Will the Indo French 125 kilo Newton engine will find its way into the Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets?
It seems India and France have decided to go for the development of a 125 kilo Newton Thrust class engine instead of 110 kilo Newton. India seems to kill two birds with one stone and compensate for the drop in thrust range of 10 to 15% that every turbo fan engine faces in Indian dry humid conditions. While there remains some confusion if the Indo French engine will be 110 kilo Newton class or 125 class but what is clear is that, DRDO already had plans to develop a 125 kilo Newton uprated engine based on the 110 kilo Newton for the future project that is still not clear off.
Not so long ago, DRDO and GTRE had proposed the development
of an uprated engine, that will replace the AL-31FP, 122.6 kilo Newton engines,
that are used to power the Sukhoi 30MKI fleet. IAF wants to upgrade 150 Sukhoi 30
Fighter Jets as part of its MLU modernization package but the Russians opposed
any such moves by India and instead offered its AL-41F1S, 142 kilo Newton as
part of the “Super Sukhoi ” upgrade package that is also been implemented on
the Russian Sukhoi-30SM fleet to maintain commonality with the Sukhoi-35 fleet.
Indo French companies are confident that a workable 125 kilo Newton
engine will be ready for flight tests in less than 7 years and ready to enter
production in the 9th year since the time of signing of the contract between
both countries, that is likely to take place sometime later this year, as
negotiations are in the final rounds. DRDO has confirmed that a new engine will
also be used on TEDBF and Tejas Mk2 program, if it is indeed 125 kilo Newton
engine, AMCA with 25 tons All up weight will have thrust to weight ratio of 1,
which is unseen in any 25 tons aircraft but it also emphases that this new
engine will be built around to work much better in Indian conditions and the
same engine in un dusty and cooler conditions will act like a 143 kilo Newton
engine.
125 kilo Newton engine makes sense, if AMCA Mk2 or Mk3 that
is planned to be over 25 tons All Up Weight and somewhere close to 28 to 30 tons
in All Up Weight and additional engine thrust has been calculated, keeping in
mind the future increase in capabilities and All Up Weight. It is also possible
that DRDO & IAF agreed to use, a 125 kilo Newton engine, as a common type
engine for all its future fleet that includes upgraded Sukhoi-30MKI, AMCA Mk2,
Tejas Mk2, and TEDBF for Navy, so to make the whole project viable and
profitable to the companies that will be involved in the program and also meet the
minimum unit requirements.
What is still not clear is if the 125 kilo Newton engine will
be based on the old M88-4 Eco concepts that could have bumped up the present
wet thrust of the baseline M88 engine from 75 kilo Newton to 122 to 130 kilo Newton,
or, it will be an entirely new engine, since reduced radar signature, improved
heat management, and climatization to Indian conditions are some of the
requirements that India won’t compromise on and with all certainty, it will be
hybrid of old and new technology.
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Quadrilateral nations — the US, India, Australia and Japan are among countries
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