India’s first indigenously made jet engine ‘Kaveri’ is all set for a test flight next month. According to the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), the nodal laboratory for this program, the ‘Kaveri’ jet engine has finished all simulation and altitude tests and it will now be flight-tested on an {ln:ilyushin-beriev-il-76-candid-gajraj 'Ilyushin-76} aircraft in Russia. GTRE, the lab under state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has been engaged in the research and development of the ‘Kaveri’ engine for two decades. T Mohana Rao, director of GTRE, confirmed that the last test of the engine in Russia this February was satisfactory and that the engine is ready for a test flight in a month’s time.
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India’s first indigenously made jet engine ‘Kaveri’ is all set for a test flight next month. According to the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), the nodal laboratory for this program, the ‘Kaveri’ jet engine has finished all simulation and altitude tests and it will now be flight-tested on an {ln:ilyushin-beriev-il-76-candid-gajraj 'Ilyushin-76} aircraft in Russia. GTRE, the lab under state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has been engaged in the research and development of the ‘Kaveri’ engine for two decades. T Mohana Rao, director of GTRE, confirmed that the last test of the engine in Russia this February was satisfactory and that the engine is ready for a test flight in a month’s time.
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