Bengaluru, Sept. 18 -- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Friday handed over two LCA Tejas FOC twin-seater trainer aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF), four Dhruv Next Generation (NG) helicopters to Pawan Hans Limited and the first HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft under a 70-aircraft contract, in a programme attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
The handover marks the completion of deliveries of all four LCA FOC twin-seaters ordered under the FOC contract, while the HTT-40 handover marks the beginning of deliveries under the Ministry of Defence's contract for 70 indigenous basic trainer aircraft.
The four Dhruv NG helicopters mark the induction of HAL's civil-certified Dhruv NG into the civil aviation segment by Pawan Hans.
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