Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews Dec 10, 2012 Defense minister A.K Antony, said in parliament on the progress made by the Kaveri Engine Development Project: (i) So far, 9 prototypes of Kaveri Engine and 4 prototypes of Kabani (Core) Engine have been developed. (ii) 2200 hours of test (ground and altitude conditions) have been   conducted. (iii) The following two major milestones have been achieved: Successful completion    of Official Altitude Testing (OAT) ; and Demonstration of First Block of flight of Kaveri Engine in Flying Test Bed (FTB). Kaveri Engine was integrated with IL-76 Aircraft at Gromov Flight Research Institute (GFRI), Russia and flight test was successfully carried out upto 12 km maximum altitude and maximum forward speed of 0.7 Mach No. Twenty Seven flights for 57 hours duration have been completed. DRDO demonstrated its technological capability in aero-engine technology. This has been a great achievement in the aerospace community of the country, w...