Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the indigenous trainer aircraft HTT-40 at the India Pavilion during DefExpo-2022 in Gandhinagar, on Wednesday.

This HTT-40 indigenous trainer aircraft was designed and developed by HAL. The Basic Trainer Aircraft would be used for basic flight training, aerobatics, and instrument flying and close formation flights, whereas it’s secondary roles would include navigation and night flying.

HTT-40 has cutting-edge technology designed to meet primary training requirements of the Indian defence services. Built around a meticulously tested, turbo-prop engine, it is equipped with the latest avionics, an air-conditioned cabin and ejection seats. HTT-40 boasts of unique features like running changeover of pilots, hot-refuelling and short turnaround time.

DRDO Chairman and secretary of the Department of Defence R&D Dr Samir V Kamat presented a development certificate to HAL CMD CB Ananthakrishnan. HAL also received a Development – cum -Production Partner (DcPP)/Production Agency (PA) certificate for ABHYAS – High Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) System from DRDO at a programme held on the sidelines of DefExpo-2022.

The Aircraft Division of HAL is the first DcPP/PA identified organization under ADE-DRDO’s new scheme for the procurement of a complex system. HAL had formally handed over the first batch of two units of High-Speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) System ABHYAS, an indigenous target aircraft, to Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) recently.