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I saw this article and wondering what the Indian members think about it.
Indias Kavari engine can swim and flydoesnt have a plane yet!
The soap opera of the Kaveri engines doesnt ever seem to end. It has been in the design phase for about three decades with untold millions spent on the plane. Official figures vary, but experts estimate that about $1 billion has been spent on an engine that does nothing for the Indian Air Force.
Indian Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), continues to falter even after 25 years
The Kaveri was originally planned for the Tejas fighter which also has been in the design phase for 30 or so years. The Kevari has been a colossal failure, but the corrupt politicians and the military thieves want to milk it for all its worth and stuff their pockets.
The Tejas is a joke in itself. It was supposed to use the Kaveri. With that not working out, the Tejas may still use a GE enginebut the GEO engine does not fit the frame. The Snacma has been in the news for three years. Nothing has happened on the front except a lot of jaw.
The French Snecma may be an option but France may have to build a new engine for Bharatwhich seems a far cry and may not be possible in the immediate future. The Tejas was designed three decades ago. Its design is obsolete now. Bharat needs a trainer aircraft, but it does not have onehence the more than 300 Mig crashes which makes the IAF the Air Force with the worst track record on the planet.
The Kaveri was then positioned as some sort of a power source for a naval vessel.
Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine to Power Indian Navy Ships
Modified Kaveri engine to propel Indian Navy ships
While the Bharatis make up their mind whether the Kavari will swim or fly, the world can look on the development cycle in awecan the Kavari walk also and propel tanks?
Indian Tejas: Case study of failure and incompetence
Now the news item proudly proclaims that the Kaveri will fly againhowever on a Russian plane. The press report from the DRDO did not give details whether the Kaveri would fly in the cargo hold of the Russian plan or be strapped on the wings. Bharat has already grounded the IL-76snot sure why the Kaveri would be flying on tankers.
Nearly two decades after defense scientists began work on an indigenous fighter engine Kaveri, officials said Kaveri will be tested on a Russian aircraft in the next two months.
Scientists of Gas Turbine and Research Establishment or GTRE, the DRDO unit have integrated the engine, developed in Bengalurum on an Illyushin 78 transport aircraft in Russia.
In the next one and half months, it will fly, said T Mohana Rao, director of GTRE.
In ground trials, the engine has performed more than expectations. All issues have been addressed, including the after burner, Rao said.
Kaveri was first conceived as an engine for Tejas, the light combat
aircraft developed by Aeronautical Development Agency based in Bengaluru.
Tejas is now being powered by General Electric-404 engines due to delays in development of Kaveri.
India has floated a tender to decide on either an upgraded GE engine on Eurofighter engine for Tejas.
Kaveri be used for future versions of the fighter aircraft.
Gas turbine engine technology is most complex and that is the reason for the delays Rao said.
Parallel, GTRE is going with Snecma of France to build more powerful
engines for Tejas.
Now Snecma will bring in the core, called Eco for the new engine and integrate with systems developed for Kaveri.
The Kaveri program has cost the exchequer nearly Rs 2800 crore.
Aeronautics Research & Development Board (AR&DB) of DRDO has taken a new initiative called coherent directed research in the area of gas turbines.
In this top down approach, DRDO, taking into account futuristic national programs would support, encourage, nurture, monitor and exploit the design, research, development and manufacturing capability of academic institution& R&D establishments, industries and other think tanks to carry out frontline work in bringing out next generation gas turbine engine system.
This program called GATET envisages about Rs 100 Cr investment in 3 years and participation of 100 R&D centers and as many as 1000 scientists, engineers and technicians.
In five to six years, we will have a huge talent pool and
technologies for Gas turbine through this program, said Rao. Indigenous Keveri to be tested on a Russian aircraft. Correspondent, Wednesday, April 07, 2010 AT 07:42 PM (IST), Tags: DRDO
Indias indigenous Tejas is plane under perpetual development. This plane has had the longest development cycle of any train, plane or automobile in the history of world. After a decade of false starts, abject failures, the Tejas remains a butt of jokes among the engineers, journalists and scientists in the aviation industry.
A lot can be achieved in two and a half decades. For an individual, its roughly one-third of the average lifespan. For a nation, its enough time for an entire generation to come through. A nation can be transformed from a marshy swamp into one of the largest economies of the world as in the case of Singapore.
What did Indian Air Force (IAF) achieve in twenty six years while consuming over $2 billion? The answer to that is Zilch; Zero; Nada; Nothing except a failed project and a continued embarrassment in the shape Tejas. Tejas LCA (Light Combat Aircraft, also known as Last Chance Aircraft) has gone many trials and tests and theres no sign of induction as yet. It has now been announced to enter IAF in 2010.
Indias Kavari engine can swim and flydoesnt have a plane yet! Military Strategy
Indias Kavari engine can swim and flydoesnt have a plane yet!
The soap opera of the Kaveri engines doesnt ever seem to end. It has been in the design phase for about three decades with untold millions spent on the plane. Official figures vary, but experts estimate that about $1 billion has been spent on an engine that does nothing for the Indian Air Force.
Indian Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), continues to falter even after 25 years
The Kaveri was originally planned for the Tejas fighter which also has been in the design phase for 30 or so years. The Kevari has been a colossal failure, but the corrupt politicians and the military thieves want to milk it for all its worth and stuff their pockets.
The Tejas is a joke in itself. It was supposed to use the Kaveri. With that not working out, the Tejas may still use a GE enginebut the GEO engine does not fit the frame. The Snacma has been in the news for three years. Nothing has happened on the front except a lot of jaw.
The French Snecma may be an option but France may have to build a new engine for Bharatwhich seems a far cry and may not be possible in the immediate future. The Tejas was designed three decades ago. Its design is obsolete now. Bharat needs a trainer aircraft, but it does not have onehence the more than 300 Mig crashes which makes the IAF the Air Force with the worst track record on the planet.
The Kaveri was then positioned as some sort of a power source for a naval vessel.
Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine to Power Indian Navy Ships
Modified Kaveri engine to propel Indian Navy ships
While the Bharatis make up their mind whether the Kavari will swim or fly, the world can look on the development cycle in awecan the Kavari walk also and propel tanks?
Indian Tejas: Case study of failure and incompetence
Now the news item proudly proclaims that the Kaveri will fly againhowever on a Russian plane. The press report from the DRDO did not give details whether the Kaveri would fly in the cargo hold of the Russian plan or be strapped on the wings. Bharat has already grounded the IL-76snot sure why the Kaveri would be flying on tankers.
Nearly two decades after defense scientists began work on an indigenous fighter engine Kaveri, officials said Kaveri will be tested on a Russian aircraft in the next two months.
Scientists of Gas Turbine and Research Establishment or GTRE, the DRDO unit have integrated the engine, developed in Bengalurum on an Illyushin 78 transport aircraft in Russia.
In the next one and half months, it will fly, said T Mohana Rao, director of GTRE.
In ground trials, the engine has performed more than expectations. All issues have been addressed, including the after burner, Rao said.
Kaveri was first conceived as an engine for Tejas, the light combat
aircraft developed by Aeronautical Development Agency based in Bengaluru.
Tejas is now being powered by General Electric-404 engines due to delays in development of Kaveri.
India has floated a tender to decide on either an upgraded GE engine on Eurofighter engine for Tejas.
Kaveri be used for future versions of the fighter aircraft.
Gas turbine engine technology is most complex and that is the reason for the delays Rao said.
Parallel, GTRE is going with Snecma of France to build more powerful
engines for Tejas.
Now Snecma will bring in the core, called Eco for the new engine and integrate with systems developed for Kaveri.
The Kaveri program has cost the exchequer nearly Rs 2800 crore.
Aeronautics Research & Development Board (AR&DB) of DRDO has taken a new initiative called coherent directed research in the area of gas turbines.
In this top down approach, DRDO, taking into account futuristic national programs would support, encourage, nurture, monitor and exploit the design, research, development and manufacturing capability of academic institution& R&D establishments, industries and other think tanks to carry out frontline work in bringing out next generation gas turbine engine system.
This program called GATET envisages about Rs 100 Cr investment in 3 years and participation of 100 R&D centers and as many as 1000 scientists, engineers and technicians.
In five to six years, we will have a huge talent pool and
technologies for Gas turbine through this program, said Rao. Indigenous Keveri to be tested on a Russian aircraft. Correspondent, Wednesday, April 07, 2010 AT 07:42 PM (IST), Tags: DRDO
Indias indigenous Tejas is plane under perpetual development. This plane has had the longest development cycle of any train, plane or automobile in the history of world. After a decade of false starts, abject failures, the Tejas remains a butt of jokes among the engineers, journalists and scientists in the aviation industry.
A lot can be achieved in two and a half decades. For an individual, its roughly one-third of the average lifespan. For a nation, its enough time for an entire generation to come through. A nation can be transformed from a marshy swamp into one of the largest economies of the world as in the case of Singapore.
What did Indian Air Force (IAF) achieve in twenty six years while consuming over $2 billion? The answer to that is Zilch; Zero; Nada; Nothing except a failed project and a continued embarrassment in the shape Tejas. Tejas LCA (Light Combat Aircraft, also known as Last Chance Aircraft) has gone many trials and tests and theres no sign of induction as yet. It has now been announced to enter IAF in 2010.
Indias Kavari engine can swim and flydoesnt have a plane yet! Military Strategy
