An HTT 40 Basic Trainer Aircraft featured prominently at the HAL handover ceremony in Bengaluru on 18 September 2026, where three HTT 40s were inducted into the Indian Air Force alongside two LCA Tejas FOC Twin Seater Trainers.
An LCA Tejas FOC Twin Seater Trainer on display at the HAL handover event in Bengaluru on 18 September 2026; two such aircraft were formally inducted into the Indian Air Force at the ceremony.
A Dhruv NG helicopter at the HAL ceremony in Bengaluru on 18 September 2026; four Dhruv NG units were handed over to Pawan Hans Limited as part of the same delivery event that saw new aircraft inducted into the Indian Air Force.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attended the HAL handover ceremony in Bengaluru on 18 September 2026 alongside Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, marking the formal delivery of indigenous aircraft to the Indian Air Force and Pawan Hans.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the HAL handover event in Bengaluru, Karnataka on 18 September 2026, speaking at the ceremony where India's homegrown LCA Tejas trainers, HTT 40 aircraft and Dhruv NG helicopters were formally delivered.