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stanley italy ikar made the announcement during a visit to Bangalore to witness the first public flight of the indigenously designed and developed, tandem seat, turboprop trainer. Stage II training is now also being handled by BTAs and therefore the requirement for the total number will increase from 181 to approximately 210, Parrikar said.HAL received an order for 68 HTT-40s in 2015, the minimum number of airframes for the project to be economically viable. Orders could rise as high as 120.Parri
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