Key Points
The jet engine deal with U.S. is an almost done deal and will see 80% technology transfer by General Electric (GE) to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)..
A previous Engine Development Agreement in 2012 between GE and HAL for the F414 engine had 58% technology transfer, the official stated...
Such a transfer has not happened before and shows the level of trust India evokes in the US, a senior defence source said on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between GE and HAL to manufacture F414 engines for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-MK2 in India..
This trailblazing initiative to manufacture F-414 engines in India will enable greater transfer of US jet engine technology than ever before, the joint statement issued after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden said.. Critical technologies..
Some of the key technologies that would be transferred to India include special coatings for corrosion; casting, machining and coating for Single Crystal for turbine blades; casting, machining and coating of nozzle guide vanes and other hot parts; blisk machining; forging/ power metallurgy discs for turbine; machining of thin walled titanium casing; friction inertia welding for fan and after burner; Polymer Matrix Composites (PMC) for bypass polymer duct; Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC) for LPNGV, flaps; laser drilling technology for combustor; bottle boring of shafts...
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