Overview

• Negotiations for 113 additional GE‑404 engines are in advanced stages and are likely to conclude by September, according to defence officials quoted by ANI.
• The new order would add to an earlier 99‑engine contract and complete HAL’s total requirement of 212 GE‑404 engines for the Tejas Mk‑1A fleet.
• GE is expected to ramp deliveries to about two engines per month to sustain the Tejas assembly line and avoid production pauses.
• HAL plans to deliver the first 83 Mk‑1A aircraft by 2029–30 and the next 97 by 2033–34 after the government’s recent ₹62,000 crore approval.
• Separate talks continue for roughly 200 GE‑414 engines with an estimated 80% technology transfer for LCA Mk 2 and AMCA, while India also pursues an indigenous engine with Safran.