Indian Developments in Materials for Military Aero Engines

The Indian aircraft industry is still in its nascent stages of growth. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is the only significant player, manufacturing aircraft and engines, albeit under license production. Even so, most of the materials and material technologies have been sourced from the original manufacturers (OEMs) of the engines and aircraft. In the recent past, [...]

DRDO creates GATET project for advanced gas turbine engine research

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has created “GATET project” for delevoping technologies and components for an advanced gas turbine engine in India. On April, 2010, DRDO had launched the Rs 100 crore initiative to fund R&D projects in the area of gas turbines. Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), a laboratory of the [...]