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DRDO to develop naval fighter jet
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- The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has offered to develop a new twin-engine deck-based fighter aircraft for the Navy based on the experience of the naval light combat aircraft (LCA) and it should be ready by 2026
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- Naval variant of LCA Tejas: The naval LCA recently successfully completed the take-off and landing trials on the shore-based test facility (SBTF) in Goa.
- Chief of Naval Staff on the offer:
(1) The Qualitative Requirements [QR] are being made. They said they should be able to push it [the fighter aircraft] out by 2026. If it meets our time and QR requirements, we will definitely take it.
(2) Singh said the current LCA Mk-1 was a technology demonstrator and it would further be put to carrier compatibility tests.
(3) And if it worked, whatever lessons they had learnt would be ploughed back by the DRDO into the new fighter to be developed.
Source
The Hindu