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Rolls-Royce Lifts Its Hopes For Indian Military Work
Rolls-Royce is hopeful of supply more AE2100D3 engines to power an anticipated new batch of C130J transport for the Indian Air Force. [Photo: Vladimir Karnozov.]
Rolls-Royce is hopeful of supply more AE2100D3 engines to power an anticipated new batch of C130J transport for the Indian Air Force. [Photo: Vladimir Karnozov.]

Rolls Royce is attending the 2013 Aero India show with a renewed sense of optimism for its prospects in this key Asian market. At the last show back in 2011, there was some gloom when the UK-based aero engines maker decided to withdraw from the competition for re-engining the Indian Air Force’s Jaguars. Now Rolls-Royce’s main focus in India is the CTS800 turboshaft engine offered in partnership with Honeywell for the Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) being developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL). The CTS800 is competing with Turbomeca’s Ardiden 1H1/Shakti engine, which already powers the Advanced Light Helicopter and Light Combat Helicopter prototypes. Commercial bids for the LUH program were opened last year.

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