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Explained: GE aerospace has announced it has inked a pact with HAL to jointly produce fighter jet engines for the IAF's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk-II Tejas
India News: India expects the first GEF414 jet engine to be jointly produced with the US to roll out in three years to power the indigenous Tejas Mark2 fighter
GE's F414 military aircraft engine powers state-of-the-art fighters like the Boeing Super Hornet and Saab Gripen. The anticipated pact to build them in India for the LCA Tejas Mk2 will successfully conclude India’s long-drawn pursuit of advanced combat jet engine technology
Officials hope the co-production of the GE-F414 INS6 turbo-fan engines in India to power the indigenous Tejas Mark-2 fighters — existing Tejas Mark1 jets have GE-F404 engines procured without any transfer of technology (ToT) — in turn will pave the way for a robust defence-industrial collaboration in other arenas as well.
The US firm described the Memorandum of Understanding with HAL as a “key element” in strengthening defence cooperation between India and the US. | Latest News India