Azad Engineering to build fully integrated advanced turbo engine for DRDO

Hyderabad-based precision engineering company, Azad Engineering Limited (Azad), has secured a prestigious contract from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to function as a production agency for engines designed by the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), Bengaluru. GTRE, the premier engine-design laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has a record of failure in designing and developing high-powered aero engines, such as the Kaveri gas turbine, which was to power the supersonic Tejas Mark 1 fighter. The Kaveri has never been able to muster the 85 kiloNewtons (kN) of thrust needed for this.Hyderabad-based precision engineering company, Azad Engineering Limited (Azad), has secured a prestigious contract from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to function as a production agency for engines designed by the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), Bengaluru. GTRE, the premier engine-design laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has a record of failure in designing and developing high-powered aero engines, such as the Kaveri gas turbine, which was to power the supersonic Tejas Mark 1 fighter. The Kaveri has never been able to muster the 85 kiloNewtons (kN) of thrust needed for this.