Defence ministry inks ₹667 crore contract with HAL to procure 6 Dornier aircraft
The defence ministry on Friday signed a ₹667-crore settlement with state-run aircraft maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for 6 Dornier-228 plane for the Indian Air Force (IAF) to enhance its operational capabilities, the ministry stated in a statement.“The plane is ideally fitted for brief haul operations from semi-prepared/brief runways of the Northeast and island chains of India. The addition of the six plane will in addition bolster the operational functionality of the IAF withinside the far flung areas,” it stated. The plane, as a way to be used for delivery duties, will include an upgraded fuel-green engine.
The Dornier order for HAL comes at the lower back of a ₹6,838-crore settlement provided to it via way of means of the defence ministry on Tuesday for 70 HTT-forty simple teacher plane. The new teacher plane, a longstanding need, will offer a lift to the ab initio schooling of air pressure pilots. Basic running shoes discern at the lengthy listing of guns and structures that India has imposed an import ban on over the last 30 months. HAL will deliver the Hindustan Turbo Trainer-forty (HTT-forty) planes to IAF over a duration of six years.
Currently, ab initio schooling of all rookie pilots is achieved on Swiss-starting place Pilatus PC-7 MkII planes and Kiran Mk-1/1A running shoes. Those schooling to end up fighter pilots in addition teach at the British-starting place Hawk superior jet running shoes.
