LCA is an advanced technology, single seat, single engine, supersonic, light-weight, all-weather, multi-role, air superiority fighter designed for air-to-air, air-to-ground and air-to-sea combat roles. The purpose of flight test programme: was to validate a number of advanced technologies incorporated in LCA. These include: Unstable configuration, quadruplex fly-by-wire digital flight control system, integrated avionics with glass cockpit, advanced composite materials for primary structure and a novel utility systems management system.
The LCA programme was conceived in 1983. The project definition phase was completed in 1989 and the full scale engineering development (FSED) phase-I was sanctioned in 1993. The development effort for LCA is spearheaded by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), an autonomous society under the Department of Defence Research & Development. ADA is responsible for project design, project monitoring and promoting the development of advanced technologies of relevance to the LCA. The principal partner of LCA is Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and its divisions located in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Nasik, and Korwa. The DRDO laboratories that have participated in the design and development of LCA are: Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bangalore; Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad; Combat Vehicles Research & Development Establishment (CVRDE), Avadi; Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE), Bangalore; Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), Bangalore; Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR), Bangalore; Advanced Systems Integration & Evaluation Organisation (ASIEO), Bangalore; Defence Bio-engineering & Electro-medical Laboratory (DEBEL), Bangalore; Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad; Aerial Delivery Research & Development Establishment (ADRDE), Armament R&D Establishment (ARDE), Pune; High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune; Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC), Bangalore; and
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad. The other collaborating organisations are:
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