Kaveri Engine

[Neeraj Mathur]

are we working on any other engine other than kaveri with some foreign company?

 

[sgarg]

No other engine for fighter aircraft. Kaveri is the only one.

 

[biswaranjanrath.sipu]

Ya DRDO is working on a derivative of kaveri engine in the name of k10 which will have a better core in comparison to present kaveri.hence it will produce more thrust.

 

[pmaitra]

Ya DRDO is working on a derivative of kaveri engine in the name of k10 which will have a better core in comparison to present kaveri.hence it will produce more thrust.

That is the name of the core.

K9 is the old core. K10 is the new core. I read in another forum that they might abandon the K9 altogether and go with the K10 core. I am not sure how far this is true, and if true, whether it is the right approach.

 

[sgarg]

I think GTRE has been pushed to match F414 specs. They are doing whatever they can.

 

[Neeraj Mathur]

K10 is a new derivative of Kaveri.

during mmrca winner announcement there was some French company who was interested in kaveri joint study or production, So i thought there are two engine project running.

 

[power_monger]

K10 is planned for AMCA to produce a thrust of 115Kn.hopefully GTRE team suceeds in this effort.

 

[sgarg]

K10 is planned for AMCA to produce a thrust of 115Kn.hopefully GTRE team suceeds in this effort.

"It is proposed to develop production version Kaveri (K10) engine on co-design & co-development basis with M/s Snecma, France. The technical evaluation for this proposal has been completed. Tender Purchase Committee (TPC) with members from DRDO, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Indian Air Force (IAF), Indian Navy (IN) and Integrated Finance (R&D) is negotiating the commercial aspects."

Livefist: Kaveri Update In Parliament

 

[power_monger]

"It is proposed to develop production version Kaveri (K10) engine on co-design & co-development basis with M/s Snecma, France. The technical evaluation for this proposal has been completed. Tender Purchase Committee (TPC) with members from DRDO, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Indian Air Force (IAF), Indian Navy (IN) and Integrated Finance (R&D) is negotiating the commercial aspects."

Livefist: Kaveri Update In Parliament

You are quoting 2011 article.Snecma deal is cancelled.They just tried to fool us by promising to put snemca core in kaveri engine which is more or less snecma engine itself. This was dropped.Lot of water has flown afterwards.

Nowdays there is a talk of Using MIG 29 as test bed for testing kaveri engine.

 

[biswaranjanrath.sipu]

You are quoting 2011 article.Snecma deal is cancelled.They just tried to fool us by promising to put snemca core in kaveri engine which is more or less snecma engine itself. This was dropped.Lot of water has flown afterwards.

Nowdays there is a talk of Using MIG 29 as test bed for testing kaveri engine.

This is definitely a good plan.even Ade should build a tejas test bed with little design change to accommodate two engine that is one kaveri and one ge 404 or 414.but I think this may be very time consuming process rather they use mig 29.but as we all know the recent kaveri inflight test in il76 testbed is a grand success ,DRDO should take a chance to couple a kaveri engine to TD version of tejas.they must dare to do so otherwise kaveri engine will remain in dream only.

 

[power_monger]

K10 is planned for AMCA to produce a thrust of 115Kn.hopefully GTRE team suceeds in this effort.

This is wrong information.Request users to ignore this info.

 

[sgarg]

You are quoting 2011 article.Snecma deal is cancelled.They just tried to fool us by promising to put snemca core in kaveri engine which is more or less snecma engine itself. This was dropped.Lot of water has flown afterwards.

Nowdays there is a talk of Using MIG 29 as test bed for testing kaveri engine.

OK. My mistake. So GTRE is developing K10 on its own. If that is the case, I am happy.

 

[cobra commando]

OneIndia Exclusive: DRDO to abandon Kaveri project; GTRE gets revival package - Oneindia

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Navy already placed orders, Its highly doubtful about such decisions ..

 

[anupamsurey]

i agree, no one abandons such a project (working) when they are just few steps behind achieving primary targets.

 

[ladder]

Navy already placed orders, Its highly doubtful about such decisions ..

The Navy wanted but had DRDO refused. Then I was confused but now I know why.

http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/...ed-tug-war-over-kaveri-engine.html#post933481

 

[Lions Of Punjab]

Navy already placed orders, Its highly doubtful about such decisions ..

when ????????

 

[sayareakd]

cant confirm it but sad news, get over it and move forward for AMCA engine. Bring fresh blood and ideas.

OneIndia Exclusive: DRDO to abandon Kaveri project; GTRE gets revival package - Oneindia

 

[sayareakd]

 

[sgarg]

Interesting news. If DRDO is asked to compete with GE, then answer will be failure only. The industrial infrastructure required for aero-engines is far greater than what is available in India today. The efforts to jump ahead do not always succeed. Some things need to be done step by step.

I feel that DRDO must not abandon this engine. It should try to overcome the problems. The success of the nation will be determined by perseverance and patience.

As I said earlier, DRDO needs to work with private sector. Great ideas of scientists do not get expression due to shortcomings in the industrial infrastructure.