BENGALURU:
The first Light Combat Aircraft in FOC (final operational cleareance) standard (SP-21) took to the skies for a maiden flight here today. Piloted by Air Cmde. K.A. Muthana (retd), Chief Test Flying (Fixed Wing), the aircraft took off from HAL Airport at around 1230 hours. It was airborne for 40 minutes.
The event signifies exemplary team work between various stakeholders of the LCA Tejas programme such as HAL, DGAQA, CEMILAC, IAF and ADA, said R Madhavan, CMD of HAL.
HAL achieved the momentous feat within a record time of 12 months after release of the Drawing Applicability List (DAL) and SOP by CEMILAC. This will pave the way for production of the remaining 15 fighters from the FOC block, which are planned to be delivered during the next financial year.
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