India will boost itsjet training fleet
India’s lack of air force training capacity has taken its toll in high accident rates over the years but the recent selection of the BAE Systems’ Hawk adva

India’s lack of air force training capacity has taken its toll in high accident rates over the years but the recent selection of the BAE Systems’ Hawk advanced jet trainer marked an important step in reversing this trend. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) is to assemble and then produce the Hawk but meanwhile has developed the HJT-36 intermediate jet trainer (IJT), which will become the natural step between the propeller-driven HPT basic trainer and the Hawk.