India offers LCA Tejas trainer variant to US Navy to replace the US Navy’s T-38 Goshawk In response to the US Navy’s Request for Information (RFI) for a jet trainer to replace its Boeing T-45 Goshawk, India has reportedly offered the Lead in Fighter Trainer (LIFT) variant of the HAL Tejas. India has responded to the RFI with a detailed project plan for the LIFT variant. The US is said to be still evaluating the offer. This would be the first time India has offered the domestically-developed fighter to a developed nation. In the past, India has offered the Tejas to Malaysia, and has exhibited it at the Bahrain Air Show. Sri Lanka and Egypt had both shown interest in the fighter in 2018. The LIFT variant of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas will be based on the Mk-1A variant that is on order by the Indian Air Force.
