New Delhi: The naval variant of India's indegenous light combat aircraft (LCA) is due to soon begin ramp trials.
Avinash Chander, scientific adviser to the defence minister and director general Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), told India Strategic magazine (www.indiastrategic.in) that the LCA-Navy had already done more than 25 test flights from a runway.
As these were successful and met the designated parameters, the aircraft will now be deployed at a naval base in Goa to commence ramp flights, probably after the monsoon.
Goa, on the Arabian seafront, has a major naval air station, INS Hansa, where the MiG- 29Ks for Indian aircraft carriers are also located.
The station has a 14-degree ramp along with necessary testing sensors and paraphernalia to monitor the flights and was specifically built as part of the indigenous LCA-Navy development programme.
11/07/14 IANS/India TV News
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Avinash Chander, scientific adviser to the defence minister and director general Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), told India Strategic magazine (www.indiastrategic.in) that the LCA-Navy had already done more than 25 test flights from a runway.
As these were successful and met the designated parameters, the aircraft will now be deployed at a naval base in Goa to commence ramp flights, probably after the monsoon.
Goa, on the Arabian seafront, has a major naval air station, INS Hansa, where the MiG- 29Ks for Indian aircraft carriers are also located.
The station has a 14-degree ramp along with necessary testing sensors and paraphernalia to monitor the flights and was specifically built as part of the indigenous LCA-Navy development programme.
11/07/14 IANS/India TV News
