Archive For February, 2016

Scientist VK Aatre gets Padma Vibhushan

Prominent Scientist Mr Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre, former chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has been conferred with the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award in India. Aatre, based out of Bengaluru urged scientists not to get bogged down by minor issues. “The issues, regardless of what they are must be perceived as […]

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Airbus Helicopters, Mahindra Defence sign statement of intent for joint venture

A ‘statement of intent’ was signed between Airbus Helicopters and Mahindra Defence to cement their Make in India partnership and to affirm their commitment to make military helicopters. The agreement, signed in Chandigarh, in the presence of Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi and visiting French President François Hollande, is a follow-up to the memorandum of […]

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Global aerospace, defense sector to grow 3 percent: report

Revenues in the global aerospace and defense sector are expected to grow by 3 percent in 2016 after a 0.5 percent decline in 2015, according to a forecast by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. The rebound will likely be driven by strong passenger traffic, continued demand for commercial aircraft from growing economies like India and China, and […]

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Isro’s 100-acre space park to attract pvt players

Senior Isro scientist Mr M Annadurai said that a 100-acre space park will be inaugurated near Whitefield in Bengaluru later this year, which will provide private players the infrastructure to take part in spacerelated projects. Pointing that the space sector is a good opportunity for private industry, Mr Annadurai said, “The space park will see […]

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Rolls-Royce eyes possible re-entry into smaller plane market

CEO says burgeoning narrow-bodied aircraft sector appears attractive but that business case for eventually re-entering market would need to be ‘compelling’ The chief executive of Rolls-Royce has said the prospect of making engines for narrow-bodied aircraft is very attractive but warned that the cost of re-entering the market would be significant. The comments from Warren East, who […]

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Indian-Led Scientists’ Team Discover Why Comet Appears Black

A study by an international team from Europe and the US led by an Indian planetary scientist has resolved one of the mysteries that baffled astronomers. Astronomical studies have shown that several small bodies – Centaurs and Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) – in the outer solar system are having surfaces that are extremely dark but the […]

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IISc to indigenize hardware for Digital India, cyber security

As part of the Centre’s cyber-security programme, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) are looking to develop indigenous hardware architecture to protect our networks, besides helping to achieve the Digital India dream through self-reliance. Among the two pathbreaking projects that were kicked off at IISc’s Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), one […]

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NASA closer than ever to sending US astronauts to Mars

NASA is closer than ever to sending American astronauts to Mars in the 2030s and is empowering US entrepreneurs and innovators to expand the nascent commercial market in low-Earth orbit, the US space agency administrator Mr Charlie Bolden has said. “NASA is on a journey to Mars and a new consensus is emerging around our […]

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Six Uses of 3D Printing in Aerospace Manufacturing

The aerospace industry has always been in the business of doing the impossible. Starting with the Wright Brothers, Octave Chanute, and later aviation pioneers such as Chuck Yeager, Yuri Gagarin and Neal Armstrong; all of these people started out attempting to do something considered impossible. In the business of aerospace it is almost always about […]

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‘Moon villages’ could be a reality by 2030

Villages on the Moon, constructed through cooperation between astronauts and robotic systems on the lunar surface, may become a reality as early as 2030, scientists say. Moon villages could serve as a potential springboard for future human missions to Mars and other destinations, a team of scientists, engineers and industry experts sa d at the […]

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