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    Naval LCA Tejas

    We will have to wait to see what happens with NMWF, but NCLA will never move past prototypes. It simply makes no sense, since NLCA gives very little additional capabilities over MiG 29K. It can't lift a higher load at take off. They will use NLCA as a test bed to gain data for NMWF. Hopefully...
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    Naval LCA Tejas

    Then why fund NLCA even now? They expect some indigenous product. I suspect that the SH will be for IAC-1 and Vikramaditya (briefly), while IAC-2 will operate NMWF or NMWF+SH
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    Naval LCA Tejas

    Yes that is true. However as far as I can tell the navy never rejected the Tejas because it was a single engine. A single engine fighter is roughly 30% cheaper to operate. When considering a fighter I'm sure they would have taken into account failure rate and costs. As far as I can tell the navy...
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