Archive For August, 2013

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Dassault Seeks European Drone, Indian Rafale Deals

France’s Dassault Aviation called for two new European drone projects and urged completion of a $15-billion fighter deal with India as France’s defence minister began a visit to the country. The maker of luxury jets and Rafale warplanes warned of the risk of squandering European know-how after France ordered drones from the United States and […]

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Civil Aviation Ministry revising note on bilaterals

After Prime Minister’s Office seeking revision of a Cabinet note on bilateral agreement on air traffic rights, Civil Aviation Ministry is now revising the document to clear the air on its pact with Abu Dhabi. The agreement between India and Abu Dhabi allows an increase in the number of seats airlines from both the countries […]

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Rs 7,500 cr for making indigenous aircraft

The Centre has put on the fast track India’s ambitious plan to design and develop a 90‐seater civilian aircraft a day after it received the nod of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. The Rs 7,500‐crore project aims at designing and manufacturing a 70‐100 seater civilian aircraft with imported engines. A special purpose vehicle involving government […]

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Student-built UAV to be put to the test in Uttarakhand

Mr Hemanth HI, a final year BE student, who has constructed the device at a cost of Rs 5 lakh, says it would be useful in search and rescue operations as it is capable of relaying images in real time and is ideal for aerial survey in remote and inaccessible locations Relief efforts in flood-ravaged […]

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Advanced weather satellite INSAT-3D successfully launched

BANGALORE: India’s advanced meteorological satellite INSAT-3D was successfully launched by an European rocket from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana early, giving a boost to weather forecasting and disaster warning services. European space consortium Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket launched INSAT-3D and Alphasat satellites. Alphasat is Europe’s largest telecommunication satellite-ever manufactured and results from a […]

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Insat-3D ready for Friday launch

After seven years of design and groundwork, India will finally put into space Insat-3D, an advanced weather satellite configured with improved imaging system and atmospheric sounder, from Kourou, French Guiana. This will be the first geostationary sounder system over Indian Ocean.  With Kalpana and Insat-3A already operational in geostationary orbit for the past decade at […]

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Mars mission is a publicity stunt: ISRO ex-chief Dr Madhavan Nair

BANGALORE: India’s ‘Moon Man’ has contested ISRO’s contention that the upcoming ‘desi’ Mars orbiter mission would undertake meaningful research, and dubbed the Rs 450 crore venture as a “publicity stunt”. “ISRO is embarking on an extravagant mission which at best can serve as a publicity stunt”, Dr G Madhavan Nair, a former chief of the […]

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Simply too fast for our PM: Supercomputer of CSIR-4PI

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) director general Dr Samir Brahmachari met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to invite him to launch the ‘fourth fastest supercomputer in India’ in Bangalore. However, insiders claim that the machine (speed: 360 tera flops) has been up and running since February 2013. The prime minister is required only […]

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NASA’s Hubble telescope discovers new moon on Neptune

Scientists have discovered a new moon orbiting planet Neptune using the Hubble Space Telescope, said US space agency, NASA. The new moon is estimated to be no more than 12 miles across, makes it the smallest known moon in the Neptunian system, which already had 13 known moons. It is designated as S/2004 N 1, […]

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