Light Attack & Advanced Training

The program—first launched in 2023—provides an alternative route to the traditional rotary-wing training system.

Spanish ministers have approved funding for the acquisition of a fleet of Turkish Aerospace Industries Hurjet trainers and an associated training system.

China has conducted the first flight of a new advanced jet trainer, with photos circulating online showing the twin-engine aircraft airborne and on the ground.

Should Textron Aviation Defense win the Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System program, the company will assemble the Beechcraft M-346N in Kansas.

India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has completed the first flight of a production standard HTT-40 turboprop trainer.

Boeing and Leonardo have declared their interest in bidding to replace the UK’s fleet of BAE Systems Hawk jet trainers, and others are expected to follow.

India says it has inaugurated a third production line for the Tejas Mk. 1-A and is also scaling up its production of Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40s.

L3Harris says the company will try to sell the OA-1K Sky Warden to the Israeli Air Force.