India, Aug. 27 -- India is all set to sign a $1 billion deal with US firm GE for the supply of 113 more GE-404 engines for the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas amid the Donald Trump tariff row, media reports said.

The negotiations are well underway, and the deal is expected to be sealed by September, ANI reported, quoting unnamed sources.

The deal is the second with the Donald Trump government. A Rs. 62,000 crore deal to buy 97 more LCA Mark 1A fighter aircraft was the first.

"The state-owned firm Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has inked the deal for 99 GE-404 engines with GE for the initial 83 LCA Mark 1A fighter jets ordered by the Indian Air Force. The new deal is about another 113," NDTV reported.

The deal is expected to help HAL tick i...