<h1>Aerospace firm expands via local partnerships and tech transfer, co-developing military jet engine amid complex legal compliance</h1> A major aerospace and defence firm announced plans to expand in a large emerging market through strategic in-country partnerships, technology transfer and supply-chain localisation, including potential co-development of a military jet engine under a bilateral industrial cooperation framework. Legal implications include negotiation of government procurement and offset obligations, intellectual property and export-control arrangements for advanced defence technologies, joint-venture and licensing structures, compliance with foreign investment and defence sector screening, and contractual allocation of liability, performance and data-security obligations. Increased local sourcing targets raise procurement and competition law considerations for future supply agreements.