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Check his profile, he doesn't seem to have any relation to the project. I asked some defence journalists on twitter too, so far nobody had an update on the tests.

Which would mean that the programme is delayed => https://www.livefistdefence.com/2016/12/once-bitten-hal-pushes-spin-kit-on-basic-trainer.html https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/amp/hal-striving-to-achieve-basic-certification-of-luh-by-mid2018/1208146

Let's hope that nothing happened, but it's a good point! What happened with the project?

And that exactly will never be the case, since we are fighting 2 nuclear powers. Gaining air superiority alone won't be possible anymore, let alone taking out ground defences, because way before that happens, the nuclear threat comes into play.

That money would be better spend by actual combat fighters or armed drones. Trainers are too vulnerable to any kind of attack from the ground, which is why they only can be used against low capable enemies like IS or Taliban.

What's often forgotten as well, is that HAL is able to modify MKIs or Jags on their own, because they gained from ToT of the licence production, which leads to the ability to make own upgrades later. The 75% indigenous content, are not bad at all and in fact are at the same level as LCA today...

Because they are owned by the government and wound need to be sold off completely, which is not going to happen, because the government needs some PSUs to produce even financially unattractive projects. They can fund their own projects as HTT40, but need government approval and doesn't have the...

Not financially since the helicopter, trainer and LCA orders are firm. But they have to adjust to the political shift of the NDA government, that at least appears to favour private Indian industry, so HAL needs to be more competitive for the future. Outsourcing production part is one of the...

Parrikar initially cleared the order of 38 more PC7s, but neither they were finally contracted, nor did we extended the maintenance contract for the first 75. The CBI investigations are on going.