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The ECO core that was offered by the French was obsolete, so IAF rejected the deal. Let's see if there is a future engine project because GTRE floated a third tender for an engine partner.

We plan on manufacturing at X numbers/year so that we can use them until 2040. It is possible kit deliveries will continue until 2022-23 followed by indigenous manufacturing from 2023 onwards for Y number until 2030. We don't know the delivery schedule. It is not open source information. It...

There is a requirement for more engines. That's why we ordered them again. They will be manufactured in HAL's Koraput engine division. The process is the same as before. We will get the first tranche of engines as kits and after a certain number is up, we will start manufacturing them from...

Sure. Nobody will manufacture more engines than what is required. The Russians were trying to upgrade our Mig-27 with AL-31, but IAF rejected it. I don't get your post at all. Who is manufacturing more engines?

I don't get your questions. What do you mean by "where is the requirement?" And can you be a bit more clear with "other uses?" Even the Russians don't have "other uses" for AL-31. It just a fighter engine.

Why? :confused:

There are different versions of the RD-33. IAF and IN use the most advanced versions while RD-93 was developed from an older version of the RD-33. Currently, Klimov has developed a newer high thrust variant of the RD-93 (91 KN) for China (and Pak) along with an even superior version for the...

It is an open source and accepted fact that we are well behind the world in materials technology.

Obviously, we need the number of engines we ordered. :p The engine life is 1600-2000 hours. 2000 hours is the manufacturer figure. Airframe life is 4000 hours for MKI. This is not counting the MLU. So, we will need minimum 4 engines for each MKI. If we bring in MLUs we will need two to...

Our first engine from raw materials stage was made in 2010. This is a second contract for 920 engines over the first contract for 900+ engines (970 IIRC) signed in 2000. The largest Russian-Indian contract - News - Politics - Russian Radio Total AL-31 engines for IAF MKIs will be around...

Such a system is being setup with Boeing's help currently.

Isn't K-9+ what you are talking about, the one with domestic SCB and weight reduction on the Kabini core while K-10 is an entirely new core, phoren maal. I'll tell you what, we must be planning to go the C route as much as possible and end up with A. :P

K-10 is a decade away. Apparently they will finish in 5 to 6 years.:rolleyes: Anyway, K9 won't be equipped on LCA. GTRE has divided the Kaveri program into K-9+ and K-10. The K-9+ is what they are waiting to certify on Tejas. In an IDRW report,

Kaveri K-9 is supposedly set for installation after 2014, I guess 2015, and first flight in 2017.

@Twinblade Logic and common sense doesn't work on some people. Give up. But nice pics, thanks.

Actually, I have excellent sources who claim the Elves made it. Money for the project came from leprechaun gold that we siphoned off from pirates in the 17th century. GTRE also designed the core of the earth some years ago, apparently. The rest, as they say, is history.

We currently don't have a requirement for a bomber. We can't build any at home for two reasons. One is obviously we can't build one. The second is that even if we build one we won't be able to make the project viable since the numbers ordered will be too less. The Americans made the C-17 and...

Maybe, we cannot be sure.

Kaveri has been completely delinked from LCA. Even if K-10 is made, it will never see service on LCA. This was confirmed by MoD, GTRE and in an interview with P. Rajkumar. K-9 / K-9+ will be a demonstrator engine. A derivative will be used in AURA. K-10 is for AMCA. May also be used in a...

Yeah right. They should build the AMCA around the M88-4E or EJ-200 on prototypes and then move on to this JV engine. This 5 to 6 years will become 15 to 20 years in no time.