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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

IAF for proven, flight worthy engine for LCA

Tejas LCAGovernment on Monday said DRDO has proposed to co-develop and co-produce an upgraded version of Kaveri engine with French engine manufacturers Snecma for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) but the IAF has suggested that a proven and flight worthy engine to be put on the aircraft.

"DRDO has offered to co-develop and co-produce 90 KN thrust class of upgraded Kaveri engine with Snecma to meet the operational requirements of LCA within 48 months of due date of project inception," Defence Minister A K Antony said while replying to a Lok Sabha query.

"Indian Air Force (IAF) has suggested a proven engine that is already in production and flight worthy for meeting immediate requirements," he added.

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2 comments:

  1. Tejaswy4/8/09 11:00

    As far as I know, This is for the immediate IOC and for the fighters to be inducted by 2011.
    As far as Tejas MK2 is concerned, They sure will be powered by Kaveri

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  2. Truck Engine Parts11/8/09 03:02

    Hmmm.. I most definitely read a couple of articles about this topic and it brings me back down memory lane :)
    The question that I ask myself is what caused something like this to happen or be written??

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