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INTRODUCTION: India’s quest to develop its own fighter jet engine got a boost after a $2-million consultancy agreement was finalized with leading French defense manufacturer Safran to help revive the Kaveri project. The GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri is an after burning turbofan project developed by the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), a lab under the DRDO in Bangalore India. BACKGROUND: An Indian design, the Kaveri was originally intended to power production models of the HAL Tejas fighter, also known as the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) being built by the Aeronautical Development Agency. The Kaveri program failed to satisfy the necessary technical requirements or keep up with its envisaged timelines, and was officially delinked from the LCA program in September 2008. The main issue was that, it was unable to provide the required power thrust. Low thrust affects speed and maneuverability of the aircrafts adversely. The project was stalled in 2014. The Kaveri program has attracted much criticism due to its ambitious objective, prolonged development time, cost overruns, and the DRDO's lack of clarity and openness in admitting problems. The Hal LCA are currently powered by American GE 4 0 4 engines. SAFRAN: Safran. is a French multinational aircraft engine, rocket engine, aerospace-component, defense, and security company. It was formed by a merger between the aircraft and rocket engine manufacturer and aerospace component manufacturer group SNECMA, and the security company SAGEM in 2005. Its headquarters are located in Paris. Safran has extensive exposure of engine development, and is also the maker of the M88 engine that powers the Dassault Rafael fighter. CURRENT STATE: On 20 November 2016, DRDO Director General for Aeronautics Cluster, C P Ramanarayanan confirmed that DRDO and the French company have tied up for the Kaveri project. Safran is slated to revive and certify the engine, as part of the offsets deal for Dassault Rafael jets purchased by India. 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 Rafael fighter jet deal. An initial assessment by the French company show that 25-30% more work is needed for the Kaveri engine to be combat-worthy. French side has proposed to make the engine flight-worthy within 18 months for integration into the LCA by 2020. CONCLUSION: LCA has been inducted into the Indian Air Force. This is the first fighter jet India has developed. Engine is one of the most important parts of any fighter plane, and hence India wants to have an indigenous one. The solid expertise of Safran in engine design is expected to resolve the complicated issues of Kaveri engine.
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That means they will have a French engine they make locally, not a Indian designed engine. Turbine engines are super complex in their internal interactions so there is a freedom in design (correction, multiple solutions to problems), you don't have in many engine types. You don't just make a fourth gen engine, they obviously haven't committed to building up a jet engine program with the depth to advance this engine. Plus is France really going to let 4 gen knowledge to be sold?
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It is always russian help, israeli help or now french help!? When will india make something that works on it's own? It's sad that the first indigenous fighter aircraft was designed by a german.
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same thing actually I was thinking that India developed there own fighter then how do they develop it's engine cause developing a aircraft is much more easier than developing a new jet engine. now it makes sense
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I read a article on War is boring.
"India Spent 33 Years Developing This Fighter Jet And It’s Still Abysmal
The Tejas is a hodgepodge of parts from better fighters
However, India is attempting to revive the failed Kaveri indigenous engine that was originally slated to power the Tejas before it became glaringly apparent that it was not up to the task. The France’s Snecma is working with the Indians to certify the Kaveri engine for the flight of a Tejas light combat aircraft prototype in 2018.Given India’s abysmal track record in developing indigenous combat aircraft, there is little reason to be optimistic about New Delhi’s prospects for the Tejas. Frankly, the Indian Air Force would be better served by relegating the Tejas to being technology demonstrator and simply buying a genuine combat aircraft from one of its allies." -
Kaveri engine will still fail ... pity on those who call teja (which is still a flaw jet) better than FC1/JF17, which not only forms two squadrons of their rival air force, even there are some news about its export ... although I know indians will fail again even after the help of Frenchies .. yet I bid them good luck ...
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मैंने यह कही युट्यूब के व्हिडिओ पर ही शायद से देखा है की यह इंजीन भारत और जर्मनी मिलकर १९७५-७८ तक काम कर रहे थे और उसके बाद काम रोक दिया गया है तो क्या इसे फिरसे जर्मनी के साथ बनाया जा सकता है? क्योंकि मेरे विचारसे उनके पास वो पुरा डेटा होगा और जर्मनी फ्रांस जैसे ही टेक्नॉलजी के लिए एक अॅडव्हान्स देश है. मेरा मतलब है भारत इसमें जर्मनी को भी यदि हो सके तो शामिल करले जिससे जर्मनी के साथ हमारे आपसी रिश्तों में मजबूती आजाय और एक उत्तम और विकासीत इंजीन की निर्मितीभी हो. साझीदारी भी बन सके.
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well that was a part of Rafale offset
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kaveri engine was first tested way back in 2001 or 2002. why wasn't international help sought then?
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Good explanation,really appreciable....
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can India do anything without int'l help ???