Archive For February, 2014
ISRO announced that the Mars Orbiter had reached a distance of 11.04 million kilometers from earth. As a result signals sent from the ground station in Bangalore were taking almost 36.8 seconds to reach the orbiter. As part of India’s first foray into interplanetary space, the Orbiter is expected to reach Mars in September this […]
The Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is all set to unveil a 130 mm self propelled gun system, built based on the Arjun Main Battle Tank (MBT) MK‐1 chassis. Developed by the DRDO lab Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), the Arjun Catapult Gun System is likely to be displayed in public for […]
There is hardly any lecture or discussion on the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Defense Ministry more broadly in which a call is not given for the setting up of a Defense R&D Commission on the pattern of the Atomic Energy Commission and the Space Commission. The rationale for such a proposal […]
An affordable camera‐loaded remote‐controlled air vehicle is now available for civilian use, says Kit Eaton Five years ago, the DJI Phantom 2 Vision would have seemed like a science fiction film prop or a piece of surveillance hardware flown only by the sexiest of superspies. But it is the first camera‐carrying drone you may want […]
Rustom‐2, a medium altitude long endurance unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) being developed for the armed forces, is gearing up for its first flight scheduled in the third quarter of this year. DRDO’s Bangalore‐based lab, Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), has developed the aircraft unlike any other UAV in the ranks of our forces, with a […]
Airports across the country may soon be equipped with indigenously developed state‐of‐the art runway visibility measuring system ‘Drishti’ to provide information to pilots for safe landing and take offs during foggy weather. The India Metrological Department (IMD) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is in the process of inking a partnership with the Bangalore‐based […]
India’s quest for a manned mission to the moon will have to wait a few more years as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has clarified that there are no such plans in the near future. Last week, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was signed by ISRO with the Institute of Aerospace Medicine was […]