12.02.2005, 13:43
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=653884&C=airwar">http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=653884&C=airwar</a><!-- m -->
Zitat:India Has Plans for New Jet, Long-Range UAV
By JAY SHANKAR, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BANGALORE, India
India is planning to develop a new jet fighter and a long-range version of an unmanned aircraft, defense officials said Feb 11.
The “Lead-in Jet Fighter” is at the drawing board stage and would be a natural progression from India’s existing homegrown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), said N. Natarajan, scientific advisor to the defense minister.
“The technologies and capabilities which the Aeronautical Development Agency has acquired from the Light Combat Aircraft can been put to use in the new jet fighter,” he said. “The jet will have dual roles of a trainer and fighter.”
During the making of the LCA, engineering, design and computer aided manufacturing capabilities had been discovered that could be integrated and used in the manufacture of a new aircraft, Natarajan said.