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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - July 17, 2010: India has introduced for the first time the Marine version of the LCA (Light Combat Aircraft). This new device will complement the fleet of MiG-29 K Marine version that will equip future buildings Vikrant class (ICC Aircraft Carrier) currently under construction in India. 
The program of Light Combat Aircraft LCA TEJAS named (“Glorious” in Sanskrit language) is an Indian national program launched in 1982 with the development lasted 26 years. The first aircraft for the Indian Air Force began to arrive. It is the smallest multi-role combat aircraft in the world. This program is under the responsibility of the Indian manufacturer HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd).
The HAL Tejas is equipped with a multimode radar Doppler modes have air-air, air-ground and air-sea and has a pod FLIR and a laser designator. It could also receive data links.
Everything contributes to making him a modern device for a relatively low cost estimated in 2006 to 21 million. The aircraft, however, has been presented with conventional munitions (bombs smooth and baskets rockets) and air-air missiles of short range.
On October 27, 2007, the prototype successfully PV1 fired its first missile air-air short range R73 Archer. It was the beginning of the integration phase of weapon systems, which should be followed by the medium-range missile tests Russian Vympel R77. The next step will be the integration of multi-mode radar (multitargeted, TWS and monitoring of land) of domestic manufacture.
Based on the version of the Air Force, the Navy version TEJAS therefore form part of the air defense ship alongside the MiG-29K that they will act in the depth of the device. The first prototype of Naval TEJAS registered NP-1 is ready to undergo the phase of system integration tests leading to fixed points, taxi tests and flight.
The first flight of NP-1 is expected to occur by the end of 2010. This version uses the engine of the Air Force version, either the F404-IN-20. However, to make the take off aircraft carriers in the builder category STOBAR HAL must choose a more powerful engine: either the GE F414 (Super Hornet), Eurojet EJ200 is the (Eurofighter).
A second prototype of NP-2 will join the test by 2011. TEJAS The Navy should enter service by 2015. In total, India plans to obtain 260 TEJAS for the Air Force and Navy.
The program of Light Combat Aircraft LCA TEJAS named (“Glorious” in Sanskrit language) is an Indian national program launched in 1982 with the development lasted 26 years. The first aircraft for the Indian Air Force began to arrive. It is the smallest multi-role combat aircraft in the world. This program is under the responsibility of the Indian manufacturer HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd).
The HAL Tejas is equipped with a multimode radar Doppler modes have air-air, air-ground and air-sea and has a pod FLIR and a laser designator. It could also receive data links.
Everything contributes to making him a modern device for a relatively low cost estimated in 2006 to 21 million. The aircraft, however, has been presented with conventional munitions (bombs smooth and baskets rockets) and air-air missiles of short range.
On October 27, 2007, the prototype successfully PV1 fired its first missile air-air short range R73 Archer. It was the beginning of the integration phase of weapon systems, which should be followed by the medium-range missile tests Russian Vympel R77. The next step will be the integration of multi-mode radar (multitargeted, TWS and monitoring of land) of domestic manufacture.
Based on the version of the Air Force, the Navy version TEJAS therefore form part of the air defense ship alongside the MiG-29K that they will act in the depth of the device. The first prototype of Naval TEJAS registered NP-1 is ready to undergo the phase of system integration tests leading to fixed points, taxi tests and flight.
The first flight of NP-1 is expected to occur by the end of 2010. This version uses the engine of the Air Force version, either the F404-IN-20. However, to make the take off aircraft carriers in the builder category STOBAR HAL must choose a more powerful engine: either the GE F414 (Super Hornet), Eurojet EJ200 is the (Eurofighter).
A second prototype of NP-2 will join the test by 2011. TEJAS The Navy should enter service by 2015. In total, India plans to obtain 260 TEJAS for the Air Force and Navy.*This article is being posted from Toronto, Canada By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News, contact: dtnnews@ymail.com
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