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Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 11353 Location: Gordon Gekko's Boardroom
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:24 pm Post subject: India to obtain 99 GE F414 engines for Tejas Mk II |
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http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/india-to-obtain-99-ge-f414-engines-for-tejas-mk-ii-381334/
India to obtain 99 GE F414 engines for Tejas Mk II
India has completed a deal for 99 General Electric F414 engines, the powerplant for the planned Hindustan Aeronautics Tejas Mk II Light Combat Aircraft.
In a call with Flightglobal, an industry source close to the 99 engine deal confirmed that it has been completed. Indian media reports peg the value of the deal at Indian rupees (Rs) 30 billion ($560 million).
The engines will power the Tejas Mk II to be operated by the Indian air force. Some of the powerplants could also be used to power a naval variant of the aircraft.
In October 2010, General Electric defeated the Eurojet consortium in a contest to provide the Tejas Mk II. Under the 2010 agreement, GE Aviation was to provide an initial batch of F414-INS6 engines, with the remainder to be produced in India.
The Tejas Mk I uses GE's less powerful F404 engine, as do early examples of the developmental naval Tejas.
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sabya99 Member
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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What happened to India's Kaveri engine project? _________________ Sabya99 |
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sumantra Member
Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:06 am Post subject: |
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sabya99 wrote: | What happened to India's Kaveri engine project? | The Kaveri will never power an aircraft, it came out much heavier than anticipated. They may try this gas turbine engine on a ship, perhaps. It was never quite `in the running' for the LCA Tejas, from what I hear. All the same, a worthwhile exercise perhaps, for the GTRE, in developing a working large-scale gas turbine engine.
Cheers, Sumantra. |
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shivendrashukla Member
Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 1354 Location: Mumbai, India
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:49 am Post subject: |
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As Sumantra correctly brought out, Kaveri was overweight and underpowered for Tejas. Therefore rejected by IAF. This engine's derivative will be used to power warships and if they are successful in bringing down the weight, may power Tejas MkII.
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