Azad Engineering bags contract for advanced turbo gas generator engine from DRDO lab GTRE
- May 24, 2024
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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