India’s Homegrown Tejas Fighter Jet Has Just Made Its 1st Arrested Landing On On Board The Carrier Vikramaditya

This is how the developmental LCA (N) MK1 made the Maiden Arrested Landing on board the #AircraftCarrier #INSVikramaditya today. pic.twitter.com/Kfbj9aF1Rz

— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) January 11, 2020

Defense News: Indian Navy hits major milestone with its homegrown experimental jet

WASHINGTON — The Indian Navy hit a major milestone in its quest for a homegrown aircraft carrier-based fighter aircraft, the military’s research and development wing announced Saturday.

A prototype of a naval version of India’s Tejas light combat aircraft performed an arrested landing on board the carrier Vikramaditya in the Arabian Sea, the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation announced on Twitter.

“After completing extensive trials on the Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF), Naval version of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) did a successful arrested landing onboard INS Vikramaditya at 1002 hrs today,” DRDO said in a news release.

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Update: WATCH India’s indigenous Tejas fighter jet make 1st arrested landing on INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier (RT)

WNU Editor: The Indian Navy still has a long way to go before this jet becomes operational.