According to french weekly financial news paper "La Tribune" France and India are on track to power the Indian light combat aircraft (LCA) with the M88 as part of the Kaveri program which currently is been resurrected with French help.
According to their information, the negotiations between Safran, supported by the French State, and India (more specifically DRDO -Defence Research and Development Organization) are well on their way to power the Indian light combat aircraft (LCA) with the M88 as part of the Kaveri program that needs to be resurrected.
They could soon succeed and this new Franco-Indian partnership could be the subject of an announcement during Emmanuel Macron's trip to India on March 10th.
there are some speculations about India and France might have separate engine program to develop a New powerhouse to power India's AMCA 5th generation fighter jet.
Two Initial Next Generation Technology Demonstrator of AMCA will be powered by General Electric F414-G E I N S6 engine ordered for Tejas MK-2 Program.
General Electric refusal to provide Complete Transfer of technology for F404 G E-I N20 turbofan engine lead to the development of the M88 4 E-Kaveri engine.
According to some reports the M88 4 E-Kaveri engine reportedly will be able to generate 88.9 kiloNewton to 99 kiloNewton of Thrust with afterburner due to the limitation of M88 Core.
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