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TEDBF (Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter) being developed for Indian Navy will be powered by:

Correct answer: (C) GE F414.

The Indian Navy's Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter is planned to be powered by two GE F414 engines.

  1. (A)

    Kaveri

  2. (B)

    GE F404

  3. (C)

    GE F414

  4. (D)

    RD-33

Explanation

TEDBF is a twin-engine, carrier-capable fighter being developed for the Indian Navy, and the engine choice is central to identifying it correctly. The Economic Times says the GE F-414-INS6 turbofan engine will power three indigenous fighter platforms: Tejas Mk-2, the Twin-Engined Deck Based Fighter and the initial AMCA version. TEDBF will use two GE F414 engines, the same engine family associated here with Tejas Mk-2. The aircraft is described in the question context as a 4.5+ generation deck-based fighter meant to replace the MiG-29K on INS Vikrant and future carriers, with features such as AESA radar, possible internal weapons bays and foldable wings.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Kaveri is wrong because TEDBF's powerplant is identified as GE F414, not an indigenous Kaveri engine.
  • (B) GE F404 is wrong because the GE F-414-INS6/F414 engine is named for TEDBF and linked with Tejas Mk-2, not the F404 option.
  • (D) RD-33 is wrong because it is not named for TEDBF; the programme is tied here to the GE F414 engine path.

Concept

This tests current Indian defence technology, especially indigenous combat-aircraft programmes and their critical imported engine choices. RAS repeats such items because aircraft platforms, naval capability and defence manufacturing agreements often appear in current-affairs-linked Science and Technology questions.

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