Archive For November, 2013
KANPUR: The HAL authorities have signed an MoU with IIT-Kanpur for setting-up faculty chair at IIT-K. Senior officials from HAL visited IIT-Kanpur HAL for doing the needful. Secretary (defence production), Mr GC Pati visited Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Transport Aircraft Division along with Dr RK Tyagi, chairman and VM Chamola, director, HAL. After conducting inspection […]
Mahindra Aerospace, a venture of the Mahindra Group, inaugurated its aero-structures facility at Narsapura, about 50 km from here. “The facility is aimed at positioning the Indian footprint in the global aero-structures supply chain,” said Mr Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group. Mr. Mahindra also announced that Mahindra Aerospace had entered into a “strategic” technology partnership […]
The new air traffic control (ATC) tower in Mumbai is India’s tallest, at a height of 84 metres. It will hold this record till the 102-metre tower of Indira Gandhi International Airport is commissioned in Delhi. The tower offers controllers clear visibility for up to 8 km, giving them a view of the entire operational […]
The Cabinet Committee on Security has approved continuing the BrahMos missile programme with Russia beyond 15 years and a new agreement with China to maintain peace and amity along the 3,588 ‐ km Sino‐Indian border. Moscow and New Delhi, however, are yet to break the deadlock on the nuclear accident liability issue, casting a shadow […]
India’s first indigenous helicopter, the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH Dhruv) achieved the milestone of flying 1 lakh hours. Designed, developed, produced and maintained by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Dhruv’s landmark was achieved by IA‐3104 of 301 Army Aviation Squadron (special operations). It was piloted by Lt Col Kapil Agarwal, who was quoted by HAL as […]
US‐based aviation and aerospace publication Aviation Week said it will hold its 13th annual MRO Asia Conference & Exhibition on October 29‐31 2013 at the Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Centre to address the latest issues and concerns of operators and their service providers and suppliers. Aviation Week said that its MRO Asia Exhibition will […]
The Lockheed Martin F‐35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a novel aircraft for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is its software. The fifth generation fighter jet reportedly comprises more than 10 million lines of software code, segmented into blocks and largely written in C and C++; yet, it also uses software […]
After eight years of research and postponement, India’s first indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas, positioned at HAL Bangalore, has finally been fitted with electronic warfare (EW) systems. Now, new test flights will happen with electronic warfare anytime during November or beginning of December. The 2,348 test flights of the LCA so far have not […]
Like Chandrayaan‐1, which made the road trip from ISRO Satellite Centre to Sriharikota on October 2 and 3, 2008, before its destination ‐ the Moon, India’s first Mars mission too is undertaking similar road journey of 345 km from Bangalore to Sriharikota on October 2 and 3. Chandrayaan‐1 was launched on October 22, 2008. The […]
It is easily an occasion for a double celebration on this deceptively calm, green sprawl on the busy NH7, but the air is subdued. Overhead on the campus, an occasional steel‐grey helicopter whirrs about. Below, men and women in blue go about their businesses in buildings that are sheathed in tranquil blue and white. When […]