Topic: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
HAL Cheetah: Important Facts
An HAL Cheetah helicopter crashed near Mandala in Arunachal Pradesh, India, with a search operation underway for the two pilots on board. The cause of the crash is...
What is HTT-40?
The indigenous Basic Trainer Aircraft HTT-40 is set to be unveiled during the 12th edition of the DefExpo on October 19, 2022. Key facts The indigenous Basic Trainer...
HAL’s Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing Facility
President of India Droupadi Murmu recently inaugurated the Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing Facility of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Bengaluru. Key facts An MoU that was signed between...
Tejas Mark-2 Project
Recently the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the project to develop a more capable and powerful version of the indigenous aircraft LCA Mark 2 multirole fighter jet....
HAL tests Hindustan-228 aircraft
The public sector undertaking of the Defence Ministry, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), has successfully carried ground tests for making a civilian aircraft named ‘Hindustan-228’. Key Points Ground run...
HAL’s two Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) deployed for high altitude operations
In the prevailing tension situation in Ladakh with China over repeated incursions by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the country, the government has decided to deploy two...
HAL and Israel’s Elbit Systems sign MoU for UAV development
During the on-going exhibition DefExpo-2020, an MoU was signed between Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Israel’s Elbit Systems, for joint development of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The agreement...
IAF’s MiG 27 roars through the skies for the last time
The MiG 27 aircraft’s last squadron comprising of seven aircraft retired on Friday, December 27, 2019, at the Jodhpur Airbase. The last squadron with the upgraded version known...
DRDO conducts all 5 successful trials of Air-to-Air Missile ‘Astra’
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) ‘Astra’ from Su-30 MKI platform off the coast of Chandipur in Odisha....
Rajnath Singh becomes first defence minister to fly in LCA Tejas
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 19th September 2019 flew in the Tejas fighter aircraft from the HAL airport in Bengaluru. He becomes the first defence minister to...
Rajnath Singh becomes 1st Defence Minister to fly LCA Tejas
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has scripted history by becoming first Defence Minister to fly Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) ‘Tejas’, an indigenously-built multi-role fighter aircraft. He undertook 30-minute...
