Purchase of Hawks Aircraft
A case for the procurement of 20 additional Hawk Mk-132 aircraft is at Contract Negotiation stage. Formation Aerobatics will be one of the tasks carried out by these aircraft.Simulator is an effective training tool only for certain elements of formation flying. But Simulator cannot be substituted for the actual aircraft for training. This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Kalikesh N Singh Deo in LokSabha today.
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