French boost to jet engine plan, Kaveri project being revived

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NEW DELHI: India’s quest to develop its own fighter jet engine got a leg up after a $2-million consultancy agreement was finalised with leading French defence manufacturer Safran to help revive the Kaveri project.

The project stalled in 2014 after the Kaveri gas turbine engine developed for combat planes and unmanned aircraft was unable to provide the required power thrust — a fact French experts expect to correct after study.

Initial assessments by the French company show that 25-30% more work is needed for the Kaveri engine to be combat-worthy.

A detailed joint development plan will be drawn up that could use offset credits — the obligation is 50% of contract cost, which translates to over 3 billion euros — coming from the Rafale fighter jet deal.

As reported by ET in July, France has offered a 1-billion euro investment to revive the project. Several rounds of discussions have already taken ..
The Indian Air Force is committed to buying at least 80 of the LCA Mk 1A fighters that will meet higher technical requirements than the version inducted this year.

The aircraft is currently powered by American GE 404 engines that faced a procurement delay after the nuclear tests in 1998, causing a setback to the Tejas programme. A joint working group on jet engine technology has also been formed with the US under the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI).

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[C130]

the engine India needs is already developed and it's called GE F414, you only need to buy the rights to build it.

 

[Oracle]

 

[gslv mk3]

Yup, you start bad mouthing it just like how you did with ISRO's cryogenic engine.

Shouldn't you guys be developing scooter engines before commending on this one ?

 

[volatile]

French are smart business man , Putting Offset clauses in R&D will take India no where as first phase was indeed needing the know how of manufacturing ,Any ways good development

 

[Armoured Division]

Good.We will test Kaveri on Tejas next year.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Good.We will test Kaveri on Tejas next year.

Lol. Only an consultancy agreement has been signed. They will now analyse the documents on how the Kaveri was built and they need to give a counter proposal on how to improve the engine. That might itself take 8-10 months. Then GRTE has to respond to their technical proposal. If this thing proceeds without any hiccups we can see kaveri testing on Tejas by 2020.

the engine India needs is already developed and it's called GE F414, you only need to buy the rights to build it.

We already have a license. But we are getting important aspects of the engine from USA. There is no ToT on that. And we dont have rights to sell GE 414 to any country of our wish