The state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and American defence major General Electric on Friday signed an agreement for the supply of 113 F404-GE-IN20 engines, which will power the indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk 1A.

In a post on X, HAL said that the agreement has been signed for the supply of 113 engines and support package for the execution of the 97 LCA Mk 1A programme. The order for the 113 engines is worth over $1 billion.

Over the last several months, HAL and GE have been negotiating on the procurement of the 113 F404 engines that will power its LCA Mk 1As. HAL has also been talking with GE on finalising the finer details of the joint production of the F414 engines, which will power the Light Combat Aircraft Mk2 jets for the IAF.

In all, HAL will

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