Editing Aeronautical Development Agency

{{Short description|Indian governmental aircraft design agency}}
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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" />

== Facilities ==
*ASMS
*System Design and Evaluation Facility
*Computing Center
*Iron Bird
*LCA Hangar
*Lightning Test Facility
*Virtual Reality
*Wind Tunnel Testing Facility

== Software development ==
ADA has established advanced state of the art computing centre with several 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.

* Autolay
* CADTRANS
* FINESSE
* FINEGRAF
* GITA
* PRANA
* GNRETING

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.ada.gov.in/]

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