Indian Navy Performs First Deck Landing On New Carrier

Indian Navy

The naval version of the indigenous HAL Light Combat Aircraft Tejas (N-LCA) lands on INS Vikrant.

Credit: Indian Navy
SINGAPORE—The Indian Navy has completed the first launches and arrested recoveries onboard its new aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. The tests were carried out Feb. 6 by the naval version of the indigenous HAL Light Combat Aircraft Tejas (N-LCA) and a Mikoyan MiG-29K. The Indian Navy says the milestone...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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