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:
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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.
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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.
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Long
Range Anti-Ship Missiles Extended Range (LRASM) for the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
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Continuing
collaboration with the United States to develop hypersonic missiles for air
capabilities.
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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.
