Made-in-India GE Jet Engines Sought in Closer US Security Ties

  • US reviewing GE proposal to build jet engines with India
  • India-Russia relationship one factor of the new initiative

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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The US and India plan to share advanced defense and computing technology, including the potential joint production of General Electric Co. jet engines, as the Biden administration seeks to shift New Delhi away from Russia and counter China.

Details of the plan, known as US–India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies, released Tuesday bolster Washington’s broader agenda of strengthening military, technology and supply-chain links with partner countries.