NEW DELHI: In a historic milestone, the Indian Navy made maiden landing of India’s home-developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA-Navy) aboard aircraft carrier on Monday INS Vikrant.
“A historic milestone achieved towards Aatma Nirbhar Bharat by the Indian Navy as naval pilots carry out LCA (Navy) landing aboard INS Vikrant,” the Navy said in a statement.
“A historic milestone achieved towards Aatma Nirbhar Bharat by the Indian Navy as naval pilots carry out LCA (Navy) landing aboard INS Vikrant,” the Navy said in a statement.
The Navy said naval pilots made the landing.
He said the landing demonstrated India’s ability to design, develop, build and operate indigenous aircraft carriers with indigenous fighter aircraft.
In September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant (IAC I) built in India, which made the country part of an elite group of nations capable of producing aircraft carriers exceeding 40,000 tons.
The Navy had said the aircraft carrier would be able to play a role in ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The statement came against the backdrop of China’s growing dominance of the region.
