US experts says Kaveri engine is world class

India8217;s maiden bid to develop a fighter aircraft engine has been caught in various hurdles, but American experts are holding out a promise that Kaveri can be developed into a contemporary world-class engine. 8216;8216;We are ready to join in partnership with the Defence Research and Development Organisation DRDO to make Kaveri work,8217;8217; said General William J Begert of leading aircraft engine manufacturers, Pratt and Whitney.

DRDO scientists had kept the development of the Kaveri engine under wraps, exuding confidence that India had the technological edge to develop its own aircraft engine, so far confined to a handful of developed countries. But after considerable in-house progress, with scientists even going in for a number of high-altitude proving tests in sites in Russia, the development almost came to a deadend, forcing the DRDO to look for a technology partner.

American engine manufacturers had to pull out and fly in retired gas turbine experts as they too were initially foxed by the Indian Kaveri engine. But, now these experts say that Kaveri is 8216;8216;truly a world-class engine8217;8217;.