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AlexYe said:

I saw recently a clip going around of some ex US official saying essentially 'US isnt gonna help india become another china and will contain it' and he said this in india too.
India pinned its hopes n dreams onto the US just when US was going through its decline and being the 'crazy emperor'

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Found the video

it wasnt even Ex official it was Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau

you got to hand it to Sukhdeep Dikshit over here one delusional claim after another turning this thread into ganges river.

bsdnf said:

Kaveri is an engine with a bad poor thrust-to-weight ratio; even the Tejas 1 abandoned its adaptation.

Removing the afterburner to make it a drone engine is essentially recycling waste, but whether India can currently design and produce such a model remains questionable.

Developing high-bypass turbofan engines is far more difficult than developing low- or medium-bypass turbofan engines. Given that the Kaveri itself is still a long way off, developing a bomber engine from it is pure fantasy.

But from an Indian perspective, I still believe they should persist in completing the Kaveri.

The key is execution, cultivating an ecosystem. This requires procuring the necessary tools, training the necessary engineers, and establishing the appropriate organizations. A poor first version is acceptable. WS-10 started poorly, but you can revise it to a second or third version, introducing new designs and materials. The most important thing is maintaining the operating ecosystem.

But they won't.

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I think Godrej has already delivered some Kaveri Derivative (dry-thrust) engines to DRDO for the GHATAK UCAV program. This is not recent news, the first engine was delivered some time ago. As far as I know, Godrej is expected to deliver a total of eight engines.

I have a question for years and would be very happy if anyone could enlighten me: why wouldn’t India work with RR? I mean India is within the commonwealth circle,and they don’t even think about RR? Snecma is nothing compared with RR, M88 is nothing compared to EJ200

Philister said:

I have a question for years and would be very happy if anyone could enlighten me: why wouldn’t India work with RR? I mean India is within the commonwealth circle,and they don’t even think about RR? Snecma is nothing compared with RR, M88 is nothing compared to EJ200

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EJ200A (Eurojet assistance) was packaged with Eurofighter for MMRCA, Eurofoghter lost.
Furthermore, RR=/=EJ.

Gloire_bb said:

EJ200A (Eurojet assistance) was packaged with Eurofighter for MMRCA, Eurofoghter lost.
Furthermore, RR=/=EJ.

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True but they didn’t go to the brits for TEDBF&AMCA, their plan is somehow investing in M88-4 “T-Rex” which is a terrible choice, M88 is basically a F404 with steroids, it already has very high TIT and the worst fuel consumption in all3/4gen mid thrust engines, which means there aren’t many room for improvement

Anhad said:

I think Godrej has already delivered some Kaveri Derivative (dry-thrust) engines to DRDO for the GHATAK UCAV program. This is not recent news, the first engine was delivered some time ago. As far as I know, Godrej is expected to deliver a total of eight engines.

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Yes, but this is a far cry from the afterburning fighter engine that it was supposed to be, and what they yapped about.

Clango said:

Yes, but this is a far cry from the afterburning fighter engine that it was supposed to be, and what they yapped about.

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You know how dire the situation is for the Kaveri program that it's developers began developing a variant (the KGMT) for use on naval vessels; clutching straws to keep the program alive.

Well, that bright idea also failed.

It's only a matter of time until another variant is developed for powering freight trains.

Clango said:

Yes, but this is a far cry from the afterburning fighter engine that it was supposed to be, and what they yapped about.

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Drones do not require engines with afterburners, which is why the dry-thrust Kaveri Derivative Engine has been developed for platforms such as the GHATAK UCAV. Given the growing importance of unmanned systems in modern warfare, stealth drones like GHATAK and CATS Warrior could become just as important as, or even more important than, the AMCA in certain operational roles.

The GHATAK UCAV is an unmanned stealth combat aircraft that can be remotely operated. It is designed to carry both air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons and can perform a wide range of missions, including engaging fighter aircraft, AWACS, tankers, and drones, conducting precision strikes against ground targets, and carrying out reconnaissance missions.

The CATS Warrior, on the other hand, is a loyal wingman drone designed to operate alongside a manned fighter aircraft, extending its reach and combat capability. While CATS Warrior is intended to support manned aircraft, GHATAK is envisioned as a fully autonomous or remotely operated stealth combat aircraft capable of undertaking missions independently.

_killuminati_ said:

You know how dire the situation is for the Kaveri program that it's developers began developing a variant (the KGMT) for use on naval vessels; clutching straws to keep the program alive.

Well, that bright idea also failed.

It's only a matter of time until another variant is developed for powering freight trains.

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If they can at least build Kaveri engine fore something, it build up their engineering and production knowledges even if the end product is not at the level they want.

After that returning on the drawing board and keep trying. They need to make their own jet engine... or just buy blueprint and all tooling for something older that work if they are not able to build on the Kaveri experiences. They need a corner stone.