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Kaveri-Snecma engine to power AMCA ?

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Kaveri-Snecma engine to power AMCA ? | idrw.org

If sources are to be believed ADA has send a Technical requirement detail for the engines which will power India’s locally developed 5th Generation fighter aircraft to the GTRE recently .ADA which is the prime development organisation of the Advance Medium Combat Aircraft is looking for an engine in 100 to 110 kn thrust range, and while the work on the preliminary designs are almost done and work on the AMCA Project will officially began from July 2011 onwards for which 2 billion Dollars have already been allocated for the AMCA Project.

GTRE has successfully carried out first batch of on board trials on a modified IL-76 Test Bed in Russia. Even though Kaveri engine project has been delinked from LCA Project few years back , GTRE is still hope full that current Kaveri engines might power Tejas MK-1 aircrafts when their GE Provided F-404IN engines will come up for replacement.

GTRE and French for long time wanted to work on a new Kaveri Hybrid based on M-88-3 Eco, but due to GTRE engine already been delinked on LCA Project , French wanted specific commitment on the engine order , now if the news is correct then the joint venture might finally start off .

ADA is taking very similar approach like it did with LCA Project and will roll out first Technological Demonstrators (AMCA TD-1 and TD-2) in next 5 to 6 years and have first flight in next one year after the roll out. Experts believe that ADA might use GE Provided F-414IN engine which has been already selected by ADA to power Tejas MK-2 jets.
 
Thank god we are making our things indigenous. AMCA will be twin engined ? It should have kaveri engine with thrust vectoring...
 
what we require is a new leadership/approach for our indegenous engine proggramme.

GTRE has not delivered. unfortunately, failures are never punished in our DRDO set up.
 
ADA which is the prime development organisation of the Advance Medium Combat Aircraft is looking for an engine in 100 to 110 kn thrust range
This time ADA themselves are changing the requirements but still its fine because ADA was doing feasibility study and 2 100-110kn engine will be great....
The question is if Kaveri k10 will have such power ?? K9 only have around 65 kn

ADA is taking very similar approach like it did with LCA Project and will roll out first Technological Demonstrators (AMCA TD-1 and TD-2) in next 5 to 6 years and have first flight in next one year after the roll out.
I hope it takes it first flight by 2017 as planned....

Experts believe that ADA might use GE Provided F-414IN engine which has been already selected by ADA to power Tejas MK-2 jets.
Its something new...
 
Kaveri-Snecma engine to power AMCA ? | idrw.org

If sources are to be believed ADA has send a Technical requirement detail for the engines which will power India’s locally developed 5th Generation fighter aircraft to the GTRE recently .ADA which is the prime development organisation of the Advance Medium Combat Aircraft is looking for an engine in 100 to 110 kn thrust range, and while the work on the preliminary designs are almost done and work on the AMCA Project will officially began from July 2011 onwards for which 2 billion Dollars have already been allocated for the AMCA Project.

hahaaa......that seems to me as a loooottt of work required on kaveri.
even a 100kn dry thrust is a long way to go.
 
This time ADA themselves are changing the requirements but still its fine because ADA was doing feasibility study and 2 100-110kn engine will be great....
The question is if Kaveri k10 will have such power ?? K9 only have around 65 kn


I hope it takes it first flight by 2017 as planned....


Its something new...

K9 65Kn ???any source here mate
 
KAVERI will be used ONLY when it is able to produce 110-120 KN with TVC... And about partnership with SNECMA , the less said the better..
They will charge us hefty sum to even try something like this..Ref. Shakti engine..
We should have gone with Russia/EJ for this..
 
KAVERI will be used ONLY when it is able to produce 110-120 KN with TVC... And about partnership with SNECMA , the less said the better..
They will charge us hefty sum to even try something like this..Ref. Shakti engine..
We should have gone with Russia/EJ for this..

any alternative of SNECMA?
 
any alternative of SNECMA?

I think if not SNECMA then the Eurojet GmbH.the new EJ-200 will feature an even higher thrust with Thrust Vectoring Nozzles (TVN) and most importantly the Single Crystal Blade Technology but i dont that leaving SNECMA would be a good option.
 
hahaaa......that seems to me as a loooottt of work required on kaveri.
even a 100kn dry thrust is a long way to go.

Just shows that ADA and IAF have no clue what they really want!

Changes of AMCA requirements:

1) AMCA planed as a strike fighter, similiar to F35 and below FGFA, with 2 x 90kN Kaveri engines
2) AMCA should n ot only be a strike fighter, but fully multi role
3) AMCA should be more stealthy than FGFA, have SC and TVC features
4) AMCA should be even more advanced than FGFA
5) AMCA should have 2 x 100 - 110kN Kaveri - Snecma engines

We won't have to wait long for more changes and it is actually not surprising that the Kaveri - Snecma development takes so long, when the requirements are changing always. The M88 is said to have a potential up to 110kN, but such an development would really need some more time than the 3 - 5 years expected so far for the 90 - 95kN engine.
 

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