The Safran/RR GTRE Collaboration Prof. Prodyut Das 17-10-2025 The proposed collaboration with foreign companies for the development of a 120 kN jet engine is not recommended. The objections are: 1. We are trying to buy with money what can only be acquired by dedication. 2. The requirement itself is debatable and it has NOT been debated sufficiently. The designated aircraft’s specifications conform to fashion not task. A task-based specification will not justify super cruise and hence the 120 kN engine. 3. The proposal for the collaboration comes from people “with interests but without liabilities”. All our failed projects fall into this...