The flagship jet coaching plane of HAL, Hindustan Jet Coach, HJT-36, is now renamed as ‘Yashas’ after intensive modifications to resolve departure traits and spin resistance all through the plane envelope.
Sanjeev Kumar, Secretary (DP) unveiled the brand new identify within the presence of Dr D Ok Sunil, CMD, HAL and senior officers on the ongoing Aero India 2025 right here on Monday.
“The massive-scale modifications to the baseline intermediate coaching platform have led to important upheaval in its capabilities and therefore supplied a chance for a brand new identify to be given in accordance with the plane’s continued relevance as a coaching system for contemporary army aviation. In gentle of this, HJT-36 is called Yashas,” mentioned Dr Sunil.
For induction into service, the plane was just lately upgraded with state-of-the-art avionics and an ultra-modern cockpit. These will improve coaching effectiveness and operational effectivity, while offering weight discount and overcoming obsolescence of imported tools with Indian LRUs.
Yashas is able to Stage II pilot coaching, counter insurgency and counter floor pressure operations, armament coaching, aerobatics and many others. It’s powered by a FADEC-controlled AL55I Jet engine, offering a best-in-class thrust-to-weight ratio, optimised thrust administration and reliability. The Stepped-up Rear cockpit with a Drooped Nostril offers glorious all-around Imaginative and prescient and Enhanced situational consciousness with State-of-the-Artwork Glass Cockpit with MFDs and HUD. The capabilities of HJT-36 are stall and spin, aerobatics, armament carriage as much as 1000kg, single-point floor refuelling and refuelling.
