Tejas to test fire Derby BVRAAM by March

The HAL Tejas lightweight fighter is to test fire the Rafael Derby beyond-visual-range missile (BVRAAM) by this March.

Tejas Aero India-2013
By Ashwin Kumar [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The testing is crucial for the Tejas program in order to gain final operating clearance (FOC) certification by the middle of the year.

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