05 October 2011

News Story: India's LCA project delayed, Mirage-2000 upgrad, simulators, M-MRCA

NEW DELHI (PTI): India's ambitious project to develop indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has suffered a setback as the Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) for the aircraft was delayed by another year.

"As far as LCA is concerned, there was an initial IOC in January this year. We were supposed to get the IOC (final) by the end of this year. As we see it, there is a delay of almost a year in that," IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne told a press conference here.

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