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With the first flight of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) now put back to mid-1999, nearly four years after its roll-out, the program appears to be plagued with difficulties and delays and the target date of 2003 for first deliveries to the Indian Air Force looks increasingly over-optimistic.
See also: LCA at Bharat-Rakshak
| MODEL | LCA |
| CREW | 1 |
| ENGINE | 1 x General Electric F404-GE-F2J3, 80.5kN |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 12500 kg | 27558 lb |
| Empty weight | 5500 kg | 12125 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 8.2 m | 26 ft 11 in |
| Length | 13.2 m | 43 ft 4 in |
| Height | 4.4 m | 14 ft 5 in |
| Wing area | 37.5 m2 | 403.65 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 1700 km/h | 1056 mph |
| Ceiling | 15200 m | 49850 ft |
| ARMAMENT | 4000kg of weapons |
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| nikhilesh dubey, nikhilesh.dubey(@)rediffmail.com, 30.05.2008 it is INDIAN LION and when ever its join air force capable to intercept f 16 and j 10 coz lca has far better avionics |
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