HAL yet to build Tejas trainers, not expected before 2021
(WorldNews India)

Training of pilots to fly the Tejas is now restricted to simulators and a couple of so-called `instrumented aircraft` with the Bengaluru-based Aeronautical Development Agency. india Updated: Jan 16, 2019 07:24 IST Sudhi Ranjan Sen Hindustan Times, New Delhi The Indian Air Force has 11 Tejas fighters built by state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and is likely to receive five more by March, but it doesn’t have a single aircraft to train its pilots to fly the warplane. The two-seater Tejas trainer aircraft are not expected to be delivered before 2021, a senior ministry of defence official said, asking not to be identified because he is not authorised to speak to the media. “The...