HAL Tejas Mk2

The HAL Tejas Mark 2, also called the Medium Weight Fighter, is a single-engine, canard delta-wing, multirole combat aircraft that the Aeronautical Development Agency is developing with the Aircraft Research and Design Centre of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for the Indian Air Force. It grew out of the Tejas Mark 1 and Mark 1A as a larger airframe with close coupled canards, new sensors and a more powerful engine, and its development was authorised in November 2009 under the light combat aircraft programme. The programme is tied to the American General Electric F414 engine, which offers 98 kN of thrust, under a technology transfer agreement for most of the engine to be made in India. Four prototypes are planned, with induction expected around 2028 and 2029, so it has not yet entered service.