New Delhi, May 27 -- India's premier defence research agency Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is carrying out trials of the indigenously developed Kaveri jet engine in Russia and is planning to use it for powering the Made in India long range Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle.

The Kaveri is undergoing trials in Russia and there is around 25 hours of testing left to be done on it there. The slots have to be given by the authorities there, defence officials told ANI.

The engine is planned to be used for powering the indigenous UCAV project, they said.

Interest in the Kaveri engine has been revived as there is an ongoing trend on Evian media asking the government to #FundKaveri engine project.

The Kaveri engine was plann...