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Lack of test facilities cripples indigenous engine development
  • No high-altitude or flying test beds in India
  • Must rely on Russian facilities with scheduling delays
  • Estimated cost comparable to engine development itself
  • Critical bottleneck that receives inadequate funding
SundepanIndia Today00:23:34

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00:23:34
“To test a fighter jet engine you need to invest possibly as much as you did in the fighter jet engine program itself in the test facilities.” — Sundepan
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“We have to go and beg the Russians please can we bring our Kaveri engine... they'll say come a year later because I've got all my we're fighting a war.” — Sundepan

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Test Infrastructure Gap

India's lack of jet engine test facilities creates critical dependency on foreign partners and severely limits indigenous development capabilities.

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