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- Indian Air Force Aims for Full Indigenous Inventory by 2047 — Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh
- General Upendra Dwivedi takes over as the Chief of the Army Staff
- Rajnath Singh assumes charge as Defence Minister for the second consecutive term
- Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi assumes Command of the Indian Navy as 26th Chief of the Naval Staff
- Prime Minister witnesses 'Bharat Shakti' – a Tri-Services Firing and Manoeuvre Exercise in Pokhran, Rajasthan
Handing over of IJT to Indian Air Force by HAL
The development of IJT is in advanced stages of certification with more than 800 test flights completed so far. The activities are progressing well with completion of sea level trials, night flying trials, high altitude trials as well as weapon and drop tank trials.
The activities left for obtaining final operational clearance (FOC) are the refinement of stall characteristics and spin testing which will commence as soon as stall characteristics are refined. The project was sanctioned in 1999 and the first and second prototypes flew in March 2003 and in March 2004 respectively. The prototypes were initially flight tested with the Larzac engines from Snecma.
All efforts are being made to achieve FOC by December 2014. Production of aircraft will commence immediately thereafter. This information was given by the Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Dr Chandan Mitra in the Rajya Sabha.
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