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Originally Posted by XabbaRus
I think they used old engines as the new ones aren't ready.
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That's what I thought at first, too, when reading about the old engines, but I found no confirmation for that. I also wonder whether a flight test like this makes sense if later thrust vectoring is planned anyway. It would be a "start from scratch" again. This early demonstration maybe just a PR stunt, then, to please their Indian (and also Brasilian?) partners. A website I had, mentioned Brasil, too.