HAL PTAE-7
HAL's PTAE-7 is a single-spool, 3.43 kN-class turbojet developed for pilotless target aircraft. DRDO identifies it as India's first indigenous turbojet engine, certified for and powering the Lakshya unmanned aircraft; current production or fleet status is not asserted.
Identity
- Aliases
- PTAE-7PTAE.7Pilotless Target Aircraft Engine
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- turbojet
- Name
- HAL PTAE-7
- Status
- unknown
Details
- Air Breathing Specs
- Max Thrust Kn
- 3.43
- Spool Count
- 1
- Description
- HAL's PTAE-7 is a single-spool, 3.43 kN-class turbojet developed for pilotless target aircraft. DRDO identifies it as India's first indigenous turbojet engine, certified for and powering the Lakshya unmanned aircraft; current production or fleet status is not asserted.
- Dry Mass Kg
- 400
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 20:14:04 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 20:14:04 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- CEMILAC lists PTAE.7 as the HAL Engine Division small gas-turbine turbojet engine, type-approval entry 1379.
- Publisher
- Defence Research and Development Organisation / CEMILAC
- Title
- Compendium of Type Approvals 2024 — PTAE.7
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- DRDO describes PTAE-7 as a 400 kg, 3.43 kN, single-spool turbojet developed by HAL in the 1980s for pilotless target aircraft.
- Publisher
- Defence Research and Development Organisation
- Title
- DRDO News — CATS Warrior powerplant context
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- DRDO identifies PTAE-7 as successfully developed and certified, the first indigenous Indian turbojet, powering the Lakshya unmanned aircraft.
- Publisher
- Defence Research and Development Organisation
- Title
- DRDO News — Engine Division milestones