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HAL is only involved with making the AL 31F as per the specifications given by Russians. To have the know how of developing the critical hot sections is all different ball game. Only GTRE(with whatever success they have till now) has that expertise on that. And these PSUs do not work in...

These are not at all the core(I mean the beating heart) of jet engine technology. So in a way it us understandable that US/GE chose to share these. But if India asked for even these things in the ToT, I think we do not have inhouse ability to develop these/or manufacture them in a scale outside...

The need of a flying test bed is valid. But the issues that plagued the last flight tests, whats the progress on that? One doesn't need to go to flight test again to have the answer to this. For GTRE, going to Russian test facility is easier any day rather than waiting for babus and GoI in New...

If it had come to a stage where it needs to do a flight test, they would've already took it to Russia. Last information is that it had creep, screech issues and unstable combustion, resulting in unstable thrust. No further news whether those were resolved and the ground tests in India were...

From the Defexpo poster of GTRE, dry thrust variant of Kaveri producing 46 KN thrust weighs around 1180 kg. With Afterburner, it will go above 1250 kg easily. GE-F404 weighs 1045 kg and produces 49.9 KN dry thrust. In current form it will downgrade the payload and envelope of Tejas

Eurojet engine will be a cesspit. It is a colab of several European nations. The critical turbine blades are all from MTU Germany. It will be a diplomatic nightmare to manage

This thing better work in the moon when IAF takes it their for tests. I wish the paninian team all the very best

Joint deal with Safrran is close to signing

Okay. Thanks for the update

Kaveri's problems are currently in the process of being solved and a foreign engine OEM is now working as a consultant to see the work done and certify it worthy to be flight tested.(Don't expect transfer of any critical technology. They will say "Your work is good. Safe for flight test" or "You...

The new workforce of pvt player cannot rollout 32 from the word go. In the initial 2 years, it will at max produce 16 total

I don't know about Ganga. But to assume that we have the turbine blade technology for 1700 degrees is little far fetched given that our humble 45kn dry thrust version of Kaveri will only be going for a flight test to Russia in next year. It's too steep a technology jump to GE414 sized 75kn dry...

There is no space in AMCA for AL31 sized engine. So this 'AL31 equivalent engine' is wrong. AMCA Mk1 and MK2 wont have any intake design or size difference. Only a turbine inlet temp above 1700 degrees will give the required 75 kn of dry thrust in GEF414 size form. AL31 is vintage tech compared...

An AL31 equivalent will not fit into AMCA. Else we could've just gone with AL31. We are already license producing it. AMCA needs a GE F414 sized engine that can produce AL31 level of thrust. So many stupid defence experts these days in tweetar posting bakwas. We should not entertain them here