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Update on Kaveri Engine
According to Prasun K Sengupta
This is different from Ghatak engines which is progressing in a good speed as i have said earlier.. In news media only this much about Ghatak has been revealed.
The original Kaveri project was meant to power the light combat aircraft but it got shelved as the engine could not deliver sufficient thrust for the fighter aircraft. In its revived avatar, the engine will be modified and its afterburners will be removed to power the first Indian UCAV.
Government set to clear Rs 3,000 crore plan to develop engine for India's first UCAV - The Economic Times
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This is good news for Kaveri Program and awesome update. Is the higher thrust derivative indicating that we may see a small batch of perhaps AMCA powered by our own Kaveri... If so, this is seriously good development...
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According to Prasun K Sengupta
- R & D work on Kaveri turbofan is on-going & will be taken to its logical conclusion.
- What was tested on an IL-76MD airborne testbed in Russia was only the proof-of-concept technology demonstrator’s engine core.
- Presently, a flightworthy version of the Kaveri is being fabricated & after its undergoes flight validation tests in Russia on an IL-76MD of the Gromov Flight-Research Institute
- It will be retrofitted on a MiG-29B-12 of the IAF (only 1 such engine will be retrofitted) & test-flown following which it will be fitted on an Tejas Mk.1 PV model for similar flight-tests.
- But this engine will never enter series-production.
- Instead, a higher-thrust derivative will be developed.
This is different from Ghatak engines which is progressing in a good speed as i have said earlier.. In news media only this much about Ghatak has been revealed.
The original Kaveri project was meant to power the light combat aircraft but it got shelved as the engine could not deliver sufficient thrust for the fighter aircraft. In its revived avatar, the engine will be modified and its afterburners will be removed to power the first Indian UCAV.
Government set to clear Rs 3,000 crore plan to develop engine for India's first UCAV - The Economic Times
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This is good news for Kaveri Program and awesome update. Is the higher thrust derivative indicating that we may see a small batch of perhaps AMCA powered by our own Kaveri... If so, this is seriously good development...
@Abingdonboy@Levina @anant_s @Ankit Kumar @Skull and Bones @nair @MilSpec @AUSTERLITZ @cerberus @knight11 @Vauban @Taygibay @WAJsal @Slav Defence @Icarus @raktaka @surya kiran @SRP @Picdelamirand-oil @randomradio @bloo @danish_vij @GORKHALI @ni8mare @ranjeet @Armani @Techy @TimeTraveller @DavidSling @sathya @mirage @Syama Ayas @GURU DUTT @HariPrasad @SR-91 @kaykay @SpArK @mpk1988 @rockstarIN @magudi @sarjenprabhu @Rain Man @saitama