Kaveri engine to be installed in 2018

The Indian-built engine for the country's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) may be ready for installation in 2018, a senior official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has said.
'The gas turbine engine Kaveri will replace the GE-404 engines which are now being put in the LCA,' DRDO's chief controller of research and development Prahlada told reporters here.
The Kaveri engine, a Rs.2,000 crore project, is being developed by one of the DRDO labs based in Bangalore, the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE).
16/09/10 IANS/Sify.com

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