Archive For July, 2014
Top missile scientist Mr Sudhir Mishra, who is an old hand at Russian projects, has been chosen as the new head of the Indo-Russian BrahMos corporation, replacing Mr S Pillai who had been given several service extensions by the previous government. Mr Mishra, who is currently Head, Programme Office (Missiles), DRDO, is set to take […]
In the next ten years, an additional 3.5 lakh employees will be required in the aviation sector for both commercial and cargo operations. However, the industry will face a major challenge in getting skilled employees to work in various disciplines, including ground handling, according to HR experts. The Civil Aviation Policy, which suggests establishment of […]
The Rafale fighter jet of the French Air Force has landed at Jodhpur for their first ever outing in the Indian subcontinent just when the Defence Ministry is gearing up to take forward price negotiations for purchasing 126 of the combat jets for the Indian Air Force. With Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi’s government settling […]
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here have developed a new and ‘effective’ technique to identify explosive and hazardous chemicals hidden in containers. It can be used as a medical diagnostic tool to detect tumours. Two scientists, Prof Siva Umapathy and his student Dr Sanchita Sil, from the Department of Inorganic and Physical […]
BALASORE (ODISHA): Indian army successfully test fired sophisticated surface-to-air missile (SAM) Akash in a very low altitude near boundary mission from a defence base off the Odisha coast making the weapon system deliverable. Defence sources said the indigenously developed supersonic missile intercepted a small unmanned fast moving aerial vehicle Banshee at 30 meter altitude above […]
Panaji: Indigenously-built Dhruv helicopter is likely to be deployed on country’s largest warship Russian-origin aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya for carrying out the role of detecting hostile submarines. If inducted, the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) will be the first indigenous system to be integrated on the warship, which so far operates only imported equipment such as […]
India is now equipped with the technology for advanced surveillance of its entire airspace by operationalizing 21 stations having surveillance technology for tracking aircraft — from the Himalayas to the high seas. The sophisticated automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) infrastructure covers the Indian subcontinent’s vast landscape of over 3 million sq km, plus parts of Bay […]
Scientists carried out a canister-based launch of a 50 tonne dummy missile in a simulated environment at an undisclosed facility near Hyderabad. Sources confirmed to Express that the exercise, termed as MET-2 (Missile Ejection Test), was the second in the series conducted in the last six months. The successful result of MET-2 has given the […]
Mini armored vehicles, powered by batteries and capable of going into hotel lobbies and congested urban areas have been developed by India’s Defence Research And Development Organization (DRDO). Three fully equipped commandos can be seated in the three-ton vehicles which can manoeuvre noiselessly through tight closed spaces such as lobbies of hotels, office and apartment […]
KANPUR: IIT-Kanpur will launch a portable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in August this year. The light UAV does not require a runway. It can prove to be of immense help to police, army and other security agencies for patrolling in the border areas. Traffic can also be monitored with its help. It will fly at […]