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Its Confirmed now that Indias GTRE and French engine maker Snecma will not be working together in development of a New Kaveri engine for Indias 5th Generation AMCA aircraft project , as per sources Both couldnt agree on work sharing agreement and also funding of the project .
Snecma wanted to use Core of uprated derivative of the M88-2 engine that powers the French Rafale fighter for development of New Kaveri engine (K-10) but after failed talks Now, RFP will be send to other Engine manufactures for co-development of new Kaveri engine (K-10) which will power AMCA , Sources have ruled out Kaveri Engine Powering Tejas aircraft in near future , spin-off engine of current Kaveri engine (K-9+) will be used to power Indias first Stealthy Unmanned Strike Air Vehicle (USAV).
GTRE still plans to integrate Kaveri K-9+ engine with Tejas once the Engine is ready to complete its development , A older Tejas test aircraft operated by Indias Aeronautical Development Agency will be used for the integration . Since its first run in 1996 nine Kaveri engines were built. Although, due to the delays in development and insufficient thrust, Kaveri is not destined for the Tejas Indigenous Fighter Aircraft, new engine for AMCA will need to generate at least 90 KN of thrust. Development and flight-testing of the new engine will take at least five to six years.
Link - Search Still on for Developmental Partner for Kaveri Engine | idrw.org