Sachin | May 2025 | New Delhi A deep dive into DRDO’s Kaveri Engine, the trending #FundKaveri movement, and what it means for India’s defence self-reliance in 2025 India's social media is witnessing a surge in support for a powerful new hashtag: #FundKaveri . But this isn’t just another fleeting online trend. It reflects a growing public push for indigenization in India’s defence sector , centered around an ambitious and long-standing project the Kaveri Engine , a jet propulsion system developed by DRDO. What Is the Kaveri Engine? The Kaveri Engine Project was initiated in the 1980s by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) with a bold aim: to develop an indigenous turbofan jet engine for India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme particularly the Tejas fighter jet. But despite significant progress, the project was halted in 2014 due to technical limitations in achieving the required thrust for fighter-class jets. However, with new partn...
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