A locally designed and developed aviation high-speed micro turbomachine is being tested at National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL).
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and GE Aviation (GE) developed the product under a joint innovation programme launched in 2016. In the past five years about ₹10 crore was invested of which 75% was funded by IIT-M through the Centre’s Ucchatar Avaishkar Yojana (UAY) and GE provided 25%.
IIT-M engineers and researchers and GE developed a local aviation supplier ecosystem for the manufacture of high-precision and high-speed turbomachinery that adhered to global aviation industry manufacturing standards.
