An Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) prototype aircraft crashed during routine flight test in Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri district on Friday, but both test pilots ejected to safety, police said.

Air Force had also clarified to HAL in September, 2007, that the order for series production would be placed after the induction of the 12 IJT-LSP aircraft, the report said. "However, we observed ...

It needs pilots to fly aeroplanes. It takes time to design, develop, produce or procure aircraft. The HAL Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) has been running way behind schedule. After 14 years of ...

The IJT, conceived by HAL as a replacement to the ... During the course of spin testing, in 2016, the aircraft departed from controlled flight which brought the programme to a temporary halt ...

The IAF had projected a requirement of 200 IJT aircraft. The IAF is also suspicious about a HAL proposal to make basic trainer aircraft that the public sector outfit is tentatively calling the HTT-40.