AMCA Engines By Rolls Royce, Dassault Saras MK2, Aus Acquire Hypersonic Missile

Rolls-Royce ready to co-develop Engine for AMCA Program

British firm Rolls Royce has said it is keen to work with India to co-develop and manufacture engines for the country’s fifth generation fighter aircraft programme, called AMCA (Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft). President of Rolls Royce India and South Asia, also said the country will own the Intellectual Property rights for the engines if there is a partnership.

Joint efforts to manufacture the next set of engines for India’s future aircraft will help develop an aerospace ecosystem in the country.

The company currently powers the Indian Airforce Jaguar deep penetration aircraft, Hawk trainers and the C-130J Super Hercules.

India is in talks with Rolls-Royce, French company Safran, which powers the Rafale fighter, and American firm GE, which powers the Light Combat Aircraft Tejas for a possible collaboration to manufacture a joint fighter engine in India.

Rolls Royce also wants to bring in hybrid engines for marine systems to power the Navy’s next generation of vessels.

NAL adopts Dassault Systems solutions to design civil aircraft in India

Dassault Systems announced that National Aerospace Laboratories NAL, a constituent of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has adopted the Passenger Experience industry solution experience based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to design civil aircraft in India, specifically the           Saras-Mk2 program.

NAL is also using DraftSight, a 2D and 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) solution for 2D design standardization in the manufacturing of civil aircraft.

3DEXPERIENCE platform will be used to design and build small and medium sized civil aircraft, and support the nation’s regional connectivity plan such as UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik).

The 3DEXPERIENCE platform based Passenger Experience solution has been deployed in designing the cabin and cockpit of the Saras-Mk2 program.

Saras-Mk2 will be a 19-seater aircraft with features like high cruise speed, lower fuel consumption, short landing and take-off distances, low cabin noise, pressurized cabins and low acquisition and maintenance costs. It will be operable from high and hot airfields, and from semi prepared airfields.

Australia To Procure Tomahawk And Hypersonic Missiles

Australia will acquire greater long range strike capability across the air, land and maritime domains, including Tomahawk cruise missiles for Royal Australian Navy's Hobart class destroyers, to enhance Australia's ability to deter and respond to potential security challenges.

Announced this week as part of the Australia, UK, US trilateral security agreement, the systems and activities will include:

-         Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, to be fielded on Hobart class destroyers, enabling Australia’s maritime assets to strike land targets at greater distances, with better precision.

-         Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missiles Extended Range to enable Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets and in future, the F 35A Lightning II, to hit targets at a range of 900km.

-         Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles Extended Range (LRASM) for the F/A-18 Super Hornet.

-         Continuing collaboration with the United States to develop hypersonic missiles for air capabilities.

-         Precision strike guided missiles for Australia’s land forces, capable of destroying, neutralising and supressing diverse targets from over 400km.

Accelerating $1 billion for a sovereign guided weapons manufacturing enterprise, to enable creation of Australian weapons in country.