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Private firm makes Tejas fuselage

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Private firm makes Tejas fuselage (GS3 · Defence, 30 May 2025)

What happened

  • VEM Technologies handed the first Tejas Mk1A centre fuselage to HAL [PIB].

Background

  • First major sub-assembly by a private firm [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Supply chain.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Security; indigenisation of technology

  1. As per PIB (2025-05-30): VEM Technologies handed the first Tejas Mk1A centre fuselage to HAL.
  2. Supply chain.
Quotable data point

VEM Technologies handed the first Tejas Mk1A centre fuselage to HAL.

PIB: Tejas fuselage, 30 May 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: none.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Firm

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: Tejas fuselage, 30 May 2025

facts from cited sources only; faculty review pending