Archive For December, 2013

“AVIATION DAY”

THE AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA MUMBAI BRANCH IN ASSOCIATION WITH NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRE CELEBRATING “AVIATION DAY” On 14-12-2013 Further Details: NEHRU SCIENCE CENTRE Dr. E. Moses Road, Worli, Mumbai – 400 018 Phone: 022-2493 2667, 2492 0482 Fax: 022-2492 6042 Email:education@nehrusciencecentre.gov.in Website:www.nehrusciencecentre.gov.in

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“Development In The Design of Helicopters”

SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA CHENNAI BRANCH ORGANISING A SEMINAR ON “Development In The Design of Helicopters” with Space Exhibition, Drawing and Essay Competitions On 29-01-2014 Further Details: Department of Aeronautical Engineering Sathyabama University Jeepiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Chennai – 600 119 Tel: (044) 24503817, Mobile: 9884357988 www.sathyabanauniversity.ac.in

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Parliamentary panel against privatisation of airports: Yechury

Stating that it makes “neither economic sense nor common sense to hand over public property for private profit-making,” Mr Sitaram Yechury, chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport said the committee was against the privatisation of airports of the country.  “We have adopted a report on privatisation of airports. I cannot disclose all the […]

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INS Vikrant to be commissioned by 2017: Naval chief

EZHIMALA (KANNUR): India’s first indigenous Aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, being built at public sector Cochin Shipyard Limited and formally launched in August this year, would be commissioned by 2017, chief of Naval Staff Admiral D K Joshi, said. “With the commissioning of INS Vikrant India will join an elite club of nations with the capability […]

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India successfully test fires nuclear capable Dhanush missile

India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile from a naval ship off Odisha coast.  “Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully tested the Dhanush missile from a naval ship,” said Mr MV K V Prasad, Director of the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur near.  The surface-to-surface Dhanush, a naval variant of India’s indigenously developed ‘Prithvi’ missile, was […]

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Satellite surveillance system installed in 21 airports

A cost effective satellite-based surveillance system has been installed in 21 airports in the country to help controllers track aircraft more accurately and enhance air space capacity. The ADS-B system will help controllers track aircraft more accurately and thereby reduce spacing between two aircraft and enhance air space capacity, Mr V Somasundaram, Board Member (Air […]

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Brahmos block III variant test fired successfully

An advanced variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia was successfully tested at the Pokhran range in Rajasthan. And the test-firing of the missile having a strike capability of 290 km, which validated its deep penetration capability, was carried out from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher deployed in full configuration […]

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Indian Navy gets second p-8i from Boeing in Tamilnadu

The Indian Navy received the second of its eight Boeing P-8I long range maritime reconnaissance aircraft at the INS Rajali Air Base in Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, raising surveillance capabilities that could extend from Gulf of Aden on the West to Malacca Straits on the East. The remaining six P-8Is of the eight-plane order would be […]

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NASA releases stunning new image of Saturn and Earth

NASA has released the first-ever natural-colour portrait of Saturn, in which the planet, its seven moons and rings, and Earth, Venus and Mars, all are visible. The new panoramic mosaic of the majestic Saturn system taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which shows the view as it would be seen by human eyes, was unveiled at […]

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ISRO, NASA in talks to build satellite

Bangalore : While India’s Mars Mission has set off on its maiden journey, here is another space project on the cards. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are in talks to jointly develop a dual frequency radar satellite. The project will augment remote sensing technology infrastructure, say senior ISRO […]

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