HTT40 Basic Trainer contract inked

[Two banks of the River]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1583114148615192578

Follow on clause for 36 more units exists.

 

[Turingsage]

 

[Two banks of the River]

We should sell of the PC7 MK2 to other nations and go for a full HTT40 fleet.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1583104649116389378

 

[Two banks of the River]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1583149379313364993

Approximately 140 million USD is the development cost.

 

[Skull and Bones]

They should make a light attack version of this.

 

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1583114148615192578

Follow on clause for 36 more units exists.

Farmers in the West fly better Aircrafts than this.

 

[Two banks of the River]

Farmers in the West fly better Aircrafts than this.

Hmm. So your point being ?

They should make a light attack version of this.

Its proposed.

 

[SQ8]

We should sell of the PC7 MK2 to other nations and go for a full HTT40 fleet.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1583104649116389378

How long will that take to fulfill?
At the rate of HTT40 rollout and required pilot training hours needed?

 

[Two banks of the River]

How long will that take to fulfill?
At the rate of HTT40 rollout and required pilot training hours needed?

2 assembly lines are to be set up.

70 should be delivered in 5 years from today.

 

[Abdul Rehman Majeed]

Hmm. So your point being ?

1) Western Farmers are better trained than Indian pilots
2) Indian Industry cannot build better planes
3) Indian Airforce cannot afford better planes
4) Indian government is forcing these junk on the Indian Airforce

 

[Skull and Bones]

1) Western Farmers are better trained than Indian pilots
2) Indian Industry cannot build better planes
3) Indian Airforce cannot afford better planes
4) Indian government is forcing these junk on the Indian Airforce

You guys make this contraption for fcuk’s sake.

 

[Kingdom come]

You guys make this contraption for fcuk’s sake.

View attachment 888038

Looks like a crop duster

 

[Two banks of the River]

1) Western Farmers are better trained than Indian pilots
2) Indian Industry cannot build better planes
3) Indian Airforce cannot afford better planes
4) Indian government is forcing these junk on the Indian Airforce

All that matters is that it's our own. And we are quite content with it.

You guys make this contraption for fcuk’s sake.

View attachment 888038

*Licence assemble from SAAB

 

[SQ8]

2 assembly lines are to be set up.

70 should be delivered in 5 years from today.

So until that optimistic deadline you will be compromising flight hours . Not just because you want to get rid of PC.7s but the onboarding time for the new systems - training maintenance, instructors and so on.
5 years is delivery, true streamlined operations will take much further.

 

[Two banks of the River]

So until that optimistic deadline you will be compromising flight hours . Not just because you want to get rid of PC.7s but the onboarding time for the new systems - training maintenance, instructors and so on.
5 years is delivery, true streamlined operations will take much further.

Base Repair Depot of IAF and HAL both have decades of experience working on the engine used in this trainer.

Long lead items are under Procurement already. And 5 years is not too ambitious considering 2 production lines will work.

PC7 MK2 has suffered from availability as Pilatus takes care of the maintenance.