Azad Engineering bags contract for advanced turbo gas generator engine from DRDO lab GTRE 

Azad Engineering bags contract for advanced turbo gas generator engine from DRDO lab GTRE 

Sub: Science and tech

Sec: Defence

Context:

• Azad Engineering secured a contract with DRDO laboratory Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) for the manufacturing, assembly, and integration of advanced turbo gas generator engines.

Details of the advanced turbo gas generator engines:

• The engine features a single-spool turbojet design with a 4-stage axial flow compressor, annular combustor, single-stage axial flow uncooled turbine, and fixed exit area nozzle.
• Azad Engineering will serve as the sole industry partner for this project.

About Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE):

• A laboratory of DRDO in Banglore, Karnataka.
• It is one of the pioneering Research and Development Organizations under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
• Goal: To design and develop gas-turbine engines for military applications, besides carrying out advanced research work in the area of gas-turbine sub-systems.

Indigenisation of Defence:

• The ‘Aatmanirbharta in Defence’ initiative aims to reduce import dependency and foster domestic defence manufacturing capabilities, issuing approximately 350 new industrial licenses over the last seven years.
• Encouraged by government initiatives, private players are developing defence equipment manufacturing capacity to meet the armed forces’ requirements and address programme delays, cost overruns, and quality issues.

Source: TH