Archive For December, 2016
Ground tests for soft-landing Chandrayaan-2 on the Moon have begun. ISRO has created Moon-like conditions by creating lunar craters in Challakere, Chitradurgha district, to conduct the tests. Once the mission lands on the Moon, the lander and the rover will remain active for just a day. The mission, unlike Chandrayaan-1, which only orbited the Moon, is aimed at placing […]
INS Vishal, Indian Navy’s second indigenously built aircraft carrier, is going to be a one with nuclear propulsion and will be comparable to any of the world’s most advanced naval carriers. Indian Naval planners and designers have reportedly opted for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier featuring the latest US launch system, electro-magnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) […]
United States based aircraft-maker Lockheed Martin that had offered to move its F-16 fighter aircraft production line from the US to India, has started the ground work with the hope that India would accept its offer. The offer comes with a condition that India buys the fighter. “We want to be prepared and that is […]
Two of China’s secretive J-20 warplanes swept over a gasping crowd at the Zhuhai air show on, potent symbols of Beijing’s aspirations to military might. The fighters were not announced on the schedule and appeared in the sky just after a colourful aerobatics show by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force. With no fanfare but […]
New Delhi: India is making great progress in the field of space and its space program is definitely making waves. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been doing everything to ensure that India makes its presence known among the list of countries which are established space achievers. ISRO has made us proud on many levels, but […]