Indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft, LCA Tejas will be inducted into the Indian Air Force this year. The Defence Research and Development Organisation Chief V K Saraswat has said this after inaugurating a function organised of Aeronautical Society of India in Hyderabad.

He said after completing almost 1,855 flying hours the LCA is ready to enter into the final operational clearance phase. The LCA has been conceived and designed by DRDO's Aeronautical Development Agency and manufactured at Bangalore- based Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, HAL.