Archive For May, 2014
The first New Zealand government NZ SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite helicopter has begun production flight testing at Kaman’s Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA facility. After production flight tests, this aircraft will be used for maintenance and aircrew training. The program is on track with deliveries of all ten aircraft scheduled to be complete in mid-2015. “This milestone is […]
Scientists have sent human immune cells to the International Space Station (ISS) to investigate how their structure and metabolism changes in zero gravity. We know the effect of gravity on muscles, bones and joints inside out; it has been studied extensively in medicine for centuries, researchers said. For a long time, however, exactly how gravity […]
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has said that the country should synergise the competences available to tide over the oft-repeated time and cost overrun concerns. DRDO Director-General (Aero) Dr K Tamilmani told Express in an interview that any Indian initiative would be supported so as to build a robust eco-system. “If Indian R&D […]
India’s spacecraft to Mars today completed half the distance of its epic voyage to the Red Planet. At 9.50 a.m. on Wednesday, the Mars Orbiter sailed past 34 crore km while the entire distance it has to cover on its curved path is 68 crore km. In other words, it has covered half the “road […]
The successful launch by ISRO of the second of the string of seven satellites that will comprise the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) is a major step towards boosting India’s navigation satellite programme. The system will start operating once four satellites are up and it will be fully operational by 2015. ISRO chairman Dr […]
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and its predominant customer, Indian Air Force, have decided to work out ‘joint plans’ to deal with the military aircraft projects that are on between them. The move is aimed at ironing out issues related to the projects and their prompt delivery. Project-specific plans and teams are expected to get under way […]
IRNSS-1B is India’s second navigation satellite. A total of seven satellites will form the IRNSS constellation. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully boosted the apogee and the perigee of its navigation satellite, the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS-1B), by firing the propulsion system on board the satellite for seven minutes and a half […]
India successfully launched its second navigational satellite IRNSS-1B onboard PSLV C-24, taking a step closer to realising its ambitious programme of establishing an independent regional space-based navigation system. IRNSS-1B, the second of the seven satellites planned under the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), was placed in precise orbit by the workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) which completed its silver jubilee success […]
LOS ANGELES: The amount of water present on the Moon may have been overestimated by scientists studying the lunar rock samples, a new study has claimed. Researchers led by Mr Jeremy Boyce from the University of California – Los Angeles created a computer model to accurately predict how mineral apatite would have crystallized from cooling […]
MAS GMR Aero Technic Ltd (MGAT) has forayed into the aircraft line maintenance business, inking its first contract with British Airways to provide the service for its new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The firm, a joint venture between Malaysian Aerospace Engineering and GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd, also opened its office at the engineering building […]