Archive For March, 2013

Internal Quality Auditing

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Defence Ministry may review Rs 3000-crore helicopter deal

The Defence Ministry will take a re-look at the Rs 3000- crore deal to buy 197 light utility helicopters to replace the ageing Cheetah and Chetak fleet. The defence acquisition council under Defence Minister Mr A K Antony will re examine the proposal from the Army to buy the helicopters to take a collective decision […]

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R&D to get major boost in 12th Plan

Planning Commission member Dr K. Kasturirangan has said that the country’s Science and Technology Department has formulated ambitious plans in the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-2017) and “the country is going to have an envelope of a variety of projects”. The aim during the 12th Plan is to take India’s position from ninth to sixth in […]

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India needs 1,450 new aircraft worth $175 b in 20 years: Boeing

Boeing sees signs of an improving commercial aviation market place in India. Over the next 20 years, the Boeing Current Market Outlook projects that the airlines in India will need 1,450 new airplanes worth $175 billion. Addressing reporters at Aero India 2013, Mr Dinesh Keskar, Senior VicePresident of Asia-Pacific and India Sales for Boeing Commercial […]

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Old Faithful does it again

It is almost nine years since India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) made its first successful flight. This trusty rocket, with a distinctive configuration involving solid and liquid propulsion in its core stages, maintained its richly deserved reputation for rugged reliability. In the course of an unbroken chain of 22 successful launches, it has carried […]

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‘Satellites doing fine’

CHENNAI: The seven satellites put into orbit by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C20) from the spaceport at Sriharikota “are doing fine and in good condition,” said Dr S. Ramakrishnan, Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram . The seven satellites include SARAL, an India- French joint venture mission, for conducting oceanographic studies. SARAL’s […]

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India to launch Mars mission in October

New Delhi/Bangalore: India will launch its first mission to Mars later this year, President Mr Pranab Mukherjee said.  With this, India looks to play catch-up in the global space race alongside the United States, Russia and its giant neighbour China.  “Several space missions are planned for 2013, including India’s first mission to Mars and the […]

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ISRO to bulk-launch seven satellites on February 25

ISRO is set to cross another major milestone by launching seven satellites simultaneously. Of the seven, six are foreign, while the main one, the 410-kg Saral, is a joint Indo-French mission. The liftoff is slated for around 6 PM on February 25 at Sriharikota. The rocket will be the core version of the highly proven […]

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Agni-VI all set to take shape

Agni-VI with multiple nuclear warheads, which can reach targets 6,000 km away, is all set to be developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Only in April last, it carried out the maiden launch of Agni-V, which has a range of more than 5,000 km. So far, all the strategic missiles developed by […]

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Subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay launch in February

India is gearing for the test flight of its subsonic cruise missile -Nirbhay (fearless) – next month from the integrated test range at Chandipur in Odisha, as it is in the final stage of integration which is likely to be complete by the month-end. Dr V K Saraswat, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, announcing […]

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