For use in training its military fleet, Australia is looking for aircraft in the LIFT category. so that a global tender can be published. Most countries offered Australia their aircraft requirements. There is also a display of India’s lead LCA fighter trainer plane design. India had offered to promote 35 LCA-LIFT aircraft to Australia through a G2G deal. Sources claim that during discussions with Rajnath Singh, the defense minister, on June 22 in New Delhi, Richard Marles, the deputy prime minister and minister for defense of Australia, underlined Australia’s lack of interest in the Indian offer.

The Royal Australian Air Force is reportedly interested in buying an Indian-made LCA-LIFT from HAL India for about US $1 billion and about $40 million each unit. Request for Information (RFI) for the purchase of a long-range LIFT plane was released on June 2, 2021, as a replacement for its present running shoes.

The T-7A Red Hawk from Boeing, the updated Hawk from BAE Systems, the M-346 running shoes from Leonardo, the T-50 complex jet instructor from Korea Aerospace Industries, and the LCA-LIFT aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. have all been unveiled recently. After the complex jet training stage but before the induction of pilots into a front-line fighter squadron, HAL’s LIFT plane can be used for fighter training.

The majority of Boeing’s goods are already in use in Australia, where the military market is dominated by that country. Additionally, the Boeing T-7A, developed in conjunction with SAAB, will likely be selected for delivery to Australia.

Before beginning to fly heavy combat fighter jets with armed packages, pilots can receive training on fighter jets of the LIFT category.

On LIFT, aspiring pilots are exposed to cutting-edge technologies including in-flight refueling, a sophisticated Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar, Beyond Visual Range Missiles, and many others. In 2025, HAL is slated to introduce its first LCA-LIFT aircraft.