Aeronautical Development Agency

**Aeronautical Development Agency**
	Parent Agency - Ministry of Defence
Agency overview
Formed	1984
Headquarters	Vimanapura, Dodda Nekkundi, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Ministers responsible	Rajnath Singh; Samir Kamat, Chairman DRDO and ex officio Secretary, Dept of Defence Research and Development;
Agency executive	Jitendra Jaisingh Jadav, Programme Director (Combat Aircraft) & Director - ADA;
Website	www.ada.gov.in

The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) under Department of Defence Research and Development (DR&D) of India's Ministry of Defence was established at Bangalore, in 1984 to oversee the development of the nation's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme. It has developed Tejas and is developing Tejas Mk 2, TEDBF and AMCA.

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