HAL orders additional GE F404-IN20 engines
The F404-IN20 engine is tailored for use by India's Tejas Mk 1/Mk 1A aircraft. (GE Aerospace)
India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has announced that it will procure additional F404-IN20 engines from General Electric (GE) Aerospace for its proprietary single-engine Tejas Mk 1A light combat aircraft.
Janes understands that a contract was awarded to GE Aerospace on 7 November for 113 new F404-GE-IN20 engines. The acquisition will support HAL's completion of a September 2025 contract from the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to produce 97 additional Tejas Mk 1As for the Indian Air Force (IAF), according to HAL.
HAL told Janes that it could not comment on the value of the new engine contract at this time. The contract also includes a ‘support package'. According to an HAL source, this package includes spares and modules.
Deliveries of the new engines will start in 2027. The acquisition will continue into 2032, according to HAL.
The MoD's recent order of 97 additional Tejas Mk 1As is a follow-on to its January 2021 order of 83 Tejas Mk 1A aircraft (73 single-seat fighters and 10 two-seat trainers) from HAL.
HAL has prioritised its production of the first batch of 83 Tejas Mk 1A aircraft. To speed up the completion of the 83 aircraft order, HAL has set up a third production line at its factory in Nashik, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. According to the ministry, the third Tejas Mk 1A production line took two years to be operationalised. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally inaugurated the third production line on 17 October.
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