Archive For July, 2014
A strategic meet on ‘Regional Civil Aircraft’ with an aim to kick-start the process to build the first made-in-India civil aircraft was held under the leadership of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). Addressing the meet, Mr Ajay Shankar, Member Secretary, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) said, “Given the skill-set and the cost advantage the country has, […]
A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) would be formed soon to design, develop and manufacture India’s maiden regional aircraft for the burgeoning civil aviation sector, a top official said.”An SPV is being formed with the National Aerospace Laboratories to build the first ‘made in India’ regional civil aircraft by 2020-22 through public-private partnership (PPP) model,” state-run […]
The Mark-II version of Pinaka rocket system was successfully tested from a defence base off the Odisha coast. At least three rounds of the rocket were test fired from the Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) at Chandipur-on-sea. Defence sources said the tests were of an extended range version of the rocket. While the older version […]
The Indian Air Force’s advanced Su-30 MKI aircraft may undergo yet another round of upgradation involving its radar in the near future. Top officials from India and Russia are meeting here for two days beginning on Thursday to chalk out the maintenance plan of several Russian military hardware being used by the Indian armed forces. […]
Overcoming the delay in Russian supplies, the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) promises to overhaul Indian Air Forces 15 Su-30 MKI front line fighter aircraft every year at its Nashik facility from 2016-17. The first HAL-overhauled aircraft is expected to come out of Nashik in August, 2014, marking yet another milestone in the Su-30 programme. It […]
The Government Flying Training School at Jakkur, closed recently due to safety concerns, will soon be shifted to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Airport in the city, according to Youth Empowerment and Sports Minister Mr Abhayachandra Jain. “Within a month, we will shift the flying school to HAL Airport. The Chief Secretary has discussed this issue […]
“There is huge potential to export missiles made in India. Several countries have evinced interest but we need a policy clearance from the Central Government,” Mr Avinash Chander, Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation, has said. Speaking at an event hosted by the Aeronautical Society of India here […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) received another shot in the arm in its ambitious Mars Orbiter Mission when its ground controllers successfully corrected the spacecraft’s trajectory. This complex trajectory correction manoeuvre (TCM), as it is called, puts the spacecraft on the right celestial path to reach Mars on the scheduled day of September 24. […]
India successfully test-fired the 290 km-range BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile from the country’s largest indigenous warship INS Kolkata off the coast of Karwar in Karnataka. The Mazagon Dockyards Limited-built INS Kolkata is yet to be formally inducted into the Navy and will have the capability to launch 16 BrahMos missiles in one go when […]
BANGALORE: Six years after all flights began operating from Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), there now appears to be a possibility of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) airport opening its runway to commercial air traffic again. The latter, located in the heart of the city, is being used only for defence and VVIP flights. “I personally feel […]