The HAL HJT-36 Sitara which is a subsonic intermediate jet trainer aircraft created by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. The HJT-36 will supplant the HAL HJT-16 Kiran as the Stage-2 coach for the two strengths.

The HAL HJT-36 Sitara is a subsonic moderate fly mentor airplane created by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy. The HJT-36 will supplant the HAL HJT-16 Kiran as the Stage-2 coach for the two strengths.

Development

HAL began configuration chip away at a halfway fly mentor in 1997. The idea was produced as a successor to HAL's prior mentor, the HJT-16 Kiran, presented in 1968. In 1999, after surveys by the Indian Air Force, the Government of India granted HAL an agreement for advancement, testing and confirmation of two model IJT flying machine.

The first and second models of the HJT-36, marked PT-1 and PT-2, flew on 7 March 2003 and in March 2004, separately.

After further improvement and broad testing, the Indian Air Force put in a request for 73 airplane. After more than 280 practice runs, the air ship entered constrained arrangement generation in 2009 for the initial 12 flying machine to be conveyed to the Air Force. The principal flight test for the constrained arrangement flying machine happened in January 2010

Design

HJT-36 utilizes light combinations and composites, with a customary low wing outline with 18° driving edge sweepback and a 9.8m wingspan. It highlights a using pressurized water retractable tricycle-sort landing gear. The single-wheeled fundamental units withdraw internal and the twin nose wheel unit withdraws forward. About a fourth of the flying machine's line replaceable units are basic amongst it and the HAL Tejas coach variation.

Specifications (HJT-36)

General characteristics

Crew: 2, student and instructor
Length: 10.91m (36 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 10.00 m (32 ft 10 in)
Height: 4.13m (14 ft 5 in)
Max. takeoff weight: 4,600 kg (10,000 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × NPO Saturn AL-55I non-afterburning turbofan, (1760 kgf/3877 lbf) 17.27 kN ()

Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 0.80 (1,000 kilometres per hour (620 mph))
Range: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) ()
Service ceiling: 9,000 metres (30,000 ft) ()
Endurance: 3 hours
Maximum Dive Speed: 950 km/h
Maximum Load Factor: +7.0/-2.5 g

Armament

4 57mm Rocket pods on under wing stations
1 × 12.7 mm Gun Pod * 4 250kg Retarder or ballistic bombs on under wing stations