The deal secured by General Electric (GE) to manufacture fighter jet engines for the Indian Air Force has been seen as a setback for the 'Made in India' initiative. It suggests that Indian fighter jets will not have indigenous engines until 2100.
Indian fighter development program does an interesting reading. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) of the 1950s developed a fully operational twin-engine fighter HF-24 (Marut), which took its first flight on June 24, 1961, almost 62 years ago. Dr. ...
