Archive For July, 2019

Chandrayaan-2: ISRO gears up for ‘most complex’ moon mission on July 15

India’s second sojourn to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, would be launched on July 15, Indian Space Research Organisation announced, as it is all set for the most complex mission ever undertaken by it.  Under the nearly Rs 1,000 crore mission, the landing on the moon near the South Pole would be on September 6 or 7 […]

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Bengaluru firm to build moon lander for NASA 2020 mission

NASA’s efforts to get astronauts to land on the moon by 2024 will now have a key contribution from India. Bengaluru-based private firm Team Indus is part of a consortium that has bagged a contract from the US space agency to design and build a lander for its next lunar mission in 2020.  In a statement earlier […]

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Indian aerospace firm delivers 1000th electrical panel for Boeing’s Apache

An Indian aviation firm has achieved dual milestone with Boeing by delivering the 2000th harness for the Osprey and the 1000th electrical panel for the Apache of the global aerospace major, the company said.  Boeing India in a statement said, it “remains committed to investing in India’s supplier capability and a local workforce across manufacturing […]

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ISRO invites proposals from the scientific community for sounding rocket experiments

ISRO has been launching indigenously made sounding rockets since 1965, and in 1975, all sounding rocket activities were consolidated under the Rohini Sounding Rocket (RSR) Programme ISRO, India’s premier space research organisation, has invited proposals from the national and international scientific community for innovative payloads for scientific experiments to study the middle and upper atmospheric […]

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Navy plans to build 6 submarines

The Navy issued an ‘Expression of Interest’ for shortlisting potential strategic partners for the construction of six P-75 (I) submarines costing nearly ₹45,000 crore, the Defence Ministry said on. This is the second project being undertaken under the latest Strategic Partnership (SP) Model, with the first being the procurement of 111 naval utility helicopters (NUH). […]

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India Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi, Maldivian President Mr Mohamed Solih inaugurate coastal surveillance radar system built by India

Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi and Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih jointly inaugurated a Coastal Surveillance Radar System (CSRS) built by India and a composite training facility of the Maldives National Defence Force. The inauguration assumes significance as China views the Maldives as key to its Maritime in the Indian Ocean as it has already […]

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Navy finds defects in Scorpene submarine; one more year of delay

New Delhi, June 15, 2019: Project-75, which involves building six Scorpene submarines in Mazagon Dock (MDL), Mumbai, had already been running five years late by the time the first one, INS Kalvari, was commissioned on December 14, 2017.  With the navy reporting a host of problems in the second vessel, INS Khanderi, the project has […]

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Defence Minister reviews working of DRDO, asks it to focus on flagship programmes

Defence Minister Mr Rajnath Singh visited the headquarters of Defence Research and Development Organisation on June 14 and reviewed its work in fulfilling requirement of the armed forces.  Officials said Singh appreciated the commitment and dedication of DRDO scientists and directed them to focus on flagship programmes of national importance.  The defence minister also released […]

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Jaldost, the airboat for flood rescue, weeding

The National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) launched Jaldost at the Halasuru Lake in central Bengaluru, which can be used for flood relief as well as for weeding in waterbodies. Jaldost is an airboat which uses air propulsion and thrust vectoring technology for navigation in shallow waters. The boat was launched as part of NAL’s diamond jubilee celebrations. Speaking at the […]

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New thrust to making indigenous aircraft engines

Veterans from the country’s premier military and civil aeronautical development agencies have come together to give a new thrust and a roadmap to making Indian engines for future Indian aircraft. At present, four or five powerful and expensive foreign engine brands keep the country’s aircraft flying. But India should shake off this dependence and fly […]

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