As stated in the Defence Procurement Procedure (2016), the indigenous HTT-40 comes under the category of “Indian designed, developed and manufactured” (IDDM) equipment and has till date cleared all Air Staff Qualitative Requirements (ASQR) as per the requirements.
In his maiden visit as a Chief of Air Staff to Bangalore from November 13-15, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria will be flying Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL), HTT-40 (Basic trainer aircraft). Confirming this, top HAL officer told Financial Express Online that, “The Air Chief will fly one of the HTT-40 aircraft which is going through various tests on November 14 afternoon.” Read More…
