China-made aircraft engine has started mass production of three generations of an ann

[justanobserver]

If India doesn't have the capability to design and build aircraft engines how did we design and build the Shakti and Kaveri...

The Shakti is a helicopter engine and the Kaveri is behind schedule and not operational.

Shakti tech was absorbed from turbomeca France so its not ours... Kaveri is still under trials of course

But both of you guys are making the same mistake i.e HAL only takes care of manufacturing

Engine engine research is done by GTRE, aircraft design is done by ADA (both under DRDO). HAL is completely different

The deal by qwerrty is about the kits ordered in 2004. The 'indigenisation' was to (has happened ?) happen in 2010

HAL: total indigenisation of Sukhoi fighter next year

Vladimir Radyuhin

Now it is testing locally produced engine for the plane

MOSCOW: The first fully indigenous Su-30MKI fighter plane will roll off Indian assembly lines in 2010, a top executive at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said on Wednesday.

“Next year, HAL will achieve 100 per cent indigenisation of the Sukhoi aircraft — from the production of raw materials to the final plane assembly,” V. Balakrishnan, general manager, Aircraft Manufacturing Division, told The Hindu here.

The 'indigenous' manufactured Su30MKI refers to a contract made in 2010 for 42 MKIs (imo), different from the 140kits ordered in 2004\

Challenging phase

Last year, HAL mastered the manufacture of the wing and the tail. This year, it started producing the fuselage and raw materials, Mr. Balakrishnan said. The final and most challenging phase involved the indigenous manufacture of the engine.

“We’re currently testing the locally produced engine for the Su-30MKI and are planning to launch its production in 2010.” HAL would manufacture 60 Su-30MKI fighters in the full production cycle till 2015, he said.

India also plans to sign an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) with Russia for supply of HAL-manufactured Sukhoi airframes for third countries. It is already supplying some avionics equipment for Sukhoi aircraft Russia is building for third countries.