Bengaluru: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has rolled out the first indigenously upgraded Hawk Mk 132 advanced jet trainer, named Hawk-i, ahead of Aero India 2017 scheduled to commence here on February 14.
“This is the 100th Hawk aircraft produced at HAL and we are proud that it has Make in India mark. HAL had conceived a programme for indigenous upgradation of the Hawk Mk132 for achieving self-reliance and has successfully accomplished it”, Mr. T. Suvarna Raju, CMD, HAL, said in a statement.
The upgrade of HAWK Aircraft was taken up at HAL to so as to be independent in matters such as integration of new sub-systems or modifications, obsolescence management of avionics systems and to enhance the aircraft operational and training capabilities.
In the Hawk upgradation programme, imported Mission Computer and Data Transfer Units have been substituted with HAL designed and developed systems.
This indigenous Mission Computer in the dual redundant configuration has additional capabilities such as Digital Map Generation (DMG) which provides improved situational awareness. The Embedded Virtual Training System (EVTS) offers improved training capability over the existing system.
