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BENGALURU, AUG 6
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari reviewed and flew indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Mk 1 ‘Tejas’, Light Combat Helicopter and HTT-40, said officials on Friday. Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) was on a two-day visit to Bangalore. He flew three indigenous platforms, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) and Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40), which are being inducted into IAF as part of its drive towards Atmanirbharta on Saturday.
CAS was demonstrated LCH & HTT-40 & updates on #Tejas
Interacted with designers & test crew to understand current #status & future #plans
CAS delivered Air Chief Marshal LM Katre Memorial Lecture & spoke on Capability & #FORCE Development of IA to make it #future ready force💪 pic.twitter.com/py1jmDqIkV
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) August 6, 2022
The CAS was demonstrated the capabilities of the LCH and HTT-40 as well as updates on the Tejas. He also interacted with the designers and test crew to understand the current status and future plans.
#AtmaNirbharBharat pic.twitter.com/hWbnFkeEts
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) August 5, 2022
On Saturday, CAS delivered the Air Chief Marshal LM Katre Memorial Lecture which was attended by serving & retired officers of IAF, HAL and other stakeholders from the aerospace industry. The CAS spoke on ‘Capability and Force Development Plans of IAF’ towards making it a future ready combat force.