Govt approves eight LCA Tejas for Navy

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Govt approves eight LCA Tejas for Navy



New Delhi: The Defence Ministry has given its approval for production of eight Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for the Indian Navy's indigenous aircraft carrier, which is currently under construction. The nod to the Naval LCA programme was accorded by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)
headed by Defence Minister AK Antony on Friday last week, Ministry officials told reporters here.

The DRDO has been working on the development of the naval version of the LCA for quite some and it achieved a milestone after a successful engine run last year.

The aircraft is likely to get on with its first flight testing before the end of this year.

The 40,000-tonne Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), which is under construction at the Cochin Shipyard, will carry over 30 combat aircraft along with helicopters.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation has also prepared a shore-based test facility at INS Hansa in Goa for carrying out trials of the Naval LCA.


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Defence panel approves LCA for Indian Navy
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Source-- Defence panel approves LCA for Indian Navy | idrw.org
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In a boost to India’s indigenousmaritime combat plane development programme, a top defence panel has approved the limited series production of the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) for the Indian Navy’s under-construction indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC).
The approval came from the Defence Minister A.K. Antony-headed Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) at its meeting last week, a top defence ministry official said.
“The nod is for production of nine of the LCA-Navy,” the official said.
The approval comes even as the project was finding the going tough over the plane’s General ElectricF404 engine providing inadequate power — about 80 kiloNewtons — for a carrier-borne fighter.
Therefore, India’s first home-built carrier-borne combat jet may finally be powered by GE F414 engine that provides 90 kiloNewton thrust to meet the specifications for LCA-Navy.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) project will see the light of the day soon, with the aircraft going through its first flight this year, followed by the necessary approvals for final operational clearance in the next three-four years, in time for the IAC’s induction.
The 40,000-tonne IAC is under construction at the Cochin Shipyard, and will carry about 30 combat planes, apart from choppers.
The LCA-Navy had a significant milestone in its development process with the first successful ground-run of its engine in September last year.
The Indian Air Force has ordered seven squadrons – about 140 aircraft – of the LCA and its induction is expected to begin next year.