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An official of Pratt & Whitney,
world’s leading aircraft engine
manufacturer, described the Indian
Kaveri engine as "truly world-class."
The Kaveri engine project is 100%
indigenous in design and prototype
fabrication and has gone through
several high-altitude tests. However,
the Defense Research & Development
Organization (DRDO) seems to have to
hit some bottlenecks in taking this
project further. Refusing to say what
these bottlenecks were, DRDO floated a
Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking
international partners on Indian
terms. US-based Pratt & Whitney and
French Snecma (of Safran group) are
two companies who responded. Snecma
feels it has an edge as it had helped
the DRDO with previous technical
bottlenecks in the Kaveri engine.
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