The White House, which said in January that it had received the application to jointly produce the engines in India, declined to comment. Washington maintains strict controls over what domestic military technology can be shared or sold to other countries. India is keen to get the know-how to make aircraft engines. Though it can manufacture fighter jets domestically, it lacks the ability to produce engines to power them. However, India intends to produce more than 350 fighter jets for its air force and navy over the next two decades, which could be powered by the GE 414.

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Persons: Biden, Joe Biden, Narendra Modi, Trevor Hunnicutt, Krishn Kaushik, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Heather Timmons, Jamie Freed Organizations: WASHINGTON, General Electric Co, Indian, GE, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, HAL, U.S . Congress, Thomson Locations: DELHI, India, Washington, Russia, New Delhi, Ukraine, India's, United States, Chicago