Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Reliance, Rolls-Royce partner to develop indigenous AMCA combat engine
India wants to build its own brand-new fighter jet called the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, or AMCA.
A fighter jet needs a very powerful engine, and India wants to make that engine by itself.
Two big companies, Reliance Industries from India and Rolls-Royce from Britain, said they want to build the engine together.
They plan to create a special factory and research center in India where the engine would be designed, built, and tested.
Rolls-Royce has been making airplane engines for more than one hundred years.
Reliance is a very big Indian company, and it will bring its factories and building skills to the project.
The plan is part of India's dream called 'Atmanirbhar Bharat,' which means being self-reliant.
The new AMCA jet will be a stealth fighter, which means it is hard for enemies to see on radar.
The first few AMCA planes will still use an engine made by an American company, and later versions will use the new Indian-made engine.
The companies said this is just the start of their idea — they have not signed a final contract yet.
Reliance Industries and Rolls-Royce announced a strategic intent to jointly design, develop and manufacture an indigenous combat engine for India's AMCA fighter programme.
The companies will explore setting up an Aerospace Gas Turbine Complex in India covering design, development, manufacturing, testing, production and through-life support.
The proposed partnership supports the Atmanirbhar Bharat vision of self-reliant defence, which has been championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The AMCA engine strategy has two phases: GE Aerospace F414-INS6 engines for Mk-1 prototypes and early squadrons, and a sovereign high-thrust engine for the Mk-2.
The announcement is a strategic intent rather than a signed joint venture, with no financial terms, timeline or ownership structure disclosed.
- Who
- Reliance Industries and Rolls-Royce, announced by Anant Ambani (Executive Director, Reliance Industries) and Tufan Erginbilgiç (CEO, Rolls-Royce)
- What
- Strategic intent to jointly develop an indigenous combat engine and explore forming an Aerospace Gas Turbine Complex for the AMCA programme
- When
- Friday, the day of the announcement
- Where
- India, where the proposed Aerospace Gas Turbine Complex would be located
- Why
- To build sovereign, self-reliant propulsion capability aligned with India's Atmanirbhar Bharat vision
- Companies
- Reliance Industries and Rolls-Royce
- Programme
- Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), India's fifth-generation stealth multirole fighter
- Agreement status
- Strategic intent; no signed joint venture or contract yet
- Proposed facility
- Aerospace Gas Turbine Complex in India
- Scope of complex
- Design, development, manufacturing, testing, production and through-life support
- Phase 1 engine
- GE Aerospace F414-INS6 turbofans (98 kN thrust class) for AMCA Mk-1
- AMCA roadmap
- Prototype rollout 2028-2029, certification by 2032, serial induction around 2034-2035
- Undisclosed details
- Investment size, construction timeline, production capacity and ownership structure
Sources
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