Key Points
India can manufacture fighter aircraft domestically, as it has proved with Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1, but it can't manufacture the engines by itself and has to import them...
Amid Prime Minister Narendra Modis official state visit to the United States, General Electric Co's GE Aerospace has signed an MoU with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the maker of LCA Tejas MK1, to jointly produce in India the fighter jet engine, GE414..
Citing the increasing number of fighter aircraft in the Chinese and Pakistan air forces, then Vice Chief Air Marshal Sandeep Singh had said last year that there would be a requirement for 42 squadrons of fighter aircraft by the Indian Air Force, ANI had reported...
The acquisition of engine-making know-how, as the GE deal promises transfer of technology, will provide India independence in manufacturing jet fighters..
The GE414 engines will be used for the LCA Tejas Mk2, but also for the future Twin Engine Based Fighter (TEDBF) and the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) Mk1 projects..
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