Overview
- Indian media citing defence officials report HAL and GE expect to sign the 113-engine GE‑404 order by September, though no formal contract has been announced.
- The follow-on buy would lift HAL’s total GE‑404 requirement for Tejas Mk‑1A to 212 engines and is intended to prevent assembly-line delays.
- GE has resumed deliveries under an earlier 99-engine order, with output reported at roughly two engines per month after the first unit was handed over in 2025.
- HAL’s current plan targets delivery of 83 Mk‑1A fighters by 2029–30 and the next 97 by 2033–34 as the Indian Air Force replaces retiring MiG‑21s.
- Separately, HAL and GE are negotiating about 200 GE‑414 engines for LCA Mk‑2 and AMCA in a deal reported near $1.5 billion with high technology transfer, alongside a long-term indigenous engine effort with Safran.