India’s state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is in talks with at least four countries to sell its light-combat aircraft, the company’s top executive said on Tuesday, as New Delhi looks to triple defence exports over the next two years.
Malaysia has shortlisted the Tejas light fighter jet for an order of around 10 to 20 planes and Argentina, Egypt and Botswana have also expressed interest, HAL Chief Managing Director C B Ananthkrishnan told reporters at a conference during Aero India, the country’s biggest aviation event.
HAL is also in talks with the Philippines to sell its light-combat helicopters, he added.
“There is a lot of interest generated in the global aerospace market. Sooner or later we will have a breakthrough order,” he said.
