Archive For November, 2018

ISRO launches two UK radar satellites for disaster management

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched two Earth observation satellites on 16 September from Sriharikota where the Satish Dhawan Space Center is located. NovaSAR S1-4, which were developed in and will be operated from the United Kingdom, will provide Earth observation data, including for disaster and risk management. The satellites were constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, a UK-based company that, […]

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HAL to play lead role in Aero India

Defence Minister Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman met the media at Air Force Technical College (AFTC). Alongside her was Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command in Bengaluru, who said that Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will play a key role in organising next year’s Aero India. The Defence Exhibition Organisation had organised the event in the past. […]

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Shekhar Mande is new CSIR DG

The Government has appointed Dr Shekhar C Mande, the director of the Pune-based National Centre for Cell Science and a top functionary of Vijnana Bharati, a swadeshi science movement affiliated with the RSS, as the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Research (DSIR). […]

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This is how Chandrayaan-2 will perform its jobs once it lands on the moon

India launched its first lunar probe in October 2008, and it is setting up the stage for its second coming with Chandrayaan-2 liftoff. The mission will be ISRO’s attempt to get a more delicate and close up look at the lunar surface, the launch of which is eagerly awaited. Unlike the first mission which carried […]

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Why The Indian Air Force Should Buy More Su-30MKI Fighters

A series of reports in the past few months have said that the Indian Air Force (IAF) is against the idea of inducting any more Sukhoi Su-30MKIs into its fleet beyond the 272 that it had contracted for, all of which will be delivered by 2020. These reports come at a time when the IAF’s […]

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INS Vikramaditya completes ?705-cr refit

India’s only aircraft carrier INS Vikarmaditya is set to sail from the Kochi port on October 23 for basin trials before returning to its home port at Karwar after undergoing a five-month refit at a cost of ?705 crore at the Cochin Shipyard. This was the second refit of the carrier since its induction into […]

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Russia to deliver first S-400 missile systems to India within 2 years

The first deliveries of S-400 missile systems to India will take place within two years, Mr Dmitry Shugaev, head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation, told reporters. “First deliveries are expected within two years,” he said. The contract for the delivery of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to India was signed during Mr Putin’s visit […]

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IAF crew starts training on Chinook helicopters at US facility

The Chinook heavy helicopters are all set to arrive in India as IAF has commenced training on the heavy helicopters in United States of America. According to Indian Air force, the crew has commenced training on Chinook helicopters on October 8 2018 at Delaware, USA. During the initial conversation phase, four pilots and four flight […]

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UAE ‘interested’ in HAL-made light combat aircraft Tejas

India and the UAE are planning to expand their joint military training with a focus on improving desert operations. Keeping this in mind, the UAE has shown a keen interest in Tejas, the light combat aircraft made by HAL, government officials said. The issues were discussed between defence minister Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman and the UAE’s […]

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This is not the first time that air frame and spares are being cannibalized: Earlier it was Canberra, and now Jaguar

The process of the up gradation of the Jaguar fighter aircraft which is already six years delayed by the state owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd will now be expedited. Acute shortage of spares, shortage of engines is a major cause of concern for the Indian Air Force (IAF) which has presently 118 SEPECAT Jaguar IS/IB/IM ground-attack […]

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