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"Make in India for HAL trainer, import of Swiss trainer capped"

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ms. pandit said...
. hope I A F ends it extended romance with MIGs ,atleast now.
. C-130J, did they tell (the nation)reason of the crash!!!/need we purchase one more ?
. H A L all the best for you/do a great job please .
1 March 2015 at 20:55
Anonymous said...
Ajai - Small typo: you say"HAL has also proposed the HTT-40 for import".. you meant export, as in selling it
to other countries as a light attach a/c.
That said.. excellent report about the IAF finally behaving like the .. INDIAN air force. Be Indian, buy Indian,
fly indian.
1 March 2015 at 22:17
Anonymous said...
"With the navy and army air wings steadily expanding, these services are likely to buy their own HTT-40s, in
case the trainer proves an
unqualified success................."
Hmmm......
1 March 2015 at 22:31
Anonymous said...
Great News! Thanks Col.Shukla for relentlessly backing this project. Browne is serving as ambassador to
Norway. He should be brought back and interrogated by CBI.
2 March 2015 at 04:51
Prashantsingh Bhadoria said...
Ajay Sir
You have been with this project right from day 1 and put its point transparently....the RM needs to be
commended for this decision as he has rightly took a call and prevented a project being killed in inception
phase. The HAL has already commenced work and this aircraft will be in skies by Sep Oct 2015..thanks for
reposing confidence on the team of youngsters from R&D who are working on this project...the front

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fuselage and rear fuselage have been commissioned. the wing is under build..the engine PO placed and the
LRUs have arrived...The project will be reviewed by RM himself on a monthly basis...and we will be
transparent in updating the progress as openly as we have been fighting this one...thanks again
Prashantsingh Bhadoria
2 March 2015 at 07:55
Anonymous said...
Correction: The HTT-40 is to be positioned for 'export' not 'import'
2 March 2015 at 09:09
Anonymous said...
Maintaining two aircraft in inventory is not a good idea. If the HTT-40 is a good success, the other aircraft
should be disposed off in some manner in the world market so that the overall operating cost over 30 years
comes down. Indigenous product will certainly have a lower cost in the long run.but HAL should have the
confidence and credibility to deliver and redeem their image which has hit rock bottom already.
2 March 2015 at 09:21

Broadsword said...
@ Anonymous
Thanks for pointing out the error. Have changed "import" to "export"
2 March 2015 at 09:58
Krish said...
@PrashantSingh Bhadoria
This is a golden opportunity for HAL to prove that IAF is scuttling a crucial project of national interest. So,
please stick to three following issues:
1. No Defect
2. On Time
3. Within Budget
Best of luck.
2 March 2015 at 11:59
Abhiman said...
A good and bold decision by the MoD. This is exactly the face-saving formula good for both IAF and HAL.
Probably for the first time since independence, the MoD has taken a decision favouring indigenization. Now,
HAL can (and must) deliver on the HTT-40.
In the same way, MoD must reduce the proposed order of French Rafales to only 40 or 50. This will
be a fac-saver for India and France.

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For India, costs will be reduced. For France, the deal would be concluded, and they'll get atleast a
few billions.
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Let's abandon the PAK-FA. Let's channel all our energies into the AMCA.
2 March 2015 at 16:00

G Karthikeyan said...
The Two Aircraft situation will remain till HAL delivers good and on time. HAL should look at
continuous product improvement and give priority to user safety, rather than focussing purely
on their order book and bottomlines.
2 March 2015 at 21:23
Anonymous said...
I read your article. The paragraph stands out : "With the navy and army air wings steadily expanding, these
services are likely to buy their own HTT-40s, in case the trainer proves an unqualified success."
With the HJT-36 turning out to an unmitigated disaster, HAL wants to create another disaster. Please note
HAL is wasting our hard-earned money without shame and no sense of responsibility & you are abetting
such a mischief.
HAL has not sacked a single person w.r.t fiasco of IJT. Will the HAL directors and chairman pledge their
pensions and salaries that the reeceive from today till they retire, in case of failure?
Your above paragraph itself implies that we will import more such trainers from the Swiss in near future.
If HAL believes it can deliver a world-class aircraft, then the board should not hesitate to accept such
demands from the aam aadmi.
Perhaps, HAL should be dismantled and sold to private sector, for Indians to recover their money invested
in this useless and corrupt organization.
3 March 2015 at 13:52
Prodyut said...
Excellent! It is the best decision in along time.
It is now up to HAL to deliver on time with quantity and quality.
Should be possible because we have failed because of "Doctrinaire economic policies" and not because we
lacked brains.
4 March 2015 at 15:12
Hacker said...
Ajaiji: We as a country are waking up, looks like! Better late than never, better make in India, than to buy
videshi just to realize later that they have started overcharging. What is this overcharging game, these
companies play with India. We are a powerful country and must teach such companies a lesson. There has

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