The missing engine - India's fighter jet dreams
Behind the Prime Minister's clarion call to fix India's Achilles' heel
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 "Kaveri marine gas turbine engine, a derivative of the Kaveri engine developed for Naval ship propulsion (Photo: DRDO)")
Kaveri marine gas turbine engine, a derivative of the Kaveri engine developed for Naval ship propulsion (Photo: DRDO)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15: "Today, I make an appeal to our young scientists, talented youth, engineers, professionals, and all departments of the government that we should have our own jet engines for our made-in-India fighter jets.” His clarion call for mission-mode efforts, is timely and needs to be backed by a clear mapping of capabilities, requirements, and timelines to develop a jet engine. A jet engine is the pinnacle of military technology and a prized asset owned by only a
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Dinakar Peri is fellow, Security Studies Programme at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace India
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First Published: Sep 01 2025 | 9:43 PM IST
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