Many people confuse with the training given to Civil Airline Pilots and the Defense Pilots . But let me clear it in 2nd line of my article that never try to compare these two . There is not a single thing common in both except that they fly planes. So , let me start with the civil pilots who get trained by the Private establishments like IGRUA in UP. They first give 200 hours of flying experience on Simulator and then start with actual flying .
Talking about Defense Pilots , let me give u basic idea that all four forces r having there separate Pilots , Air Force , Indian Navy, Indian Army and Coast guards. But because of the reason that number of pilot in Army Coast guard and Navy r less compared to Indian Air Force , all Pilots get trained for Basic Flying in Air Force establishments and Further training is done in specific establishments of Navy and Air force.
For training , HAL-built HPT-32 Deepak primary trainers were used earlier.But they were grounded in 2009 following a spate of crashes and over 100 incidents of engine failures. Pilatus PC-7 Mk 2 have replaced HAL-built HPT-32 Deepak. India is already taking delivery of PC-7 Mk 2 aircraft from Pilatus under a contract for 75 such aircraft signed in 2012.
But , there is a need for 181 Basic Trainer Aircraft for the Stage I flying training for the Indian Air Force . So, IAF has decided to “urgently” buy 106 PC-7 Mk 2 Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) from Pilatus, pulling the plug yet again on state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which is also making an aircraft for training junior pilots.
The BTAs (Basic Trainer Aircrafts) will be acquired from the Swiss company under the “Buy & Make (Indian)” category, in accordance with India’s defense procurement policy. A Request for Information (RFI) calls for delivery of aircraft and equipment to begin by 2015-16, with all 106 PC-7 Mk2’s to be delivered by 2020-21.
Under the “Buy & Make (Indian)” category, Pilatus will have to form a joint venture or establish a production arrangement with an Indian company to execute the contract. So , The Indian government desires a local vendor or company to form a joint venture or establish a production arrangement with Pilatus to “supply a certain number of PC-7 Mk. 2 aircraft in flyaway condition as the ‘buy’ portion, followed by licensed production/indigenous manufacture in India under the ‘make’ portion,”
Since the aircraft is to be license-produced in India, it must have a minimum of 50% indigenous content on a cost basis (for a specified list of items). A minimum of 30% indigenous Indian content for applicable items also is required. However, no minimum indigenous content is needed for the “buy” portion of the contract.
The decision to buy BTA from Pilatus could severely affect HAL’s plans for its Hindustan Turbo Trainer 40 (HTT-40). The IAF and HAL have been debating the future of the turbo trainer for over two years now, but a decision on any forward movement for the project came to the fore when former IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne wrote to Defense Minister A.K. Antony urging a foreclosure of the HTT-40 program to enable the import of 106 more PC-7 Mk. 2 trainers.
The ministry of defense had cleared an IAF request in 2009 to buy 181 BTAs, 75 of which would be procured from an international vendor with the remaining to be designed and developed by HAL. India signed a deal in May 2012 worth about $650 million for 75 Pilatus aircraft. So far, the Swiss company has delivered about 20 aircraft and the IAF, which has suffered from a severe shortage of modern trainers, has commenced training with the PC-7 Mk 2.
To be continued in next articles ....
Talking about Defense Pilots , let me give u basic idea that all four forces r having there separate Pilots , Air Force , Indian Navy, Indian Army and Coast guards. But because of the reason that number of pilot in Army Coast guard and Navy r less compared to Indian Air Force , all Pilots get trained for Basic Flying in Air Force establishments and Further training is done in specific establishments of Navy and Air force.
For training , HAL-built HPT-32 Deepak primary trainers were used earlier.But they were grounded in 2009 following a spate of crashes and over 100 incidents of engine failures. Pilatus PC-7 Mk 2 have replaced HAL-built HPT-32 Deepak. India is already taking delivery of PC-7 Mk 2 aircraft from Pilatus under a contract for 75 such aircraft signed in 2012.
But , there is a need for 181 Basic Trainer Aircraft for the Stage I flying training for the Indian Air Force . So, IAF has decided to “urgently” buy 106 PC-7 Mk 2 Basic Trainer Aircraft (BTA) from Pilatus, pulling the plug yet again on state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which is also making an aircraft for training junior pilots.
The BTAs (Basic Trainer Aircrafts) will be acquired from the Swiss company under the “Buy & Make (Indian)” category, in accordance with India’s defense procurement policy. A Request for Information (RFI) calls for delivery of aircraft and equipment to begin by 2015-16, with all 106 PC-7 Mk2’s to be delivered by 2020-21.
Under the “Buy & Make (Indian)” category, Pilatus will have to form a joint venture or establish a production arrangement with an Indian company to execute the contract. So , The Indian government desires a local vendor or company to form a joint venture or establish a production arrangement with Pilatus to “supply a certain number of PC-7 Mk. 2 aircraft in flyaway condition as the ‘buy’ portion, followed by licensed production/indigenous manufacture in India under the ‘make’ portion,”
Since the aircraft is to be license-produced in India, it must have a minimum of 50% indigenous content on a cost basis (for a specified list of items). A minimum of 30% indigenous Indian content for applicable items also is required. However, no minimum indigenous content is needed for the “buy” portion of the contract.
The decision to buy BTA from Pilatus could severely affect HAL’s plans for its Hindustan Turbo Trainer 40 (HTT-40). The IAF and HAL have been debating the future of the turbo trainer for over two years now, but a decision on any forward movement for the project came to the fore when former IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne wrote to Defense Minister A.K. Antony urging a foreclosure of the HTT-40 program to enable the import of 106 more PC-7 Mk. 2 trainers.
The ministry of defense had cleared an IAF request in 2009 to buy 181 BTAs, 75 of which would be procured from an international vendor with the remaining to be designed and developed by HAL. India signed a deal in May 2012 worth about $650 million for 75 Pilatus aircraft. So far, the Swiss company has delivered about 20 aircraft and the IAF, which has suffered from a severe shortage of modern trainers, has commenced training with the PC-7 Mk 2.
To be continued in next articles ....
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