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Deepinder Goyal, the founder behind Zomato, Blinkit, and now Latin Aerospace, has announced a new bold initiative to build indigenous gas turbine engines in India, a feat that the country has continued for a long time but never completely achieved.
In a publication about LinkedIn, Goyal wrote: “India has tried to build gas turbine engines before. And we have approached. In lat, we want to overcome the finish line.”
To realize that vision, Lat Aerospace is gathering a propulsion research team in Bangalore focused on designing and building light turbine motors, efficient and ready for the flight completely from scratch, all “made in India.”
What distinguishes this effort, said Goyal, is a radically different approach to R & D. “We are giving engineers the freedom to think, build, break and repeat,” he wrote. The Dedicated Latin Research Center will house advanced laboratories for combustion, turbomachinery, thermal and material systems, creating a rapid iteration environment intended to separate from bureaucratic bottlenecks.
“This team will be directed by engineers. Without waiting for the approvals of the people of ‘Business’. Without pursuing slides or meetings. Only the practical problem resolution, execute bank tests, work with suppliers, build hardware from the scratch and overcome the limits of design and physics every day,” Goyal emphasized.
The initiative eventually aims to boost short and landing airplanes (STOL), non -manned aerial vehicles (UAV) and remote connectivity platforms, paving the way for greater self -sufficiency in high -performance propulsion technology.
The announcement has caught the significant attention of the technological and aerospace communities of India.
“This is massive! The construction of indigenous gas turbine engines has been a long data challenge for India, and the LAT approach, engineers who lead the load, rapid iteration and the true freedom of R&D, feels like the innovative mentality we have been waiting for,” wrote a LinkedIn user.
Another commented: “This is a bold and very necessary jump in the aerospace capacities of India.
Goyal concluded his announcement with an open call to engineers: “If you have ever built turbines, rotors, control systems, or anything nearby, and wants to be part of something that one day could rewrite the history, write us at (riots
This is not the first time that Goyal intervenes to solve real world problems with speed and innovation. Earlier this year, Blinkit launched a 10-minute ambulance pilot service in Delhi-CR, which has already helped save lives significantly reducing emergency response time. Patients in critical situations, from heart strikes to accidents, have reported having received the first response assistance faster than traditional services, showing how technology -based logistics can be reused for the provision of urgent care.
