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Saturday, September 29, 2012

India’s Light Combat Aircraft To Get AESA Radar

LCA Mk2 |The Indian Air Force will use the home-made Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar on the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mark-2, which is 15 years behind schedule.

The Mark-2 prototype is expected to be inducted into service by 2014, following which the Indian Air Force plans to order 200 aircraft.

The Indian content of the LCA Mark-2 will be about 70 percent and the aircraft will be powered by the General Electric F414 engine and has added two tons to the LCA’s original weight of eight tons.

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