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, Defence Minister; Samir Kamat, Chairman DRDO and ex officio Secretary, Dept of Defence Research and Development;
Agency executive	Jitendra Jaisingh Jadav, Director General - ADA (since 11 September 2024);
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.

^ Deshpande, Smruti (13 September 2024). "Man behind Tejas milestone, Jitendra Jadhav takes over as chief of aeronautical development body". ThePrint. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

[1] Deshpande, Smruti (13 September 2024). "Man behind Tejas milestone, Jitendra Jadhav takes over as chief of aeronautical development body". ThePrint. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

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Agency overview
Parent Agency - Ministry of Defence

Formed	1984; 41 years ago (1984)
Headquarters	Vimanapura, Dodda Nekkundi, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Ministers responsible	Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Samir Kamat, Chairman DRDO and ex officio Secretary, Dept of Defence Research and Development
Agency executive	Jitendra Jaisingh Jadav^[1], Director General - ADA (since 11 September 2024)
Website	www.ada.gov.in

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Aeronautical Development Agency

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