Archive For April, 2019
From cruise missiles to laser-guided bombs and antishipping missiles to smart weapons and modern radars and avionic systems, the new aircraft designed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) promises a lot. Design work for the plane that doubles as a new generation fighter trainer is complete. The Supersonic Omni Role Trainer Aircraft (SpORT), a lead-in-fightertrainer (LIFT) […]
An Israeli spacecraft on its maiden mission to the moon has sent its first selfie back to Earth, mission chiefs said. The image showing part of the Beresheet spacecraft with Earth in the background was beamed to mission control in Yehud, Israel — 37,600 km away, the project’s lead partners said. The partners, NGO SpaceIL […]
India’s space research organisation (ISRO) recently made an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) to academic institutes around the country to collaborate on space technology. The AO will identify institutes with “proven credibility” in certain fields and the ISRO will recruit them as a Space-National Academic Partner (S-NAP). Through this, the academic provider will be involved in or facilitate research in […]
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has observed water molecules moving around the dayside of the Moon, a finding that may prove beneficial as the agency plans to put astronauts back on the lunar surface. Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) — the instrument aboard LRO — measured sparse layer of molecules temporarily stuck to the […]
Indian aerospace and defence company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) unveiled a full-scale prototype of a locally designed rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Aero India 2019 defence exhibition being held in Bangalore on 20-24 February. Specifically designed to perform intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, the UAV was developed by HAL in co-operation with […]
India on April 1 will launch an electronic intelligence satellite Emisat for the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) along with 28 third-party satellites and also demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with a new variant of PSLV rocket, ISRO said. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a new variant of its Polar […]
A private entity, Bengaluru-based Newspace India Limited, has been set up under the Department of Space to aid the transfer of ISRO technologies for commercial purposes. The company was incorporated on March 6 with Mr Radhakrishnan Durairaj and Ms. Suma Devaki Ram as directors and a paid-up capital of Rs 10 crore. This has come […]
The Tamil Nadu government is impressing upon Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to set up a manufacturing unit at Salem as the state has been chosen for establishing the Centre’s ambitious defence corridor, a senior official has said. The move is a part of the ‘Make in India’ programme to catalyse indigenous production in defence manufacturing. “(In) Salem, we are looking […]
Tata Chemicals has signed a non-exclusive agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation for the latter’s lithium-ion cell technology. Under this agreement, ISRO will transfer the technology to Tata Chemicals which will utilise the knowhow to manufacture lithium-ion cells, Tate Chemicals said in a statement. The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, a part of ISRO, has […]
India’s BrahMos missile for Chile! The armed forces of Chile have reached out to India and expressed their interest in buying the buying the BrahMos missile a joint venture of India-Russia. BrahMos Company is already registered with Chilean Armed Forces, which is mandatory requirement for any company to export system to Chile. However, as per […]