*PANAJI: Even after three decades of development, India still struggles toput the indigenous Tejas Fighter Jet into the operation service with theIndian Air Force.*
The Pakistani JF 17 thunder jet which entered the development process aftertwo decades of the Tejas is already in service for over 10 years now.
India is developing an indigenous fighter for Indian Navy’s aircraftcarriers, the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Navy was on Friday making awire-arrested landing at Goa’s Shore-based Test Facility (SBTF) INS Hansa.
Calling the maiden arrested landing of LCA Navy, a “golden letter day” inthe history of Indian Naval Aviation, the DRDO said the development has putthe country on the world map with the capability to develop a deck landingaircraft.
“Today, the first-ever arrested landing of LCA (Navy) at the shore-basedtest facility, INS Hansa Goa will pave the way for this Indigenous platformto undertake Aircraft Carrier landing demonstration onboard the IndianNaval Aircraft Carrier, Vikramaditya,” said DRDO.
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“After several years of flight testing and four campaigns of dedicatedtesting at Shore Based Test facility Goa, today the LCA (Navy) Flight TestTeam led by Commodore JA Maolankar (Chief Test Pilot), Captain ShivnathDahiya (LSO) and Commander JD Raturi (Test Director) successfully executeda textbook arrested landing at the Shore Based Test Facility, INS Hansa,Goa.
This arrested landing heralds the arrival of true indigenous capability anddisplays the professional prowess of our scientific community AeronauticalDevelopment Agency (ADA) embeded with design plus build capability ofHAL(ARDC), DRDO and CSIR Labs involved in executing this landmark event,”the defence agency said.
