Tejasvi Surya takes sortie in HAL's indigenous basic trainer aircraftBJP MP Tejasvi Surya praised HAL after a 30-minute flight in India's indigenous trainer aircraft, HTT-40, at Aero India-2025 in Bengaluru. ...
13 Feb, 2025, 11.34 AM IST
India can scale up production of Tejas fighters for operational needs and exportsIndia can scale up production of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft to meet operational requirements and export orders, defence min...
26 Sep, 2022, 04.37 PM IST
Indigenous jet trainer demonstrates capability to carry out six turn spinsThe IJT, conceived by HAL as a replacement to the ageing Kirans of IAF fleet, had completed demonstration of its capabilities in terms of a...
06 Jan, 2022, 06.00 PM IST
India to sign Rs 48,000 crore deal for LCA fighter jets today, new facility inauguratedAnother indigenous program that is expected to get a boost during the show is the HTT 40 trainer aircraft, with the air force likely to for...
02 Feb, 2021, 06.32 PM IST
Home-grown rotary wing fleet to be in focus at AeroIndiaSeeking to go from a buyer’s air show, the plan is to showcase products that Indian manufacturers have to offer to the world. A planned con...
18 Jan, 2021, 02.08 PM IST
IAF may crunch training for want of planesAll plans to acquire new trainer aircraft have hit a roadblock and indigenous programmes are in a deadlock.
01 Feb, 2019, 11.01 AM IST
Spin trials to revive intermediate jet trainer programme soonHAL to validate upgrades on IJT in early 2017; designers to put aircraft through ‘fresh wind tunnel tests’ after design upgrade.
14 Jul, 2018, 09.37 PM IST
Manohar Parrikar to review indigenous basic trainer project as air force sends out distress callIn March this year, the government scrapped an air force plan to order close to a hundred more PC 7s, firmly batting for the indigenous HTT...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.26 PM IST
IAF forced to adopt 2-aircraft training for pilots: Arup RahaUnder the new programme, pilots will now be trained on Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer and Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) Hawk aircraft, Raha said.
11 Jul, 2018, 01.12 PM IST
5th gen fighter aircraft project with Russia delayed: A K Antony"There have been delays in the indigenous development of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA-Tejas) and the FGFA," the Defence Minister said.
10 Feb, 2014, 04.49 PM IST
Indian Navy inducts HAL's Hawk Advanced Jet TrainersIndian Navy today inducted the first fully indigenous Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited at INS Dega in V...
06 Nov, 2013, 06.35 PM IST
IAF rejects 'extravagant' HAL basic trainer aircraft projectIAF today rejected a similar indigenous plane being developed by HAL saying public money cannot be wasted on such "extravagant" projects.
04 Oct, 2013, 09.08 PM IST
MoD to resolve IAF-HAL spat over trainer aircraft for rookie pilotsIAF and defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics have locked horns on the acquisition of new basic trainer aircraft (BTA).
28 Apr, 2013, 10.56 AM IST
PAC raps Defence Ministry over 'delay' in inducting trainer aircraftThe Defence Ministry was today pulled up by a Parliamentary panel for "inordinate delay" in the induction of indigenous basic trainer aircr...
21 Mar, 2013, 04.59 PM IST
- IAF Chief 'disappointed' by HAL, hopes to sign MMRCA later this year
"The project actually started in 2004 or 2005, and it has been almost eight or nine years since then", IAF Chief NAK Browne said.
07 Feb, 2013, 05.51 PM IST
- IAF set to add colour to National Youth Festival on Monday
The Indian Air Force’s Suryakiran Formation Aerobatic Team (SKAT) is all set to add colour to the ongoing five-day 15th National Youth Fest...
09 Jan, 2010, 08.10 PM IST
- Samtel bags major HAL order worth 250 crore
Samtel announced it had won a major deal order worth more than Rs 250 crore from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Limited to manufacture i...
09 Jul, 2008, 04.03 PM IST