Airbus plans to establish a pilot and maintenance training center in India, taking a major step toward securing a dominant position in the country’s aviation market.

Air India has signed an agreement to lease 14 Airbus A320neo aircraft from Alafco, a Kuwait-based company.

Ahead of its certification firing trials, the weaponized configuration of India’s indigenous Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) TD-3 recently executed the successful firing of 70-mm rockets.