CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Design and development. The HTT-40 is a tandem seat trainer aircraft powered by a 1, 100 hp (820 kW) turboprop engine. In early 2012 the company forecast building 106 examples.

Detailed explanation-2: -The HLFT-42 is the “next generation supersonic trainer” that will play a critical role in modern combat aircraft training with state-of-the-art avionics such as active electronically scanned array and electronic warfare suite.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled HTT-40, an indigenous trainer aircraft designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), at the India Pavilion during 12th DefExpo in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on October 19, 2022.