Until now, the national monopolist for military aircraft contracts was the state giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). This company has produced under licence MiG-21, MiG-27, Jaguar and [Su-30MKI](https://defence24.pl/page-tagow/su-30mki) and is besides moving its own LCA Light Combat Aircraft program [Tejas](https://defence24.pl/page-tagow/tejas).