New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) Rolls-Royce has "deep ambitions" to develop India as its "home" market and foster strategic partnership riding on its technologies across land, air and sea domains, British defence major's CEO Tufan Erginbilgic said on Wednesday.

The comments by Erginbilgic, currently in Mumbai as part of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's delegation, assumed significance against the backdrop of India looking at forging a partnership with the UK for co-development of a jet engine to power its next generation of fighter jets.

Rolls-Royce is among a very select group of companies globally that produce engines for fighter jets.

It is learnt that India is seriously considering finalising the jet engine programme with the UK. In case the deal is firmed up, Rolls-Royce is expected to join

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