HAL receives RFP for basic trainer HTT40 from Indian Air Force

State-run aero behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Thursday said it has received a Request for Proposal (RFP) from Indian Air Force for basic trainer HTT-40. documents were handed over to HAL CMD R Madhavan, by Air Marshal Sandeep Singh, Deputy Chief of Air Staff (DCAS) and DG (Acquisition), Ministry of Defence V L Kantha Rao, at ongoing Aero India 2021. certification will be given against Preliminary Services Qualitative Requirements (PSQR) and production will take place at HALs two manufacturing units at Bengaluru and Nashik, company said.

" RFP has come within six years from first flight of HAL which is shortest time-line in aircraft industry," it said.

trainer will have more than 60 percent indigeus content and is supported by ncies such as Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC), Regional Director Aeronautical Quality Assurance (RDAQA), and Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) and ors, it added.

"We will be making this HTT-40 initially from Bengaluru where it was designed, later it will go to Nasik for series production.Basically it will start with 70 aircraft, we are looking at a total number of 106," Madhavan told reporters in response to a question.

Indigeusly designed and developed by HAL, 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. prototypes of HTT-40 have demonstrated stall and spin capabilities during tests and trials, HAL said, adding, hot refuelling has also been successfully demonstrated on aircraft, while keeping engine running.

It said aircraft can be flown continuously for six hours with an additional oxygen cylinder.