Naval LCA lands on Vikrant

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LCA Tejas

LCA Tejas is a single-engine, lightweight, highly agile, multi-role supersonic fighter with quadruplex digital fly-by-wire Flight Control System (FCS) along with associated advanced flight control laws.
The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme was started by the Government of India in 1984 to replace the ageing Mig 21 fighter planes.
The Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) was established at Bangalore, in 1984 to manage the LCA programme.

Light, small and tailless multi-role supersonic fighter aircraft.
Has the ability to carry a range of air-to-air, air-to-surface, precision-guided, weapons.
Air to air refuelling capability.
Maximum payload capacity of 4000 kg.
It can attend the maximum speed of Mach 1.8.
The range of the aircraft is 3,000km

INS Vikrant is the first aircraft carrier to be indigenously developed in India.
It is named ‘Vikrant’ as a tribute to India’s first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, which was decommissioned in 1997.
The Indian Navy currently operates one Aircraft Carrier bought from Russia called INS Vikramaditya.
Vikrant is run by four General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines on two shafts, generating over 80 megawatts (110,000 hp) of power.
The Russian MiG-29K fighters and the Kamov 31 helicopters, as well as the soon to be acquired American MH-60R Seahawk helicopters will be onboard the Vikrant.
The ship uses short take-off but arrested recovery (STOBAR) which uses a ski-jump for launching aircraft, and a set of three “arrester wires” for their recovery onboard.

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