Fast Forward, 30 years to 2021

Inthe picture above are a pair of LCA Mk.1s (IOC) of No.45 Squadron IAF in

Over the 30 years since Air Marshal CV Gole’s brief for then Defence naval prototypes (NP), sixteen initial operational clearance production aircraft twenty three LCA Mk.1s still to be produced and delivered.

In a major boost to the overall programme, the Government approved