Malaysia

India offers to sell 18 fighter jets to Malaysia

Defence Ministry says six other countries have also shown interest in its indigenously-developed light combat aircraft

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 06 Aug 2022 8:49AM

India offers to sell 18 fighter jets to Malaysia
Last year, the Indian government approved the purchase of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircraft and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 trainer aircraft at the cost of over US$6 billion from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, according to reports. – Wikipedia pic, August 6, 2022

NEW DELHI – India’s Defence Ministry yesterday said it has offered to sell 18 indigenously-developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas to Malaysia.

The ministry said six other countries, namely Argentina, Australia, Egypt, the United States, Indonesia, and the Philippines have also shown interest in the single-engine fighter jet, reported Xinhua.

Last year, the Indian government approved the purchase of 73 LCA Tejas Mk-1A fighter aircraft and 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 trainer aircraft at the cost of over US$6 billion (RM26.7 billion) from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a defence public sector undertaking (PSU) under India’s Defence Ministry. – Bernama, August 6, 2022

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