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Maiden Flight of LCA Naval Version NP-1
The maiden flight of the Naval variant of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) was carried out successfully today at HAL Airport, Bangalore. The first prototype of the LCA Naval variant NP-1, took to the skies at 1210 AM, today. The flight which lasted for about 20 minutes within the designated flight envelope had carried out [...]
Iraq Air Force Shows Interest In Czech L-159 ALCA Aircraft
Czech Defence Minister Alexandr Vondra welcomes Iraqi delegation led by Defence Minister of the Republic of Iraq Sadoon Al-Dulaim on 23 January 2012. The talks focused on further billateral cooperation in the field of defence and current situation in the region of the Near East. Minister Vondra at the press conference emphasized that even though [...]
India’s LCA Project Delayed by One Year
India’s ambitious project to develop indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has suffered a setback as the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) for the aircraft was delayed by another year. “As far as LCA is concerned, there was an initial IOC in January this year. We were supposed to get the IOC (final) by the end of [...]
27 Years, 3000% Cost Hike Later, Tejas Takes Off
BANGALORE, India: After a tortuous journey of 27 years, with over 1,500 flight-tests and almost 3,000% jump in overall developmental costs, the much-touted but long-delayed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft has finally taken the first step towards induction as a supersonic fighter into IAF. Amid much fanfare and back-slapping, defence minister A K Antony handed over [...]
IAF Inducts India’s First Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’
Inching closer to modernization with self sufficiency, India’s first homegrown supersonic fighter jet, the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ‘Tejas’, was handed over to the IAF by Defence minister, A K Antony after the Initial Operational Clearance. The LCA, which has remained under development for nearly three decades and braved technology denial regimes, has achieved the [...]
