Archive For October, 2019
The indigenously-developed Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM) was successfully tested by the Defence Research Development Organization in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool on. The test was the third stage of successful testing of the MPATGM, a low-weight fire-and-forget missile. A Defence Ministry official said all objectives of the test mission conducted were met by the missile. […]
As air connectivity between Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities in the country has become a central focus, the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) is banking on these places to be its market. The government-run aerospace laboratory is looking to mass-produce Saras Mk-II, a 19-seater multi-role light transport aircraft, by 2025. Low-cost airlines are expected to be major […]
Defence minister Mr Rajnath Singh flew in the LCA’s trainer as a familiarization sortie from the HAL airport in Bengaluru’s eastern suburb. Before taking off for a 30-minute sortie, the pilots of the 45 Squadron Flying Daggers acquainted the Defence Minister with the air prowess of the home-grown fighter Looking sharp in a flying suit, […]
HAL designed and developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) successfully demonstrated high altitude capability in hot and high weather conditions in the Himalayas. The trials were carried out by the test pilots from HAL, IAF and the Army from August 24 to September 2, 2019. The LUH has complied with all the requirements of the users […]
The first Space Technology Cell Confluence 2019 was held at IIT Madras, Chennai, during 16th and 17th September 2019. The objective was to share information about the research underway in various institutions, the salient findings, and to understand the utilisation of output by ISRO. Space Technology Cells established by ISRO has been active for over […]
DRDO and ADA today successfully executed the first-ever arrested landing of Light Combat Aircraft (Navy) at a shore-based facility, INS Hansa in Goa, inching closer to the goal of operating from an aircraft carrier. The LCA (Navy) is the naval version of indigenously developed Tejas fighter aircraft being developed for the Indian Air Force. An […]
The Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) handed over the second airborne warning plane, Netra, to the Indian Air Force. The indigenously-built aircraft was handed over to Western Air Command chief, Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, at the Bathinda Air Base in Punjab. The Netra, an Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEWC) aircraft, had played a stellar […]
The Indian Navy has got its biggest dry dock. Located inside the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, the new dry dock can accommodate aircraft carriers including the huge erstwhile Soviet-origin INS Vikramaditya and the indigenous Vikrant that is being built in Kochi. Construction major Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has built the dry dock for the Indian […]
CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories that is developing a 19-seater indigenous light transport aircraft ‘Saras Mk2′ has plans for a 70-seater aircraft, Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said. “Today itself they have started talking to me to get the permissions from and meetings with civil aviation ministry for their future plan of the 70-seater. […]
In its endeavour to develop cutting-edge technologies that are on par with elsewhere in the world, Indian space agency, ISRO, is developing methane-powered rocket engines. Methane, which can be synthesised with water and carbon dioxide in space, is often described as the space fuel of the future. A senior official of ISRO told that the space agency is […]