Archive For June, 2016

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Malaysia to build aviation hub with air cargo, logistics, aerospace and aviation services

Malaysia launched a plan (May 23) to transform the hectares of empty land around the country’s main airport in Sepang into an aviation hub by pulling in air cargo, logistics, aerospace and aviation services.  The project surrounding the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is called KLIA Aeropolis, which has a total land area of 100 […]

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Drones could replace $127 billion worth of human labor and services

For many people, drones are what they found neatly wrapped underneath the Christmas tree this past holiday season. But piloting flying lawnmowers around the park for fun is just part of the consumer side of the technology. Drones are also expected to transform how companies do business. A report released by PwC today (May 9) estimates that commercial applications […]

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Indian combat helicopters to be equipped with Stinger missiles

Stinger missiles will soon add firepower to India’s combat helicopters with the Defence Ministry signing an agreement with the US Department of Defence to acquire 245 Stinger air-to-air missiles made by Raytheon, an American defence contractor and missile maker. The Indian military will receive the Stingers as part of a $3.1 billion FMS (foreign military […]

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IAF to get Lockheed-led team’s fire-control radar systems

A joint venture between defence majors Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Longbow LLC has secured a $116.70-million contract (around ₹776 crore) to produce fire-control radar systems for the Indian Air Force. The foreign military sales (FMS) contract is aimed at supporting India’s future fleet of Boeing-built Apache helicopters. “The FMS contract is through the US […]

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ISRO plans to test air-breathing propulsion system

After successfully testing a technology demonstrator of a reusable launch vehicle, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to test an air-breathing propulsion system, which aims to capitalise on the oxygen in the atmosphere instead of liquefied oxygen while in flight. “The mission to test the technology would be launched either in the last week […]

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Indigenous technology demonstrator of reusable launch vehicle tested successfully

Taking baby steps towards developing a reusable launch vehicle capable of sending spacecraft into orbit and returning to the earth’s surface, the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully tested the country’s first winged-body aerospace vehicle. The technology, when developed completely, would launch spacecraft, including satellites, into space and re-enter the earth’s atmosphere withstanding extreme pressure and […]

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ISRO’s big leap, embarks on launching Indian space shuttle

For the very first time in its history, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is actually growing wings as it embarks this month on a never before space flight that would make history. The Indian space agency is all set to undertake the maiden launch of its very own indigenously version of a ‘space shuttle’, […]

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ISRO COULD LOSE THE COST RACE TO SPACEX

The US firm’s new technology will drastically cut down satellite launch costsThe low-cost commercial foreign satellite launch services of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are poised to take a severe beating at the hands of Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) fly-back rockets, the Falcon 9 series. SpaceX, headquartered in Hawthorne, California, has […]

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ISRO sets up nozzle testing labs in VSSC in Thiruvananthapuram

In a bid to carry out better research in the area of rocket nozzle, Indian Space Research Organisation has established Nozzle Testing Laboratories at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram. The Nozzle Testing laboratories ( NTL ) that were inaugurated recently by ISRO Chairman, are “unique” facilities established for the first time in the country towards […]

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