Snecma, HAL to co-produce engines for ALHs, IJTs . Fakir Chand in Bangalore ... his company would be ready to undertake local manufacturing and assembly of its M53 engine. ...

Snecma supplies the M88 and M53 engines Rafale and Mirage 2000 fighters, respectively. It is also a partner in Europrop International, the consortium responsible for the TP400 turboprop engine ...

RTI will be a major supplier of Snecma’s TiAl requirements for the production of LEAP engine low-pressure turbine blades, for which mass production is starting from 2016.

More specifically, its main role will be providing maintenance services for the Snecma M53 engines powering the Mirage 2000H fighters, on behalf of the Indian Air Force (IAF), starting in 2015.

-Featuring advanced aerodynamics, fly-by-wire controls, and an SNECMA M53 afterburning turbofan engine, the jet became renowned for its performance. -Entering service in 1984, ...

Built as a twin-engine, heavier counterpart to the Mirage 2000, it featured canards, a bubble canopy, and powerful SNECMA M53-2 turbofan engines. Although it excelled during 336 test flights ...

"I've got a meeting with them next week to look at their F-16 engines, and the [Snecma M53] engines for their Dassault Mirage 2000-9s," he says. "We test their M53s - this is a follow-on requirement." ...