Archive For The “Technology” Category

How a Sukhoi-BrahMos strike will make Pakistani airspace look like Swiss cheese

India has signalled its intent to strike enemy targets with devastating force early on in a conflict. Following the success of the Balakot raid by 12 Mirage-2000 fighters using Israeli ground penetrator bombs, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to test fire the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from its Sukhoi Su-30MKI air dominance fighter. […]

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Explained: How will Apache attack helicopter augment capabilities of IAF

Indian Air Force has been handed over the first AH-64E (I) Apache Guardian Attack Helicopter yesterday at the Boeing production facility in Mesa, Arizona in the United States of America. Indian Air Force will be receiving some 22 Apache Helicopters from Boeing in the future which will start induction in Indian Air Force by the […]

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RISAT-2B: Radial Rib Antenna

Radial Rib antenna (RRA) is a world class technology demonstrated in-orbit today at 2:20 pm IST in the RISAT-2B spacecraft. This 3.6 metre antenna was folded & stowed during launch and later successfully unfurled & deployed in-orbit. The deployment was completed in 7 mins and 20 seconds. Development of light weight structure, hinge mechanism, design […]

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Indian Army building new tunnels, caves to house firepower

The Indian Army, in order to stock up on ammunition in a sensitive environment, has set about constructing caves and semi-underground tunnels at mountain ranges near the northern border. The project, which is on a pilot basis currently, envisions caves at four locations, to be built at a total cost of around Rs 15 crore. […]

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India to Flight Test First Subsonic Engines For Military Drones

India will soon begin flight tests of its first 400 kg thrust class Small Turbofan Engine (STFE) as a power plant for unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) targeted for subsonic applications. The state-funded Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) realised six prototype engines with 95% indigenous components last year. They will be used as propulsion units for […]

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AstroSat Picture of the Month of March, 2019

A star relives its youth while dancing with its wizened companion in NGC 5466 This month we bring you yet another Globular Cluster, NGC 5466, located around 52000 light years from us in the constellation Bootes. However, we are going to turn our attention away from the cluster itself, and look at one particular star. This star, called […]

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HAL designs two-in-one plane to train in peace, fight during war

From cruise missiles to laser-guided bombs and antishipping missiles to smart weapons and modern radars and avionic systems, the new aircraft designed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) promises a lot. Design work for the plane that doubles as a new generation fighter trainer is complete. The Supersonic Omni Role Trainer Aircraft (SpORT), a lead-in-fightertrainer (LIFT) […]

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Israel’s first spacecraft to moon sends selfie to earth

An Israeli spacecraft on its maiden mission to the moon has sent its first selfie back to Earth, mission chiefs said. The image showing part of the Beresheet spacecraft with Earth in the background was beamed to mission control in Yehud, Israel — 37,600 km away, the project’s lead partners said. The partners, NGO SpaceIL […]

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ISRO to collaborate with academic institutes to bolster space tech

India’s space research organisation (ISRO) recently made an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) to academic institutes around the country to collaborate on space technology. The AO will identify institutes with “proven credibility” in certain fields and the ISRO will recruit them as a Space-National Academic Partner (S-NAP). Through this, the academic provider will be involved in or facilitate research in […]

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NASA Discovers Water Molecules Moving on The Surface of Moon

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has observed water molecules moving around the dayside of the Moon, a finding that may prove beneficial as the agency plans to put astronauts back on the lunar surface. Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) — the instrument aboard LRO — measured sparse layer of molecules temporarily stuck to the […]

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