Archive For September, 2014
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has committed to meet three ‘S’-Speed, Skill and Scale – besides adding Swadeshi (fourth S) to it. According to Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and DRDO Chief Mr Avinash Chander, in order to fully explore and harness the potentiality and make it economically viable, it is essential to […]
Defence Minister Mr Arun Jaitley said the DRDO offered a large talent pool for the defence sector in the country but in view of the “disturbed neighbourhood” shared by India, it seems too “inadequate in terms of numbers”. Speaking at a DRDO award function in New Delhi, the Defence Minister said national security was the […]
In a gentle nudge to the DRDO, Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi asked the nation’s premier defence R&D agency to complete its projects well within the deadlines and to focus on becoming the world’s best institution by pioneering futuristic military technologies. Modi also gave new directions to the DRDO to boost its functioning and to […]
As D-day approaches for Mangalyaan’s entry to Mars, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for its next big challenge — lowering the velocity of the spacecraft.The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is slated to enter the planet’s atmosphere on September 24 at 7:15 am. “Mangalyaan has to travel only 88 million km more […]
India today successfully conducted trials of its indigenously developed surface-to-air ‘Akash’ missile, which has a strike range of 25 kms, as part of a user trial by the Air Force from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur. “The sophisticated Akash missile was test-fired from launch complex-3 of Integrated Test Range at about 11.42 AM,” defence sources […]
A predicted shortfall of 5,000 aircraft engineers in the next few years will stand any graduate of aircraft engineering in good stead in terms of starting their career, said Dr P.R. Balaji, dean, academic affairs, Nehru College of Aeronautical and Applied Sciences. With the explosion in air travel and the need for tightly controlled safety […]
Meeting a long-pending demand of Indian Air Force, the government has inducted one of its senior officer in the board of state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The move to induct IAF Deputy Chief Air Marshal S B Sinha will help the force to have more say in the functioning of country’s only aerospace firm and force’s […]
BrahMos Aerospace will install a display at the Oboronexpo 2014 weapons exhibition, Tass reported this week. The entire BrahMos missile family, which can be launched from the air, land, sea surface, or underwater, will be showcased at the exhibition that will be held near the Russian capital on August 13-17. The development of the BrahMos […]
From the drawing board to the review room: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and US’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), who were in talks to co-develop a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar late last year. Now, the talks have converted into a project, with NASA even having cleared ISRO’s instrument design. The project, which […]