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Bharat Forge, Pratt & Whitney Partner on India's HALE UAV Engines
Bharat Forge and Pratt & Whitney Canada are working together on an Indian aircraft that can fly very high and stay in the air for a long time.
This aircraft is called a HALE unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV.
A UAV is an aircraft that does not need a pilot inside it.
The UAV is being designed and developed through a Defence Research and Development Organisation programme.
Pratt & Whitney Canada will check whether its turboprop engines work well with the aircraft.
Bharat Forge will help connect the engines to the aircraft and design the necessary systems.
The UAV could help India watch land and sea areas for long periods.
The project is part of India's effort to build more of its own defence technology.
Bharat Forge and Pratt & Whitney Canada will support India's HALE UAV programme.
The companies will evaluate integrating advanced turboprop engines into a DRDO-designed UAV.
Pratt & Whitney Canada will assess engine compatibility, performance and installation requirements.
Bharat Forge will lead engine-airframe integration, installation design and systems interfaces.
The partnership aims to strengthen India's indigenous aerospace capabilities and defence preparedness.
- Who
- Bharat Forge and Pratt & Whitney Canada, with a Defence Research and Development Organisation programme.
- What
- They will evaluate integrating advanced turboprop engines into India's high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle.
- Where
- The programme is for India and covers surveillance across land and maritime domains.
- When
- The collaboration was announced on Tuesday; no specific date was provided.
- Why
- To support India's indigenous unmanned systems, strategic self-reliance and defence preparedness.
Key facts
- Programme
- India's high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle programme
- Design authority
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation
- Engine technology
- Advanced turboprop engines from Pratt & Whitney Canada
- Bharat Forge responsibility
- Engine-airframe integration, installation design and systems interfaces
- Pratt & Whitney Canada responsibility
- Evaluating engine compatibility, performance and installation requirements
- UAV functions
- Long-endurance surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance across land and maritime domains
- Policy framework
- India's Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative
Quotes
Amit Kalyani
Vice Chairman and Joint Managing Director of Bharat Forge Ltd.
“By combining Pratt & Whitney's globally proven propulsion technologies with Bharat Forge's engineering and systems integration expertise, we aim to support development of a world-class HALE platform that strengthens India's strategic self-reliance and defense preparedness”
rediff.com
“Pratt & Whitney Canada's turboprop engines have a proven legacy of reliability in demanding operational environments, which is exactly what's needed for India's HALE programme”
rediff.com
Sources
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