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Rolls-Royce Holds First Board Meeting in India Amid AMCA Engine Bid
- •British engineering firm Rolls-Royce held its first-ever board meeting in India to advance its bid for the indigenous AMCA fighter engine programme.
- •Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgiç met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss long-term partnerships in defence, aerospace, and energy sectors.
- •The company recently announced a strategic intent with Reliance Industries to collaborate on combat engine development and establish an Aerospace Gas Turbine Complex in India.
- •France's Safran is also competing for the contract, while initial AMCA prototypes are slated to use General Electric F414 engines amid supply chain watchfulness.
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Rolls-Royce held its first-ever board meeting in India to advance its bid to co-develop an indigenous combat engine for the country's Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme and discuss long-term plans in defense, aerospace, and energy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other government leaders.
Rolls-Royce and Reliance Industries announced a strategic intent to partner on the design, development, manufacturing, and delivery of a combat engine for India's AMCA fighter aircraft, which includes plans to establish a dedicated Aerospace Gas Turbine Complex in India.
Initial prototypes of India's Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) are slated to use General Electric's F414 engines, though supply chain delays have accelerated the search for an alternative production partner.
