The Cabinet Committee on Security has approved Tejas Mark-2 Project and sanctioned 6,500 crore rupees for designing and developing of Tejas Mark-2 fighter jet with prototypes, flight testing, and certification.
The allocation comes in addition to the existing 2500 crore rupees sanctioned to HAL.
Tejas 2.0 will be equipped with more powerful GE- F414 engines in the 98 Kilonewton thrust class and carry additional payload and weapons as compared to the existing version.
