What Reliance and Rolls-Royce mean for India’s fighter jet ambitions

A proposed partnership between Indian industrial giant Reliance Industries and British aerospace engine maker Rolls-Royce could mark a breakthrough in India’s decades-long quest to develop a fighter jet engine, analysts have said. But they caution that money and manufacturing capabilities alone would not be enough to overcome the technical challenges of manufacturing such an engine. On Friday, the two companies announced their “strategic intent” to form a partnership, saying they would explor...

By Biman Mukherji