HAL confident of LCH, HTT-40 orders; LCA plant opened

Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which will be signing the contract papers for 83 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark-1A aircraft on Wednesday, is also confident of bagging orders for 15 limited series production aircraft of Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) while the request for quotation for HTT-40 trainer aircraft is also being vetted.