What makes the F404 engine special?
The F404 Engine GE Aerospace’s F404-GE-103 features the latest technologies to improve engine durability, simplify maintenance, and enhance single-engine safety to support advanced jet training for the next generation of military pilots. Compared to the J79, the advanced technology paid off by doubling the pressure ratio with seven fewer compression stages and by reducing turbine stages by one. Overall, the F404 delivers the same thrust as the J79 with one half the weight, three fourths the length and one third fewer parts.The main difference is that the F406 is a turboprop aircraft while the C404 is a piston aircraft.
How much does a F404 engine cost?
GE Aerospace delivers the 4th F404-IN20 engine to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, part of a $716 million deal for 99 engines signed in 2021. New Delhi: American defence major GE Aerospace has handed over another jet engine to state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for its Tejas light combat aircraft programme, officials said on Wednesday. The company had delivered one F404-IN20 engine to HAL around three weeks back.