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India's state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd announced on 17 February that the country's indigenous basic trainer aircraft, Turboprop Trainer-40 (HTT-40) is likely to be certified in 2018. HTT-40 will replace Hindustan Piston Trainer (HPT)- 32 'Deepak' that was being used by Indian Air Force (IAF) for primary training.
HTT-40's maiden flight was carried out 17 June, 2016. Besides export enquiries for the basic trainer, HAL expects an order of over 100 aircraft from IAF.