DRDO launches GATET to promote research

[Justin Joseph]

DRDO launches GATET to promote research

Bangalore: Aeronautics Research and Development Board (AR&DB), an organ of DRDO launched a new initiative called 'Coherent Directed Research' in gas turbines, here today.

The programme called GATET, envisages about Rs 100 crore investment in three years and the participation of 100 R and D centres and 1000 scientists, engineers and technicians.

DRDO Chief Controller (Aero and Service Interaction) Dr Prahlada said after the launch that under the programme, DRDO would support and encourage design, R&D and manufacturing capability of academic institutions and R&D establishments, industries and other think tanks.

The participants would carry out frontline work in bringing out nextgen gas turbine engine systems, he said.

''This was the line of DRDO's policy to support front line research in many areas to bring in synergy and coherency between goal driven top down approach and innovation driven bottom up approaches,'' he said.

The city-based Gas Turbine Research Establishment, a frontline DRDO R and D unit would function as the nodal laboratory for this programme.

DRDO launches GATET to promote research

 

[pop_alsa]

DRDO is doing far better job by promoting future research.

Although 100Cr rupees is very small for 3 years, but its much better than those fools(Ambanis etc.) who are wasting 1000 carore on Cricket teams.

Well done, DRDO.

 

[Haanzo]

^^^ this kind of news is more important than all other foreign goodies right now hope more such steps are taken to infuse much needed life into R&D

 

[pop_alsa]

Current fleet of Sukhoi,Jaguar,Mirage is enough for Pakistan. And, China is not a fool to attack India and help Western dominance which will result from any such war.

Short-sighted morons want to waste 15Billion$ on MRCA imports.

Such huge money can be used better.

 

[ironman]

Current fleet of Sukhoi,Jaguar,Mirage is enough for Pakistan. And, China is not a fool to attack India and help Western dominance which will result from any such war.

Short-sighted morons want to waste 15Billion$ on MRCA imports.

Such huge money can be used better.

Its good to see a different point of view. I presume you are not much into defense..

The following link will help further

Indian MRCA competition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[pop_alsa]

The following link will help further

Indian MRCA competition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have different way of looking at things.

MRCA is not something new. India has done that before many times.

The question is about priority. Priority should not be MRCA but speeding up LCA-MKII, modernisation/improvements of Kaveri and MCA.

MRCA 125 should be cut to MRCA 90. Divert $3 Billion to fund research and studies on MCA and improvisation in Kaveri variant designs.

Kaveri is more important than MRCA for India.

Because MRCA will bring "blueprint of engine" but not "innovation process" behind it. There is difference between the two. First one enables you to "manufacture" engines(based on blueprint) locally but, the latter one allows you to "design" any type or version of engine locally.

For example, ToT(transfer of technology) for F-18 or Mig-35's engine will allow India to manufacture these engines locally. But Indians can't modify the design to scale up engine performance or build a more powerful version of same engine. For that, they will require access to design philosophy, fundamental research behind that engine technology as well as test data collected during engine R&D phase which is huge and patented. This is not transferred in ToT.

Morons in MoD and IAF knows this but they don't care as far as "imports" are open.

If India will get anything from ToT then, it will be some learning experience on how engine can be better made by comparing their Kaveri design with MRCA engine. But, there is nothing new in this because India already has access to ToT of Russian engine used in Sukhoi-30MKI. So, as I said before ToT doesn't teach you how to "design", but it teaches only how to manufacture.

What India is lacking is, lack of enough focus on superior material technologies that go into aircraft engines and processes associated with it.

Focus is on MRCA. Its not on improving Kaveri and scaling up the research efforts.

By the way, I have been following aerospace technologies since 14 years and I can tell you, no ToT can teach Indians how to "design" an aircraft engine. And, we have enough brains within this country to do that job within 6 years.

The question is about priority and enough funds into right direction. Capabilities are already there.

Also, I give you one more hint on why Kaveri is failing - Have you ever wondered why TATA doesn't focus on designing its own Car engines? Simply because, imports are available so, they never give it(engine R&D) a priority.

R&D is a bad economics. But it creates "innovations" which leads you to good economics. For achieving second, you need to prioritize bad economics first.

Morons in MoD and IAF don't understand this. They are screwing Kaveri R&D because its bad economics.

Also, those media reports whining and blaming DRDO for Kaveri "failure" are funded by a 50 years old "import lobby" in Delhi, who want Kaveri project to die. One should ask them this question - GE's(american engine-maker) first 18 models of cryogenic engine blasted on test-bed. So, those are 18 failures or part of design process?

19th was a success.

And Indian media started blaming DRDO on 1st blast and MoD just made sure that project is closed and asked DRDO to bring in foreign partner.

One more "import". Win-win for "imports lobby". Blow for Kaveri programme.

 

[gogbot]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Honesty, please get educated on the issues and policy's at hand before mouthing of about what you think you know.


Imports do not = bad . They are a choice.

Tata make their own engines, they have made them for a long time, if actually bothered to look it you would know.

Your lack of informations cannot be cured in a single post. please spend some time acquainting ourself with what's going on.

thank you