DRDO-developed LCA Navy makes maiden landing onboard INS

Jan 11, 2020

New Delhi: After completing extensive trials on the Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF), Naval version of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) did a successful arrested landing onboard INS Vikramaditya at 1002 hrs today.

LCA Navy has been developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

The maiden landing was conducted by Commodore Jaideep Maolankar. Captain Dahiya was the
Landing Safety Officer (LSO) and Cdr Vivek Pandey Test Director on ship
whereas Gr. Capt. Kabadwal and Cdr Ankur Jain were monitoring the aircraft
through telemetry from SBTF.

The Only other countries that have in-service aircraft that are capable of making arrested landings on an aircraft carrier are the US, France, Russia and China .

With the landing of the naval LCA on the Vikramaditya, indigenous technologies for deck-based operations have been proven, which will pave the way to develop a new “twin-engine” deck-based fighter, the Navy tweeted
–India News Stream