Tejas

Al Tariq, a joint venture between Edge and South Africa’s Denel, launched the studies in February.

Changes to India’s military procurement process would have implications for the broader world combat aircraft market.

India has carried out the first live firing of the indigenously developed Astra air-to-air missile from its HAL Tejas fighter.

A joint statement hailed the agreement as a “trailblazing initiative that would “enable greater transfer of U.S. jet engine technology than ever before.”