Manufacturing GE engines, high-altitude drones opens new tech horizon for India: Bharat Forge CMD

He said the historic state visit of PM Modi to the US, pre-discussions that were held in India during the CEO Forum in March, ICET meeting that happened a few weeks ago, have completely opened up a new orbit for Indian business and industry, with Washington D.C.

"When you are talking about jet engines for fighter jets, normally there is something like 300-350 different technologies that are used in making jet engines. Important among them are single crystal blades, and high technology forgings that are required in a jet engine. We hope to be a part of that," Kalyani said.

He noted that the jet engines deal is going to be a large space for industry to participate in this programme as one company alone can't do everything by itself. “So I think there will be a huge opportunity and huge horizontal deployment of these technologies as the technology comes into India through this transfer of jet engine technology to HAL,” he said.

In January this year, San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI), a subsidiary of General Atomics, announced a partnership with Bharat Forge to manufacture main landing gear components, subassemblies, and assemblies of remotely piloted aircraft in the country.