Archive · 5 Dec 2025
GE Aerospace Delivers 5th F404-IN20 Engine to HAL
GE Aerospace, a big company that makes airplane engines, gave Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), an Indian company, its fifth F404-IN20 engine.
This engine is used in a special Indian fighter jet called the LCA Mark 1A.
GE and HAL are working together to make sure they can produce these engines on time.
HAL has ordered 113 of these engines to use in 97 LCA Mark 1A jets.
The engines will be delivered from 2027 to 2032.
GE is also investing money to make their factory in Pune, India, bigger and better.
This will help them make more advanced engine parts.
GE Aerospace delivered the fifth F404-IN20 engine to HAL for the LCA Mark 1A fighter jet project.
HAL has ordered 113 F404-IN20 engines from GE Aerospace to support the production of 97 LCA Mk1A aircraft.
The engines are scheduled for delivery from 2027 to 2032.
GE Aerospace is investing $14 million to expand its Pune manufacturing facility, adding to a $30 million investment from the previous year.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently inaugurated new production lines for the LCA Tejas Mk1A and HTT-40 at HAL's Nashik facility.
- Who
- GE Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
- What
- Delivery of the fifth F404-IN20 jet engine
- When
- December 5, 2025
- Where
- India
- Why
- For the indigenous LCA Mark 1A fighter jet project
- Engine Model
- F404-IN20
- Recipient
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
- Project
- LCA Mark 1A fighter jet
- Order Year
- 2021
- Total Engines Ordered
- 113
- Delivery Period
- 2027-2032