The preliminary design for the Light Combat Aircraft(LCA)-Mk2<\/strong> and the fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA)<\/strong> has been completed.<\/span><\/p>\n Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk2<\/b> is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft<\/strong> designed by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA)<\/strong> in collaboration with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).<\/span><\/p>\n Payload Capacity:<\/b> It\u00a0is a 1,350 mm longer aircraft. It can carry a payload of 6,500 kg compared to the 3,500 kg the LCA can carry.<\/span><\/p>\n Features:<\/b> The aircraft features enhanced range and endurance, including an onboard oxygen generation system<\/strong>, which is being integrated for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft(AMCA) <\/b>is a fifth-generation indigenous fighter aircraft <\/span>designed by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA).<\/span><\/p>\n Payload Capacity:<\/b> It will be a 25-tonne aircraft with a payload capacity of 1,500 kg internally and a 5,500-kg external payload.<\/span><\/p>\n Features: <\/b>The aircraft will have stealth and non-stealth configurations. It will be developed in two phases, AMCA Mk1 with an existing GE414 engine and an AMCA Mk2 with an advanced more powerful engine to be developed later along with a foreign partner.<\/span><\/p>\n Note: <\/b>Stealth technology is a low observable technology that makes aircraft, fighter jets, ships, submarines, satellites, missiles less visible to radar, infrared, sonar and other detection methods.<\/span><\/p>\n Participation of Private Industry: <\/b>The manufacturing and production of the aircraft will be through a special purpose vehicle<\/strong> which will have the participation of private industry.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>LCA-Mk2 to roll out next year, first flight in 2023, says scientist<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> The Hindu <\/b>on<\/span> 13th September 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? The preliminary design for the Light Combat Aircraft(LCA)-Mk2 and the fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) has been completed. About LCA-Mk2 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk2 is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft designed by Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in collaboration with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Payload Capacity: It\u00a0is a 1,350 mm longer… Continue reading LCA-Mk2 to roll out next year, first flight in 2023, says scientist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[9699,1255,9700],"class_list":["post-133551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-advanced-medium-combat-aircraft","tag-defence-technology","tag-light-combat-aircraft","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704919088},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About <\/b>LCA-Mk2<\/b><\/h5>\n
About Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft(AMCA)<\/b><\/h5>\n