As talks with the US for the manufacturing of engines for its fighter jets are moving at a sluggish pace, India is reportedly weighing alternatives, namely French. It is still unclear if India would buy the said French engines or jointly produce them.

According to a report in Bloomberg, New Delhi is in talks with Paris-based Safran SA for engines for its fighter jets. This comes after India and the US, under Joe Biden, had agreed to power the Tejas Mark-2 with US-made GE F-414 engines. India had at that point wanted to diversify defence ties from Russia. Advertisement

Talks with the US have slowed down, but the two nations are still negotiating the joint manufacturing of GE F-414 engines, stated the report. This comes in the backdrop of the tensed India-US relationship after Washington

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