Archive For March, 2013
India will launch this year the first of its series of navigation satellites required to provide regional navigation service, independent of the U.S.-controlled GPS (Global Positioning System), said Dr S. Ramakrishnan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). He said that now we relied on the GPS for the navigation service. Europe, Russia and China were […]
The nation’s aero engine development programme, stuck for over two decades, has got a fresh kick-start. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., primarily making the bodies of military aircraft until now, is now in the thick of developing an Indian engine for indigenously planned trainer or regional aircraft. Its board has cleared investing Rs. 400 crore over two […]
Scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are working on Scramjet-powered aircraft which can travel from New Delhi to New York in one hour, Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, scientific advisor to the Union Minister of Defence and director-general of DRDO, has said. Saraswat was conferred with the Doctorate in Science by Mr Koneru […]
HAL signed a Technology Co-operation Initiative with Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), for establishing a Centre for Aerospace Transmission Systems (CATS) at HAL Stall on Day one of Aero India. The initiative was signed between Dr Vijay Kumara, General Manager (RWRW) and Dr M S Shanmugam of IIT Madras. The initiative aims to […]
Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, the global hydraulics business of Wipro, unveiled an aerospace actuator manufacturing facility at the Devanahalli Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Bangalore. Wipro said this was the first such facility in India, and would commence serial production in April. In the first phase, the plant set up in a 7.2acre campus with an […]
SRIHARIKOTA: In a multiple launch mission, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C20) put India-French satellite SARAL and six others into their precise orbits after its successful launch from the Sriharikota spaceport. This was the 22nd consecutive successful PSLV mission by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It was such a flawless mission that President Mr […]
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said it had achieved initial operational clearance (IOC) for ‘Rudra,’ the Army version of the Advanced Light Helicopter. Dr K Tamilmani, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) presented the certificate to the HAL at a function. Mr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL, said: “This is a […]
The MMRCA deal will be the highest priority for the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne PVSM, VSM, ADC said, in the light of the expected budget cut for defence this year. “The IAF has to be very selective in budget making and apart from the multi-medium role combat aircraft deal, other major […]
India handed over a Dornier surveillance aircraft, built by the defence public sector Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), to Seychelles to help build its own air force fleet. Seychelles, an Indian Ocean island nation that enjoys close relations with India, will use the plane for carrying out patrols of its waters and exclusive economic zone against […]
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Dr V K Saraswat ‘guided and guarded missile’ during the inaugural of the Aero India Seminar in Bangalore. “If the Indian Aerospace Industry has to grow, one Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is not enough. Private industries should step in a big way to […]