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HAL is pursuing HTFE-25 engine project. If they succeed, it will power HTT-40.

Manik is a GTRE project. CVRDE works on land vehicles. Manik is for Nirbhaya cruise missile and UAVs etc. It is too small for a fighter jet and certainly not a substitute for Kaveri. K9+ is the substitute GTRE is working on. Another project is K10 which seems to have failed to take off.

The mask provides two critical functions to pilots: it supplies oxygen to them, and it contains a microphone. The microphone allows them to talk to the other person in the plane (if it's a dual-seater like a trainer), over the radio, and over the intercom (e.g., to ground personnel). You'd...

My answer was to the question about YELLOW paint of trainers and not primer which is same for all metal alloys.

Actually, the reason is more mundane like why school-buses are painted yellow..obviously for greater visibility in low light. Anti-corrosion properties of aircraft body are desirable for trainer, fighter, passenger, cargo aircrafts alike. Take for example, F-16, block-50. This is made of 80%...