Archive For April, 2018
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed a technology transfer agreement with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. for the manufacture of space grade lithium ion (Li-ion) cells for the space programme and other national requirements. BHEL said it would set up a facility at its Bengaluru unit to make the cells. It would use the technology […]
India has joined Europe’s mega global arrangement of sharing data from Earth observation satellites, called Copernicus. Data from a band of Indian remote sensing satellites will be available to the European Copernicus programme while designated Indian institutional users will in return get to access free data from Europe’s six Sentinel satellites and those of other […]
Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully flight-tested for the first time with an indigenous seeker. So far, the seeker, a critical technology in missiles, had come from Russia. “Formidable supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully flight tested at 8:42 AM today at Pokhran test range, Rajasthan. The precision strike weapon with Indian-made seeker flew in […]
In a major achievement for the country, India’s premier research agency DRDO is now likely to achieve complete self-reliance in developing critical missile technologies by 2020, which will be two years ahead of the schedule. The expertise developed by the DRDO’s missile complex in the field of seekers is also going to help the country […]
Even as the Indian Navy’s ships and submarines are being equipped with different kinds of sonars, defence scientists are looking at newer technologies to equip services to protect the territorial and the exclusive economic zone waters. Naval research has turned to development of unmanned vehicles for defence applications. “This will be for surveillance purposes. We have developed a low […]
After years of being critical of the Tejas fighter, which is still not combat-ready 35 years after the light combat aircraft project was first approved by the government, the IAF has now agreed to induct 324 of the indigenous jets in the long-term to make up for its fast-depleting number of fighter squadrons. IAF has “firmly committed” to 123 […]
Godrej Aerospace, a unit of Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., has expanded its partnership with Rolls-Royce with the latter awarding contracts worth ¹ 200 crore for manufacturing aero engine components. The contract is for manufacturing products like unison rings, complex fabrication and external brackets commodities, which once in manufacturing, will result in shipment of […]
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has received the “Most Informative Pavilion” award in the Pride of India Expo, according to a statement. The event was organised as part of the 105th Indian Science Congress (ISC) in Manipur, it said. The DRDO participated in the expo showcasing cuttingedge indigenous defence technologies with over 150 […]
Honorable Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Harsh Vardhan conferred Homi J. Bhabha Award to Fellow of Aeronautical Society of India Dr Prakash Chand Jain Scientist DRDL Hyderabad during 105th Session of Indian Science Congress in recognition of his significant contributions towards development of Science and Technology – Specifically in the realm of Aerospace […]
Professor K Rajaiah (13-10-1939) – (16-02-2018) Prof. K Rajaiah Passed away on February, 16 – 2018. He was Fellow of The Aeronautical Society of India, Former Editor, Journal of the Aeronautical Society of India (1987-97); Co-Editor since 1997 and Former President, The Aeronautical Society of India, Bangalore Branch (1986-88). Prof. K Rajaiah had completed his […]