Safran Vs Rolls Royce: India to decide on engine Partner for
AMCA Program
India’s 5th Generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) Program is all set to take off when the Cabinet Committee on Security of the Central Government of India will grant 15000 crores that the developers of the AMCA program are seeking after completion of the critical design review that is planned sometime in early 2022 for the program to kick start fabrication and flight trials of the first aircraft.
The much-delayed decision to select an international partner
for the development of a new high thrust engine for the program will also be
cleared in 2022 for which additional funds ranging from $4 to $6 billion will
be requested and cleared. Defense Expo 2022 might be an ideal place when the
new partner might be announced and agreements for the joint venture is likely
to be concluded later in 2022.
GTRE/DRDO and HAL officials along with Ministry of Defense
and PMO have held talks with French Aerospace engine manufacturer Safran and
British Aerospace Giant Rolls-Royce for a joint venture in the development of
an engine with 69 kilo Newton Dry Thrust and 110 kilo Newton Wet Thrust for the
AMCA Mk2 Variant that will enter production sometime in 2035 onwards.
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Safran offer
Safran has offered its M88-4 Core to be used for the
development of the new engine that can generate 69 to 110 kilo Newton thrust
for which it is ready to Transfer of Technology for almost all sections of the
Core section (Hot Section) that will be mated with the New Fan which DRDO has
developed with high distortion tolerance and surge margin for stealth requirements
along with an afterburner section.
Safran has asked for around $6 billion in funding that needs
to be set up for the development of this engine for which it has agreed to
contribute some of its funds. Safran has offered Dassault owned Rafale to be
made Flying Test Bed for the new engine program once it is ready for flight
certification trials.
Safran will use Rafale powered by One M88-3 engine and One
New engine to complete its flight trials in France before it is cleared for
production back in India. Safran also wants minimum engine production guarantee
factored in the contract so that program is also viable in long run for the
company. Using Rafale as a Flying Test Bed will certify to use new engine not
for only India but also for other operators who might be interested in a new high-powered
engine in near future.
Rolls Royce offer
Rolls Royce has offered the development of a new Core section
(Hot Section) that will not be based on the Eurojet EJ-200 Core section rather
on a new core that the company claims will be co-developed with India so that
India can have complete Intellectual property rights over the new engine along
with upgrade options.
Rolls-Royce has given a co-development cost that is similar
to what Safran has offered but since the negotiation is still ongoing, we will
have to wait till it is officially announced. Rolls-Royce likely will use its
Boeing 747-400 flying testbed that is equipped with extensive instrumentation
and systems to take sophisticated measurements of engine performance in flight.
69 to 110 kilo Newton thrust New Engine will have a verified
growth potential of 20% so that it can be used for other future fighter
programs including a turboprop variant that might be used on locally developed
future Civilian and Transport aircraft.
The new engine will not be limited only to the AMCA Mk2
program but will be used from 2040 onwards on 170 Tejas Mk2 aircraft when they
are due for new engine. TEDBF jets that will be powered by GE-F414 engine too
will be later replaced with new engine gradually.
