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Will India develop its own jet engine?
India’s plans to develop a suitable jet engine have been supported by the British firm Rolls-Royce. The company announced its keenness to work with India to co-develop and manufacture engines for India’s fifth-generation fighter aircraft program, called Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) earlier this month.
Is India still working on Kaveri engine?
DRDO’s Gas Turbine and Research Establishment (GTRE) has been working, in collaboration with other research labs, to design and develop India’s first fighter jet engine, Kaveri, but there has only been very limited success in the last three decades.
What happened to the Kaveri engine?
In 2010 -11, the Kaveri engine was tested using a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft as a Flying Test Bed at a Russian facility — Gromov Flight Research Institute. This process, experts have said, slowed down development of the engine. The project remains stalled today as there are a series of complications with the Kaveri engine.
Why does India need the Kaveri engine to power the LCA?
India needs the Kaveri engine to power LCA as well as fifth gen fighter so the project will not be shunned as using American or any foreign engines will lead to putting India again in a vulnerable situation . So with all this money and effort been invested India cannot just shun this project simple as that.
Where was the Mahindra Kabini engine tested?
The core of the engine, called Kabini (consisting of compressor, turbine and combustor) was tested in Russia in the late 1990s. The lack of testing facilities in India only makes the development difficult.
What happened to India’s Snecma M88 engine?
After India signed the multi-billion dollar deal for 36 Rafales, Safran Group of France (which makes the Snecma M88 engine on Rafale) had offered to work with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to rescue the engine.