India To Spend Rs. 1,259 Crore To Double LCA Production.
The Indian Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is working on a proposal
to double the production of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) from the current
eight to 16 per annum by Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL).
An expenditure of INR 1,259 Crore (US $187 million) has been proposed
for this purpose with 50 percent funding by HAL, 25 percent by IAF and
25 percent by Indian Navy, with timeline of 36 months from the date of
sanction, Minister of State for Defense Rao Inderjit Singh said in a
reply to the Parliament Tuesday.
A case for additional 80 LCA with four essential capabilities namely
Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, Beyond Visual Range
(BVR) missiles, Air to Air Refueling (AAR) capability and Electronic
Warfare (EW) suite in the upgraded version LCA Mk 1A is being progressed
for placing orders, the statement said.
Full scale production of India’s indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas is expected to begin next year.
Reference : http://www.indiandefensenews.in
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