HAL TEDBF

The HAL Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF) is a canarddelta wing, twin-engine, carrier-based, multirole combat aircraft currently under development for the Indian Navy. The TEDBF is being designed and developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), and will be manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).

As a maritime multirole fighter, the aircraft would be capable of missions like combat air patrol (CAP), air supremacy, interception, ground attack, anti-surface warfare (ASuW), reconnaissance, electronic warfare (EW) and buddy-buddy refuelling. The TEDBF is expected to replace the Mikoyan MiG-29K of the Indian Naval Air Arm and the future batch of Rafale's to operate from the Navy's STOBAR aircraft carriers. For ease of storage and operations from such platforms, the aircraft design will incorporate features including folding wings and arresting hook.

The programme was officially initiated in 2019–20, after the Indian Navy's dissatisfaction in operating a single-engine carrier-based fighter based on the HAL Tejas, and its eventual withdrawal from the naval LCA programme in 2016.

As of 2025, the preliminary design phase is nearing completion, and in April 2025, it was reported that the Indian Navy had deferred its deadline by approximately three years, with the first flight of the prototype expected between 2032. Series production and induction of the aircraft are expected by 2038.