The Indian Air Force (IAF) Thursday signed a contract to procure 70 indigenous trainer aircraft — HTT-40 — that has been designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), at the DefExpo 2022 at Gandhinagar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had unveiled the aircraft at India Pavilion at DefExpo on Wednesday. The procurement by IAF will be done at a cost of Rs 6,826 crore.
Provisional clearance for airworthiness of the aircraft is received from Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC). The announcement about the contract was made at the valedictory session of the event. The HTT-40 would be used for basic flight training, aerobatics, instrument flying and close formation flights whereas its secondary roles would include navigation and night flying.
