NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) site in Bengaluru on Saturday morning. He will review and visit their manufacturing facility, including the facility for Tejas jets.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) recently issued a tender to the state-owned HAL for the purchase of 12 advanced Su-30MKI fighter jets. “Recently, a tender has been issued to the HAL for buying 12 Su-30MKI fighters, which will be manufactured in India by HAL in partnership with the Russian original equipment manufacturers”, defence sources had said earlier.
The public sector company is expected to respond to the tender by next month with details of the project along with other details, they said. The HAL and GE from the US will be producing these engines jointly in a facility in India.
In a significant boost to India’s defence sector, the engines for the LCA Mark II and the first two squadrons of the indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) will be domestically produced, DRDO chief Dr Samir V Kamat said on Saturday.
“The engines of LCA Mark II and the first two squadrons of the indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft would be produced within the country together by American GE and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited as all the clearances have been received from the US,” DRDO chief Dr Samir V Kamat said. (ANI)