The Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF) program will soon be taken as a priority mission after Navy decided to drop plans to acquire 37 Deck-based fighter jets from a global vendor for operations from aircraft carrier as ADA and Indian Navy are close to finalizing the final design specifications of proposed 4.5 ++ Gen Deck-based fighter program to be known as TEDBF.
ADA has evaluated that the TEDBF Research and Development program will cost around 13000 crores. This needs to be first cleared from the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) out of which 60 % will come from the government and 40 % from the Navy’s budget.
ADA at Aero India 2021 had said that the rollout of the prototype will happen in 2025 and the first flight has been scheduled for 2026 and production in 2029-30. TEDBF will replace Russian origin MiG 29 K from 2035.
