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The first public outing for NP-2, the second Naval LCA prototype, which made its first flight on 7 Feb 2015. This airframe is a single seater, unlike NP-1, which was a twin-seat bird. Neither of the first two prototypes have a tailhook yet, and you can see a dummy tailhook under the port wing — this will probably be attached when the aircraft is displayed on the ground. [Aero India 2015]