NEW DELHI: American firm GE Aerospace has handed over the fourth F404-IN20 fighter jet engine to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) against the 2021 order, HAL confirmed on Wednesday. The engines will power India’s indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A, which is being inducted into the Indian Air Force . HAL Chairman and Managing Director Dr DK Sunil said that negotiations for a follow-on order of 113 GE-404 engines, valued at over USD 1 billion, have been concluded and the contract is expected to be signed in October. “We expect to sign it in October. The contract will be worth more than 1 billion. The contract negotiations are done, and the price is finalised. We are only going through the contract details, and we have to sign,” he told ANI. The new order will

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