Explainer: Engines delay fighter jet plans

India’s push for propulsion sovereignty is caught between delayed foreign supplies and lagging indigenous programmes

Ajay Banerjee

Updated At : 08:05 AM Aug 25, 2026 IST

GE F-414 engine, which will be co-produced in India.

INDIA faces a conundrum on acquiring engines for its fighter jets — the prevailing gap in technology has come to define, and complicate, all major fighter jet acquisition programmes New Delhi is running.

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Explainer: Engines delay fighter jet plans

India’s push for propulsion sovereignty is caught between delayed foreign supplies and lagging indigenous programmes

Ajay Banerjee

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