By N. C. Bipindra Bengaluru (Karnataka): In a bid to shed the ‘failed product’ negative image, India’s state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has rechristened its Hindustan Jet Trainer-36 (HJT-36) as ‘Yashas‘ after extensive modifications to the aircraft to overcome its ‘spin’ troubles that led to ‘unacceptable’ accidents. On […]
New Delhi: India has just begun the spin flight tests on the indigenous Intermediate Jet Trainer, or just IJT that is designed and developed by the nation’s long aircraft maker, to replace an ageing fleet of another locally made aircraft of the air force. State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited‘s […]
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s decision to offload up to 15 per cent of its share in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has met with opposition from employees of India’s lone, state-run aircraft manufacturer. But industry veterans feel a gradual disinvestment of the nation’s aerospace […]