The main component of HAL Combat Air Teaming System (CATS), CATS MAX will be a twin seater Tejas Mark 1A modified with CATS interface to act as the mothership of CATS components. The CATS MAX is to be crewed by a pilot and a weapon system officer (WSO), with the later controlling the CATS. Tejas Trainer - NP-5 based operational conversion trainer for the Indian Navy, with IFR-probe. Indian Navy was reported to be considering HAL's proposal to reestablish a "Carrier Training Squadron" with 18 Naval Tejas, that would be posted on both of India's carriers and additionally serve as point defence interceptors. Cancelled variants Tejas Mark 1 Navy - Naval Variant based on HAL Tejas Mark 1 powered by F404 engine. Cancelled in favour of the new twin-engine naval fighter HAL TEDBF. Tejas Mark 2 Navy - Proposed naval variant based on the Tejas Mark 2. Cancelled in favour of the HAL TEDBF. Tejas Trainer IN - Two-seat operational conversion trainer for the Indian Navy. Cancelled in favour of HAL TEDBF. Operators Indian Air Force – 123 aircraft to be built. 40 Tejas Mark 1 ordered in March 2006 with deliveries beginning in 2016 (16 Mk1 IOC and 16 Mk1 FOC single-seater aircraft, 8 Mk1 FOC twin-seat trainers). 26 inducted by February 2022. 83 aircraft ordered in February 2021 (73 Mk1A single-seater aircraft, 10 Mk1 FOC trainers), to be delivered in 2024-2028 timeframe. Sulur Air Force Station No. 45 Squadron (Flying Daggers) No. 18 Squadron (Flying Bullets) Specifications (Tejas Mark 1) See also References Citations Bibliography External links Official Government of India Tejas site Features and analysis: "Flying into the unknown" — A feature by The Hindu on the Tejas test pilots. "LCA and Economics" by Sunil Sainis and George Joseph "The Light Combat Aircraft Story", by Air Marshal MSD Wollen (Retd). The case to support the indigenous LCA programme, by Ashok Parthasarathi and Raman Puri. Technical: An Approach to High AoA Testing of the LCA Development Flight Testing of the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft LCA Avionics And Weapon System Mission Computer Software Development: A Case Study TEJAS The Indian Light Combat Aircraft, official brochure 2015 ADA Tejas IOC brochure General Electric F404 family turbofan engines datasheet General: "Tejas / Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)", Fighter-planes.com "Dawn of Tejas" Aero India special report from flightglobal.com Radiance in Indian Skies - The Tejas Saga by Air Marshal P Rajkumar, BR Srikant