Archive For June, 2019
The utility of space as a medium for war has grown exponentially since the days of the Cold War Space Race. The military potential of satellites is manifold: communications, navigation, early-warning systems, reconnaissance, and signal intelligence. Any state that manages to get the upper hand in this frontier can be expected to dominate the outcome […]
India has signalled its intent to strike enemy targets with devastating force early on in a conflict. Following the success of the Balakot raid by 12 Mirage-2000 fighters using Israeli ground penetrator bombs, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to test fire the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from its Sukhoi Su-30MKI air dominance fighter. […]
Indian Air Force has been handed over the first AH-64E (I) Apache Guardian Attack Helicopter yesterday at the Boeing production facility in Mesa, Arizona in the United States of America. Indian Air Force will be receiving some 22 Apache Helicopters from Boeing in the future which will start induction in Indian Air Force by the […]
Radial Rib antenna (RRA) is a world class technology demonstrated in-orbit today at 2:20 pm IST in the RISAT-2B spacecraft. This 3.6 metre antenna was folded & stowed during launch and later successfully unfurled & deployed in-orbit. The deployment was completed in 7 mins and 20 seconds. Development of light weight structure, hinge mechanism, design […]
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman Dr Satheesh Reddy said they were spending 25 per cent of the budget on research and development (R&D).”The DRDO has been spending around 20-25 per cent of the budget on R&D,” Dr Reddy said while talking about ‘technology for national security’ at the Institute for Defence Studies and […]