Bharat Rakshak

Believe it or not, in the early 60s GTRE was near state of the art in jet engines. The decline has been spectacular thanks entirely to the PSU culture of India.

Acharya - why didn't similar sabotage hit ADA, ISRO, Arjun designers? Lets face it - we failed in the task. The victim mentality suits our neighbors better. We can still use the work done with better resources and management.

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India's HAL has begun scouting for a technology partner for it recently revealed all-new 20kN turbofan engine programme aimed at powering UAV/UCAVs, military trainers, transports and light utility aircraft. The yet unnamed project under HAL's Engine Test Bed Research & Development Centre (ETBRDC) in Bangalore is now the third Indian effort to build turbofan powerplants for unmanned aircraft.

The two existing efforts are the GTRE small turbofan concept Laghu Shakti (the same as this one, for which GTRE has a tie-up with Russia's NPO Saturn?), and a spin-off modification of the Kaveri turbofan that we now know will power India's AURA/IUSAV stealth UCAV.

There's a bit of overlap that needs sorting out though. In 2007, HAL had revealed that it was developing a "twin spool turbofan engine to power a cruise missile under design". It had gone on to say that that "ETBRDC will jointly develop this engine with NAL and GTRE. The engine is small; the technology involved is as complex as any bigger engine. Since the usage is for missile application, no external help can be sought and the engine has to be wholly indigenous. This is a challenging task and ETBRDC is confident that it can meet the challenge." (Was HAL talking about the Laghu Shakti? Possibly. The new 20kN engine effort was only announced in February this year.)

So there it is, tentatively: the GTRE-HAL-NAL Laghu Shakti for the Nirbhay cruise missile and unmanned applications, a modified spin-off version of the Kaveri engine, and HAL's new ab initio turbofan proposal.

maybe the israelis are not so good at engine tech as they prefer to import their own engines . they dont even make the small uav engines.

searcher UAV - limbach engine germany
heron UAV - rotax engine austria
eitan UAV - p&w usa
merkava engine - detroit diesel
hermes UAV - UEL UK

btw cos like this http://www.uavenginesltd.co.uk/ are the cheap and 'strategic' buys and partners we could look for.

the only guys with the end to end expertise in ANY form of engine are UK, germany, france, russia and USA.
japan, sweden and italy have 'some' muscle.
canada and soko are likely trying to climb the food chain.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/19510126/High-Temperature-Corrosion-Failure-of-Super-Alloy-Turbine-Blades

http://www.keytometals.com/page.aspx?ID ... ktn&NM=250
read all the parts

Assumes charge at GTRE
C.P. Ramanarayanan, Scientist “G”, took charge as the Director of Gas Turbine Research Establishment, here on Monday. Dr. Ramanarayanan also holds additional charge as Director Vehicle Research and Development Establishment of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Dr. Ramanarayanan joined the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, and worked on various underwater weapon projects. He was conferred “Scientist of the Year Award” in 2005.

The DRDO won't give up on the Kaveri engine just as yet. One reason that Selvamurthy gives for not having succeeded in getting the Kaveri engines fitted to the Tejas is the absence of high-powered engine manufacturers in the country. Elsewhere, companies like GE and Rolls Royce manufacture engines for aircraft. Even the Tejas has had to fall back on GE engines. "We have managed to get 70 kilo Newton thrust out of the Kaveri engine. It has been tested for 55 hours on an IL-76. The Tejas requires a thrust of about 80 KNewtons. We shall try the engine on a Tejas and we believe that it will cover upto 80% flight envelop. We may use it for the trainers or even unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). There is also great possibility of use of the marine Kaveri engine," the DRDO R&D chief said. According to him, several foreign firms have expressed eagerness to partner with DRDO for an engine that can provide 130 KNewton thrust required for the AMCA. "

Just found this in an article dated June 25th. Posting FWIW

Just found this in an article dated June 25th. Posting FWIW