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Rolls-Royce Deepens India Engagement as Reliance Partnership Targets Indigenous AMCA Fighter Engine

The proposed collaboration between Rolls-Royce and Reliance Industries focuses on creating sovereign Indian capabilities in advanced military aircraft propulsion. Unlike arrangements limited to assembling imported engines, the companies intend to offer capabilities covering the complete engine development process, from design and engineering to manufacturing, testing and operational support.

Punjab’s Rail Coach Factory Advances Vande Bharat Manufacturing as 16-Coach Trainset Undergoes 180 kmph Trial

Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala is a production unit of Indian Railways with extensive experience manufacturing passenger coaches and self-propelled railway vehicles. The facility has contributed to India’s railway modernisation through the production of conventional coaches, Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches and specialised passenger rolling stock.

EndureAir and Maraal Aerospace Partner to Develop Indigenous High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite for India

Announced on October 5, 2026, the collaboration combines EndureAir’s expertise in unmanned aerial systems, autonomous flight and aerospace engineering with Maraal Aerospace’s work in solar-powered, long-endurance aircraft. Both companies are based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and are developing technologies intended to strengthen India’s domestic unmanned aviation capabilities.