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Realistic world maps and navigation, over 500 real airports, 1,107 runways, aircraft carriers and real-time weather conditions. Thousands of new missions every day: an adventure without limits! Fight against waves of enemy planes in Dog Fight. Plan your tactical missions and start now the World Supremacy challenge. “It puts the company in a strong position to create a family of products in India apart from the F414 engine,” the GE said.THE MOST ADVANCED FIGHTER PLANE COMBAT AND FLIGHT SIMULATOR Another eight F414 engines have been delivered as part of an ongoing development programme for the LCA Mark-2 jets. So far, 75 of the F404 engines have been delivered and the order for another 99 has been placed for the LCA Mark-1A jets. The same engine will be used in Tejas Mark-1A, the production of which is expected to start next year. HAL plans to manufacture 108 Tejas Mark-2 jets.Īnother GE engine, the F404, powers the existing the Tejas Mark-1 jets. Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark-2 jets will be equipped with the F414 engine. “GE Aerospace continues to work with the US Government to receive the necessary export authorisation for this,” the company said. The agreement includes the potential joint production of GE Aerospace’s F414 engines in India. The GE made the announcement amid Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official state visit to the US. So far, the Russia-made jets flying with Russian engines dominate the inventory of the IAF and the Navy. This would possibly mean that 417 fighter jets, which are scheduled to be manufactured in India over the next two decades, will be equipped with US-made engines. Aerospace giant General Electric (GE) today said it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to produce engines for fighter jets of the IAF, making an important landmark and a geo-strategic shift.
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