NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, APR 16
Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), Avadi in Chennai, a labaratory under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), celebrated its 48th annual raising day on Saturday.
The celebrations were presided over by Dr Samir V Kamat, Secretary, DD R&D and Chairman DRDO. To mark this occasion some of the indigenously developed products under the Prime Minister’s Atma Nirbhar Bharat vision related to Aircraft projects were handed over to HAL officials.
- Indigenously developed AMAGB Bearings developed by CVRDE handed over to HAL Officials
- CEMILAC gives clearance to Power Take Off (PTO) Shaft and pre-production of landing gear seal developed by CVRDE
Design/Development of Indigenous Aircraft Quality Bearings
AMAGB Bearings were handed over to HAL for use in the production series of LCA Tejas. Flight trials in LCA-Tejas had already been completed and the production clearance is accorded by CEMILAC (which was handed over by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during Aero India-2023.
CVRDE has designed and developed the High Speed, High Precision, Aircraft quality bearings of LCA-Tejas, in Aerospace Bearing Technology in association with Indian private companies and PSUs.
PTO Shaft of LCA Tejas
Flight clearance certificate for PTO Shaft is handed over by CEMILAC to CVRDE, giving way for flight trials by HAL.
The indigenous Power Take Off (PTO) shaft designed and developed by CVRDE, DRDO with unique innovative patented “Frequency Spanning Technique (FST)”.
Landing Gear Seals
CEMILAC also issued Clearances for pre-production of Landing Gear Seal for Aeronautical application to CVRDE and M/s Fluoro Carbon Seals, Chennai.
CVRDE has successfully designed, developed, qualified and delivered Landing Gear Systems for TAPAS and SWiFT UAVs which are undergoing flight trials, a release said.
