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Kaveri will be used to power a family of UCAVs, marine applications and may be Tejas Mk1/A MLU & HLFT-42. There's enough places it can be deployed.

Makes good sense for India too- performance-wise Kaveri is only now near F404's output with nowhere near that durability & F404 is '70s tech- for some perspective. If we can level up to F414 manufacturing tech even a decade from now while simultaneously also working on a 120kN engine based on...

x-posting to Mk2, AMCA & Kaveri threads, the article almost reads like a blog- is inaccurate in some places but also has some interesting nuggets on Kaveri progress...

Biden admin still hasn't green lighted the deal.. Americans are looking for a road map- haven't we already publicly declared how many Mk2 & AMCA Mk1s we intend to produce...

3rd week of June most likely.. https://www.wionews.com/india-news/indian-pm-modi-to-travel-to-us-in-june-for-a-bilateral-visit-sources-571014 According to sources, Modi may visit New York on 21 June, International Yoga Day, before travelling to the capital with Biden. Although neither side has...

https://firstindia.co.in/news/world-news/us-working-on-jet-engine-deal-with-india-before-pm-modis-visit-us-congressman-ro-khanna US working on jet engine deal with India before PM Modi's visit: US Congressman Ro Khanna 27 Apr-2023 12:02 PM By: FirstIndia Washington: Speaking to ANI on the...

Dear sir an engine is the beating heart of the machine and is expected to be hot, very hot. I do not think there is any called a stealthy engine even as a paper concept. But you can shield the engine blades using Y or serpentine ducts which is a feature of the air frame- not the engine. You can...

Please no sirring. Its not confirmed, like everything else in Indian defence things happen by and by. There's a strong use case for Kaveri- HLFT-42 is at the right project stage (inception) for Kaveri integration, moreover power demand on a trainer is less than on a fighter, also indigenous...

Dry Kaveri tested at nearly 43000 feet. The new engines being made by GTRE + Godrej Aerospace will be used to further refine the product. Dry Kaveri for Ghatak UCAV & Kaveri w/ AB to power HLFT-42.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2023/feb/17/godrej-aerospace-plans-rs-500-crore-facility-for-defence-business-2548197.html Godrej Aerospace plans Rs 500 crore facility for defence business Godrej Aerospace AVP and business head Maneck Behramkamdin told TNIE that the...

Who said the evolution of Kaveri will stop at 73kN? Work on Kaveri's thrust and weight whilst also testing it in flight on a Tejas. It is the logical next step in the Kaveri program. Lockheed Martin called the then defence minister George Fernandes before Tejas' first flight telling him it will...

Nobody is going to plonk Kaveri into service with the #45 & #18 squadrons tomorrow. Dr Tessy is talking about one airframe only (probably a LSP) for Kaveri integration and put it through it's paces. May be by the time the first in service Tejas planes come for MLU we will have a well-tested...

Why are you stuck on that figure like a broken record? Based on what facts are you challenging the word of DG, Aeronautics, DRDO? With the current Kaveri the Tejas can take to the air. She has said it, and I'll take her word any day over anybody else. A classic case of fabricating problems...

If everything is so hunky dory then why is the F404 still powering the Tejas? Can you provide a source for the "all Kaveri problems were solved by us with no help" theory. It has been answered already, you have to overcome your bias, open your eyes and look.

What is the once bitten you are referring to? Back in the '60s it was the Indian gov itself that rejected a $500 million RR offer to develop more powerful Orpheus engines to power HF-24 Marut. Probably the same doubts as being suggested now got in the way then. Really, whose loss was it?

Bit by bit, we are moving up the value chain. https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/ptc-inds-hits-the-roof-after-subsidiary-bags-contract-from-safran-aircraft-engines-123021700593_1.html There were problems in the core too- weren't there? The blades flying off in all directions...

So? That's what a win-win looks like. The French have promised complete transfer of know-how and know-why. They have also said this level of tech has not been offered to anyone before. Before we start doubting their intent and our resolve- let's commit money, effort & time to the JV! How does...

French could possibly be a minority stake holder in a firm that spawns off all sorts of turbojets/turbofans for myriad aero applications in India. If the Americans or the Brits win the engine deal then they get 0, if the deal goes to the French they make quite a bit more than that- as...

Performance parameters are decided by the user, IAF's ASQRs in this case. If it was any of the others you mentioned we would not be chasing unobtanium. IA & IAF have been following a by now boring strategy- lean on janes and create sky high *SQRs with utter disregard for the state of industry...

Wet thrust was specc'd to be 80kN in the ASQR, 90kN was just IAF's "desire". https://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?t=6726#p1578614 So just like any other turbojet/turbofan program, Kaveri also had it's performance (Th - 52/80KN, SFC - 80/207 kg/kN.h, TWR - 76N/Kg) parameters define...