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Govt may expand scope of fighter jet order to include twin-engine aircraft

The nation's air force and navy require as many as 400 single-and double-engine combat aircraft

Su-30 SM jets, aerobatics, Russian Knights
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Su-30 SM jets of aerobatics team Russkiye Vityasy, or Russian Knights, perform during the MAKS-2017 International Aviation and Space Show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia.

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India is planning to revise the specifications for one of the world’s biggest fighter jet orders, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would allow manufacturers such as Boeing Co. and United Aircraft Corp. to pitch their twin-engine combat aircraft.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has asked the Indian Air Force if the search for fighter jets could be expanded to include twin-engine aircraft after Lockheed Martin Corp. and Saab AB were the only ones left in the fray with single-engine products that met the earlier norms, the people said, asking not to be identified as the discussions are