page_title: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
section_title: Trainer aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited / Indigenous products / Trainer aircraft
context_page_description: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is governed under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence.
  The government-owned corporation is primarily involved in the operations of the aerospace and is currently involved in the design, fabrication and assembly of aircraft, jet engines, helicopters and their spare parts. It has several facilities spread across India including Bangalore, Nasik, Korwa, Kanpur, Koraput, Lucknow, Hyderabad and Kasaragod. The HAL HF-24 Marut fighter-bomber was the first fighter aircraft made in India.
context_section_description: HT-2 — First company design to enter production.
  HPT-32 Deepak — Basic trainer in service for more than three decades.
  HJT-16 Kiran — Mk1, Mk1A and Mk2 - Turbojet trainers scheduled to be replaced with HJT-36 Sitara.
  HTT-34 — Turboprop version of HPT-32 Deepak
  HTT-35 — Proposed replacement for HPT-32 basic trainer in the early 1990s; not pursued
  HJT-36 Sitara — Intermediate jet trainer (under development)
  HTT-40 Basic trainer (in production) first prototype flew its first flight on 31 May 2016. (106 ordered)
  HJT 39 / CAT Advanced jet trainer (proposal)
caption: HJT-16 Kiran
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