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Uttam AESA Radar Tejas Mk1A: HAL’s ₹2,205 Cr Astra Order

October 2, 2026 by Abhishek Kumar

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When Hindustan Aeronautics Limited signed off on the first 83 Tejas Mk1A fighters, it had little choice but to put an Israeli radar in the…

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