The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Tejas light combat aircraft is to be equipped with a compact cockpit to increase the comfort levels of test pilots.

A rearranged and modified cockpit will be fitted in the fifth limited series production (LSP-5) platform of Tejas scheduled for its test flight in the first week of August 2010.

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The layout modifications in the glass cockpit will make the aircraft more pilot friendly and enhance its night flying capabilities, according to DNA.

IAF vice-chief Air Marshall PK Barbora said a user-friendly and smart cockpit would make hand-eye coordination perfect.

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