India is to develop jet engines for aircrafts like Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)  in association with the International Engine House

Indian government informed in Parliament that, India is to develop jet engines for aircrafts like Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)  in association with the International Engine House. Presently, the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas is integrated with an imported engine. For this, indigenous engines will soon be developed. Such indigenous engines will also be used to power Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

Which engines power the LCA variant?

• The LCA FOC variant and the Mk1A variant are powered by GE-F404 engines.
• On the other hand, LCA-Mk2 and AMCA will be powered by a more powerful GE-F414 engines, in initial phases.

Why new indigenous engine will be developed?

• Flight Operational Clearance (FOC) configuration of LCA Tejas demands higher thrust as compared to the intended engine requirement.
• Hence the Kaveri in present architecture cannot be integrated.
• A modified engine version will be required to induct with LCA Tejas.
• Thus, for development of proposed engine, technological capabilities built through Kaveri engine project will be used.