CSIR will collaborate with DRDO to build the Saras Aircraft Engine

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will be collaborating with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to produce the Saras aircraft engine.
In an official statement, CSIR said that we will be taking up the project jointly. Designing and developing an aero-engine is a highly complex task.
The prototype version of the Saras, being developed by the CSIR’s National Aeronautical Laboratory (NAL), is powered by two Canadian Pratt and Whitney PT6A turboprop engines, that are not only mounted on the rear of the fuselage instead of the wings but also face rearwards.
Chairman of DRDO - Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy.
Director of CSIR-NAL - Jitendra J. Jadhav.

Published On : 17 Jan 2020