Rajnath Singh to fly in Tejas LCA, spend night on aircraft carrier

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will take a flight in the Tejas light combat aircraft in Bengaluru, and then travel to Mumbai for milestones in India's shipbuilding programme

On September 28, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is planning a close viewing of two of India’s biggest indigenisation successes. According to defence ministry sources, he will take a flight in the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) in Bengaluru, and then travel to Mumbai for milestones in India’s shipbuilding programme. 

In what the Navy’s vice chief Vice-Admiral G Ashok Kumar describes as “The Raksha Mantri’s day at sea”, Singh will launch the first Project 17A frigate, INS Nilgiri at Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai (MDL); and commission the second Project 75 Scorpene submarine, INS Khanderi. He will also inaugurate a massive dry dock