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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian governmental aircraft design agency}}<br />
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The '''Aeronautical Development Agency''' ('''ADA'''), under the Department of Defence Research and Development (DR&D) of India's [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], was established in [[Bangalore]] in 1984 to oversee the development of the India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=22 February 2023 |title=BEL inks MoU with ADA for advanced medium combat aircraft programme |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/bel-inks-mou-with-ada-for-advanced-medium-combat-aircraft-programme-123022200217_1.html |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Business Standard}}</ref> It has developed the [[HAL Tejas|Tejas]] and is developing the [[HAL Tejas Mk2|Tejas Mk 2]], [[HAL TEDBF|TEDBF]] and [[HAL AMCA|AMCA]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Facilities ==<br />
*ASMS<br />
*System Design and Evaluation Facility<br />
*Computing Center<br />
*Iron Bird<br />
*LCA Hangar<br />
*Lightning Test Facility<br />
*Virtual Reality<br />
*Wind Tunnel Testing Facility<br />
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== Software development ==<br />
ADA has established advanced state of the art computing centre with powerful equipments and software. ADA has developed specialised software in the fields of [[computer-aided design]] (CAD), [[computer-aided engineering]] (CAE), [[computer-aided manufacturing]] (CAM), avionics, systems, independent validation and verification, flight simulation. The spin-off benefits of the research and development is realised with help of commercial partnership with leading multi-national companies such as [[Boeing]], [[Airbus]], [[IBM]], [[Dassault Systèmes]], [[Parametric Technology Corporation]] (PTC). The following are some of the software developed for the LCA-Tejas development programme.<br />
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* Autolay<br />
* CADTRANS<br />
* FINESSE<br />
* FINEGRAF<br />
* GITA<br />
* PRANA<br />
* GNRETING<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.ada.gov.in/]<br />
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