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Amid the ongoing U.S. visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, engine manufacturer GE Aerospace on June 22 announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to produce fighter jet engines for the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)...
The agreement includes the potential joint production of GE Aerospaces F414 engines in India, and GE Aerospace continues to work with the U.S. government to receive the necessary export authorization for this..
The effort is part of the Indian Air Forces (IAF) LCA Mk2 programme, a statement from GE Aerospace said..
Todays agreement will advance GE Aerospaces earlier commitment to build 99 engines for the IAF as part of the LCA Mk2 programme.. Further, GE noted that this puts the company in a strong position to create a family of products in India, including the F404 engine that currently powers the LCA Mk1 and LCA Mk1A aircraft and GE Aerospaces selection for the prototype development, testing and certification of the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme with our F414-INS6 engine..
Lawrence Culp, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GE and CEO of GE Aerospace said, Our F414 engines are unmatched and will offer important economic and national security benefits for both countries as we help our customers produce the highest quality engines to meet the needs of their military fleet...
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