at 36,000 ft. during the...

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