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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Fifth LCA Tejas Prototype to Fly by August, Weaponization to take 18 Months

Tejas Light Combat AircraftThe Prototype Vehicle 5 of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) family, developed by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bangalore, is expected to fly out of the hangar by August.

The two-seater trainer is one of the seven prototypes of the indigenously developed LCA. HAL is expecting the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) for LCA by 2008-09, A Mohan, General Manager of the Aircraft Research and Design Centre (ARDC) told reporters during a media visit to the HAL facilities on Monday.

Weaponization

Meanwhile, the weaponisation of LCA PV3 is on at the production hangar. Armed with R-73 missiles, PV3 is expected to incorporate drop tanks in later phases, Mohan said.

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