The Indian navy has received the first naval variant of the indigenous advanced jet trainer (AJT) Hawk Mk-132. “We built the aircraft in time for delivery to the navy, which has placed [an] order for 17 AJTs variants. Four more trainers will be delivered before April 2014,” says R.K. Tyagi, chairman of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which made the aircraft. HAL manufactures the AJT under licensed production with the U.K.’s BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce for the Indian air force (IAF) and Indian navy.

After a long string of delays, India will soon receive its second aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, as Russia completed all its sea trials earlier this month. The 45,000-ton, 284-meter (932-ft.) long INS Vikramaditya, formerly the Russian Kiev-class Admiral Gorshkov, served in the Russian navy from 1987 to 1995. India agreed to buy it for $2.3 billion. The ship underwent a series of aviation trials over the last two months in the Barents Sea and the White Sea in Russia.

India is likely to sign a deal to purchase six additional C-130J air lifters from the U.S. in the current financial year, which ends March 31, 2014. The Defense Acquisition Council, under the Ministry of Defense, has cleared the purchase of the Lockheed Martin-built medium transport aircraft under a government-to-government foreign military sale agreement worth more than $1 billion.