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Title:

50 N Micro Gas Turbine (MGT) engine
Value Proposition:
  • The MGT engine mass flow rate is around 0.25 kg/s with exhaust gas temperature of around 820 K.
  • The engine is intended to power high speed UAVs and loitering munitions.
  • The MGT was tested for its design speed of 100,000 rpm producing thrust around 53 N.
Summary Application:

Micro Gas Turbine (MGT) engine of 50 N thrust has been designed and developed indigenously.
Advantages:

  • Indigenous technology for the strategic sector;

  • The MGT engine was run with internal bearing lubrication circuit using a mix of Jet A1 Fuel and lube oil.
  • The critical components of the engine are manufactured through Additive Manufacturing.
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories[CSIR-NAL]
:  director[at]nal[dot]res[dot]in
:91-80-25086000
:https://www.nal.res.in
Industrial Applications: Aeronautics [Aerospace]
Patent Application(s): Nil
Other IPR(s): Nil
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