Rolls-Royce to offer Eurojet EJ200 engine to power India’s AMCA

[shree835]

Rolls-Royce is one of the three aero major which has been invited to submit a proposal for joint development of a new engine in the class of 110kN thrust to power India’s 5th-generation fighter jet have confirmed that they will be offering Eurojet EJ200 engine used on Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft developed by EuroJet Turbo GmbH which is a multi-national consortium of which Rolls-Royce is partner .

On sidelines of Aero India 2015, EuroJet Turbo Company officials had talks with DRDO and ADA officials who are developing AMCA, EuroJet officials also briefed Indian officials about EJ2x0 a new engine Variant which according to their In-house R&D can generate 30% more power compared to the original EJ200 with a reheated output of around 120 kN from current 90kN developed by Eurojet EJ200 engine.

While it seems like General Electric which has supplied F404-GE-IN20 engines to power Tejas MK-1 and have won a contract to supply 99 F414-INS6 engines to power Tejas MK-2 will again be front runners to supply engines for AMCA Project, Eurojet Turbo which has recently reached a memorandum of understanding with Turkey on supply of a derivative of the EJ200 to be used in the Turkey “TFX ” program which is a twin-engine fifth-generation jet fighter to be developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries are also confident of their chances In India.

EuroJet Turbo also has developed and demonstrated 2D thrust vector control module which can be integrated into the engine as required in AMCA engine requirements

The Eurojet consortium is responsible for the management of production, support and export of the EJ200 engine system. Eurojet’s shareholders comprise Rolls-Royce (UK), MTU Aero Engines (Germany), ITP (Spain) and Avio Aero (Italy).

Rolls-Royce to offer Eurojet EJ200 engine to power India’s AMCA | idrw.org

 

[PARIKRAMA]

New Engines for AMCA by 2020

Rolls-Royce to offer Eurojet EJ200 engine to power India’s AMCA

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[ptltejas]

GOOD NEWS....
New 110KN Engines for AMCA will be in production by 2020
US's General Electric is clearly favorite jet engine manufacturer who will be awarded the Contract to develop new engines.

The New engine will be based on F-414 engine, which will power the TejasMK2.

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[topgun047]

Yes I heard Snecma,Rolls Royce and GE are in the running to get the engine contract with GE being the favorite and Snecma the dark horse.

Though I personally like the Eurojet variant on offer since its likely to be more powerful than the other two while the strength of GE bid is commonality with Tejas engine, easier maintenance and fuel efficiency.

 

[Paksanity]

Hmmmm... If I remember correctly same engine is on offer for JF-17 as well. There was an official statement on this. Rolls Royce engine can be fitted if desired by an export customer. PAF has already talked to Rolls Royce in this regard.

 

[topgun047]

Hmmmm... If I remember correctly same engine is on offer for JF-17 as well. There was an official statement on this. Rolls Royce engine can be fitted if desired by an export customer. PAF has already talked to Rolls Royce in this regard.

Are you sure ?
The engine discussed here is still in conceptual phase.

Link?

 

[Srinivas]

Get the technology and "Make in India"

I think GE should outsource some work to India and so that India can acquire technology in this regard.

 

[PARIKRAMA]

GE plant in Pune would be the place under Make in India initiative. It will also be inclusive of hot technology for operating under high temperature climate zone like deserts...

 

[Luca1]

Yes I heard Snecma,Rolls Royce and GE are in the running to get the engine contract with GE being the favorite and Snecma the dark horse.

Though I personally like the Eurojet variant on offer since its likely to be more powerful than the other two while the strength of GE bid is commonality with Tejas engine, easier maintenance and fuel efficiency.

I'm glad India is not trying to build one from scratch. It had learned the lesson after Kaveri.

 

[topgun047]

I'm glad India is not trying to build one from scratch. It had learned the lesson after Kaveri.

Yes the new plan is to wait for China to build one and then copy it

 

[Luca1]

Yes the new plan is to wait for China to build one and then copy it

You should ask the Chinese guys which domestic engine they have. Maybe you can ask them to supply you one. But watch out for their quality. They have the tendency to provide defective stuff to Indians.

 

[janon]

You should ask the Chinese guys which domestic engine they have. Maybe you can ask them to supply you one. But watch out for their quality. They have the tendency to provide defective stuff to Indians.

Why are you disparaging yourself?

Hmmmm... If I remember correctly same engine is on offer for JF-17 as well. There was an official statement on this. Rolls Royce engine can be fitted if desired by an export customer. PAF has already talked to Rolls Royce in this regard.

I find that highely unlikely. How can the EJ-200 fit into an aircraft built for the R-93? The aircraft would have to be extensively modified, which doesn't make economic sense for a low cost aircraft like JF-17.

That was also the reason GE-414 won the competition to power Tejas Mk2, because it can fit in place of the GE-404 without any modification to the airframe. (Other than enlarging air intake.) The EJ-200 was a more powerful and newer engine.

 

[kaykay]

Hmmmm... If I remember correctly same engine is on offer for JF-17 as well. There was an official statement on this. Rolls Royce engine can be fitted if desired by an export customer. PAF has already talked to Rolls Royce in this regard.

Well what they have offered for AMCA is a variant of EJ-200 with 30% more thrust than basic EJ-200 and super cruise and thrust vectoring capabilities.

 

[axisofevil]

You should ask the Chinese guys which domestic engine they have. Maybe you can ask them to supply you one. But watch out for their quality. They have the tendency to provide defective stuff to Indians.

No they tend to supply defective crap products to everyone

 

[zootinali]

What happened to our indigenous jet engine programme ? did they completely terminate it or still working on it in some scale?