Archive For February, 2013
The DRDO is in talks with major private and public sector firms like Tata, Mahindra, L&T and BEL for developing an indigenous advanced artillery howitzer for the Army. The premier defence research agency recently held an interaction with the stakeholders to explore the feasibility of involving Indian industries in the development of Advance Towed Artillery […]
Though the induction of indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas into the Indian Air Force is years away, the plane is all set to make its debut in an exercise, which will be witnessed by President Mr Pranab Mukherjee, in Jaisalmer in February. “Over the next two months, the IAF will conduct two major exercises […]
The Planning Commission is working on a scheme to get top Indian scientists working abroad spend some time doing teaching and research in scientific and technical research institutions in the country. A top official in the Ministry of Science and Technology told The Hindu that a salient feature of the proposed scheme was that instead […]
India has decided to go it alone in its second lunar mission, the Chandrayaan-2, which was originally proposed as an Indo-Russian venture. This was disclosed by Mr S.V.S. Murty of the Planetary Exploration Group of the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), an institution under the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Dr. Murty was speaking on India’s […]
The Indian small and medium enterprise (SME) sector’s participation and role in the field of aviation and aerospace component manufacturing is far behind its global counterparts, according to industry players. There are about 25 to 30 SMEs who have taken the business for manufacturing aviation and aerospace component seriously. “It is a long term investment […]
Boeing A-320 flights can land at the Hubli airport in two years, if all goes well with the Rs 150-crore project envisaged by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The blueprint to upgrade the airport to international standards prepared by the planning directorate of the AAI, including the construction of technical and terminal buildings, was […]
With Japanese airlines grounding all their Boeing 787 aircraft for thorough checks, India has decided to do a safety review of the aircraft as Air India has also been facing technical glitches in its Dreamliners. The DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) formed a technical panel to examine the issues affecting AI’s six B-787s, but […]
UTC Aerospace Systems has become the first U.S. company to manufacture aerospace products in India under the terms of a bilateral aviation safety agreement (BASA) signed in 2011 by the U.S. FAA and India’s Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The agreement gives blanket approval for manufacturing U.S. aerospace products in India, or vice versa. […]
Boeing Co. said it is on track to deliver five of 10 C-17 Globe master airlifters to the Indian Air Force this year, and that the rest will be handed over in 2014. The company has already given the first of the aircraft to the U.S. Air Force for testing at Edwards Air Force Base […]
A drastic cut in India’s science budget is likely to delay implementation of several mega projects that would have allowed researchers to join hands with scientists and engineers from abroad to create world-class facilities for exploring frontier areas of science. These international mega-science projects range from Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) in Tamil Nadu and Square […]