Engine makers sign up with suppliers in India

Safran Aircraft Engines has selected Aerolloy for LEAP titanium castings and Safran has signed long-term supply agreements with Aequs, while GE Aerospace plans to nearly double its Indian supplier spend by 2030.

Safran has placed two sets of work with Indian suppliers, and GE Aerospace has set out plans to nearly double its supplier spend in India between 2025 and 2030. Aerolloy Technologies, the PTC Industries subsidiary, has been selected by Safran Aircraft Engines to develop and manufacture structural titanium castings for the LEAP engine, supplied fully machined and ready to fit. Aequs has signed long-term supply agreements with Safran for critical components, with major work to be carried out at its upcoming Engine Components Ecosystem at Hosur in Tamil Nadu.

The Aerolloy selection is the second set of LEAP titanium casting orders the company has received from Safran Aircraft Engines. Alongside it the two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding setting a framework for long-term production supply once development and qualification are complete. Aerolloy's agreement with Airbus covers development, qualification and supply of titanium castings for the A320neo, A330neo and A350, produced through its integrated route from its own titanium material to finished part. LEAP powers the A320neo family, so Aerolloy now holds titanium casting development work on both the airframe and an engine of the same aircraft.

Aequs says the contracts build on its longstanding engagement with Safran Landing Systems and extend it to Safran Aerosystems and Safran Electronics & Defense, taking its relationships to six Safran entities. The work is tied to a site that is not yet operating: Aequs says major work under the awards will be carried out at the upcoming Engine Components Ecosystem at Hosur. The agreements therefore add two further Safran businesses, and a site Aequs names as an engine components ecosystem, to a relationship the company describes as longstanding with Safran Landing Systems.

GE Aerospace intends to nearly double its in-country supplier spend over 2025 to 2030, and released the figure with an Ernst & Young report on its four decades in India. GE frames the plan as a response to Indian aviation growth, citing domestic airline revenue of about $19 billion in FY26. Its stated terms are a direction and a horizon: Nearly double, over five years from a 2025 base. Bharat Forge's 5 October long-term contract with Pratt & Whitney Canada, for engine components made at its Indian aerospace facility, puts a third engine maker alongside Safran and GE in placing or planning Indian work this month.

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