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Cabinet okays buying 70 HTT-40 trainer aircraft from HAL for Rs 6,800 crore

HAL says it will engage Indian private industry, including micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), in its supply chain

HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft
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Ajai Shukla New Delhi
The Union Cabinet has approved the purchase of 70 Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) basic trainer aircraft (BTA) from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at a cost of Rs 6,828 crore. 
 
“HAL will deliver the 70 aircraft over a period of six years,” the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in a press release on Wednesday.
 
The HTT-40 is a turboprop aircraft, designed to have good low-speed handling for better training effectiveness. This fully aerobatic, tandem-seat, turbo trainer has an air-conditioned cockpit, modern avionics, hot refuelling, running changeover, and zero-zero ejection seats.
 
“The aircraft will

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