Prateek Dhawan

Milestone Unlocked! Our engine just soared past the 40kg thrust rating mark, pushing boundaries and setting new benchmarks. 💪#JetEngine #ThrustMilestone #AviationInnovation #DGPropulsion

The reason so many startups fail — and VCs lose money — isn’t a lack of R&D. It’s the absence of a path to production. Everyone’s obsessed with lab experiments while no one ships product. Everybody wants to build flying cars while still yelling at the ones they drive.…

Love the smell of Jet Fuel in the morning.

Successful Dual Engine Test. Thrust matching + throttle response tuned via a single master signal. Ever notice how aircraft don’t slam full throttle at takeoff roll? They pause ~40% to let both engines rpm sync — to avoid asymmetric thrust when it matters most. Same logic, now…

Dual Engine Test Run was a success. You probably already know where we are going with this! 2 FADECs - 1 COMMAND Video coming out later. #DualEngine @ #DGPropulsion

The next leap in India’s GDP won’t come from just Tier-1 cities. It’ll come when manufacturing spreads deep into Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities — where talent, grit, and ambition are waiting. We need to build where the space is — and where the hunger is. #Manufacturing #India2030…

Many people underestimate the power of economies of scale. Not all of them are assembled yet — but that’s the whole point. When you’re building ECUs by the dozen — not just one — you start thinking in systems, not one-offs. This isn’t a lab experiment anymore. It’s a production…

Wax patterns for bigger turbines. Firing on all cylinders at DG Propulsion. #JetEngines #MadeInIndia #BuildingForward

We are making our own fuel pumps now. You know the thing about making something is you can always iterate it either way. There’s so much unavailability of market-bought pumps. Some are small with low flow, some are larger and we end up wasting important real estate and limited…

Huge congratulations to the Kalam Labs team — what an achievement in altitude, guidance and recovery. Very proud to see this from India. About the J-10 integration — yes, integration into a stratosphere-drop profile is very much possible. We’ll need to evaluate restart behavior…

Footage of the highest UAV flight in India — and perhaps in the world — in its category. The Kalam Labs UAV was dropped from 1,16,000 feet and embarked on an 800 km/h guided return. Cruising >20 km altitude, the UAV travelled back to its base point with sub meter precision.

After nearly 3 years, we finally have our fully integrated JETECU. All controls — starter, ignition, solenoids, sensors, fuel — on a single PCB, ruggedized for aerospace environments. Just one battery connection powers the entire engine system. No external relays, no breakout…

Had a sharp chat on how India could lead the drone revolution — from propulsion to platforms. What’s missing, what’s working, and what needs to change. Full episode: youtu.be/2niuvDCW1sc?si… #DGPropulsion #IndianAerospace #Drones #MakeInIndia

Why does someone else have to die because a manufacturer — or someone inside an airline — decided to cut corners? Because someone said “it’s good enough” when it wasn’t. Takeoff is probably the worst moment for engines. You’re at full weight, pushing full thrust, everything…

Most people ask—what are we doing, why, and are we the first? I think back to when we needed these parts in India—and except for a few big Corps and PSUs, nobody made them. Startups, tinkerers, small teams couldn’t get even a few pieces built. That’s how monopolies form—when…

The Made-in-India compressor impellers are here — and they look stunning right now. 😍 But beauty isn’t the goal — performance is. In the coming weeks, they’ll go through some of the most brutal testing we’ve ever done — stress, efficiency, thermal, you name it. They won’t be…

Innovation happens in garages. Offices just scale it. Give builders the room — they’ll surprise you.