<span style="color: #222222;">The Defence Ministry has signed the contracts with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Larsen & Toubro Limited for procurement of 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft and three Cadet Training Ships. The contract was signed in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Recently the government had approved the procurement of 70 HTT-40 trainer aircraft from HAL at a cost of over six thousand 800 crore rupees. The government had also signed a contract with L&T for acquisition of three Cadet Training Ships worth more than three thousand 100 crore rupees. HTT-40 Trainer Aircraft will meet the shortage of basic trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force for training of newly-inducted pilots. The aircraft will be supplied over a period of six years. Cadet Training Ships will cater to the training of navy officer cadets. The ships will be indigenously designed, developed and constructed at L&T shipyard in Kattupalli, Chennai. The project will generate an employment of 22.5 lakh man-days over a period of four-and-half years.</span><br />