Sweden Contracts Germany s Grob Aircraft for 7 Trainer Planes, Simulators Our Bureau 457
Grob 120TP aircraft
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has signed a contract with German company Grob Aircraft for seven Basic Trainer Aircraft and simulators.
The contract also includes provision of Computer Based Training and flight safety equipment such as helmets, parachutes and life jackets for the first phase of the training as well as maintenance of the aircraft and simulators. The aircraft model that the Air Force will operate is the Grob 120TP, FMV said in a release.
The new training aircraft will replace old SK60s which first flew in 1963.
IAF to adopt new process to lease refuelling aircraft
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It will be based on hours of availability
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It will be based on hours of availability The Indian Air Force (IAF), which is looking to lease mid-air refuelling aircraft, will adopt a new methodology for the process based on the number of hours of availability per year as criteria, a senior defence official said.
“The leasing will be based on hours of availability per year indicating the minimum and maximum hours required,” the official said. “We will use the leased tankers for training purposes and keep the existing IL-78s in service for operational purposes,” the official stated.
The leased aircraft – a first for the air force under a new policy – will fill the gap of three to four years when the indigenous HTT 40 basic trainer is expected to join service in significant numbers. Earlier, plans to order additional PC 7s had been cancelled after the company got embroiled in an official investigation.