The inaugural flight of HTT-40, designed and developed by HindustanAeronautics Limited, is likely to take place at 09.15 AM tomorrow at the HAL Airport here.
The sortie is expected to take place for about 25 to30 minutes, HAL officials told PTI.
Aimed at being used for the first stage training forall flying cadets of the three services, HTT-40 had made its maiden flight after much delay on May 31.
Officials said detailed design phase of HTT-40 was launched in August 2013 with HAL's internal funding and was completed in May 2015 and from there it has taken 12 months to fly the first prototype.
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HAL has said that the programme aims to achieve its operational clearance by 2018, and towards this the company will be manufacturing three prototypes and two static test specimens.
Designed to meet the current demands of the Air force, there is also a provision to include weapons for the traineraircraft.
According to officials, the indigenous content on HTT-40 is close to 80 per cent with about 75 plus systems outof the total 90 on the aircraft sourced from local players and sister divisions of HAL.
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Separately, a committee headed by Additional Secretary B S Bhullar has recommended that airlines should have simulators for every 20 aircraft in their fleet.
Sources said the panel's suggestion is aimed at ensuring that adequate training facilities are available for pilots of domestic carriers instead of going abroad for training.
Airlines shell out a significant amount towards training of pilots overseas and having enough number of simulators in the country itself would help in reducing the overall costs for the carriers, sources added.