Cavalier India Defence Training Academy

State-run aerospace behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)  It has received a Request for Proposal (RFP) from the Indian Air Force for basic trainer HTT-40. The documents were handed over to HAL CMD R Madhavan, by Air Marshal Sandeep Singh, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS) and DG (Acquisition), Ministry of Defence V L Kantha Rao, at the ongoing Aero India 2021. The certification will be given against the Preliminary Services Qualitative Requirements (PSQR) and the production will take place at HALs two manufacturing units at Bengaluru and Nashik. "The RFP has come within six years from the first flight of HAL which is the shortest time-line in the aircraft industry," it said. The trainer will have more than 60 percent indigenous content and is supported by agencies such as Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC), Regional Director Aeronautical Quality Assurance (RDAQA), and Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) and others, it added. ...