India's multi-wavelength astronomical observatory Astrosat will be launched in 2008 with the challenges in its design and control system being overcome, eminent astrophysicist and former ISRO chairman Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan has said.
"It will be launched next year," Kasturirangan said, adding the biggest challenge of creating a control system in space for the Astrosat had been overcome with the use of high-speed wheels to facilitate tilting of the telescopes at the desired angles.
Once termed as Bug hit Tejas (PV-2) by many in Ada, and could only manage 28 test flights over the period of 8 months it flew, due to issues related to integration of many new avionics subsystem at that time and after which it was put back to
Eleven Pakistani sailors have ditched their crew and apparently gone absent without leave in Tokyo since two of the country's naval ships made a rare goodwill visit to Japan as part of a training cruise, an official said yesterday.
"They went out for sightseeing and then they disappeared," a Pakistan Embassy official said on condition of anonymity, citing protocol. A Pakistani destroyer and supply ship
The much-awaited request for proposal (RFP) for 126 multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) worth $10 billion will be issued by the defence ministry early next month, after sorting out the life-cycle cost of the aircraft.
Officials in the ministry of defence said, “A team which was sent by the IAF overseas to work out the life-cycle costs (LCC) of the aircraft has returned. And based on the report submitted by the team, the issue has been resolved.”
Even as Pakistan moves swiftly towards large-scale induction of its 'Babur' cruise missile, the Indian Army too is gearing up to operationalise the supersonic BrahMos land-attack cruise missile (LACM).
Sources said the first battery of the 290-km-range BrahMos LACM will be formally
Considering the increasing incidents of suicides and fratricide in the Indian Army, The Ministry of Defence has come out with many recommendations so that the relationship between officers and their subordinates could be improved.
RESPECT THE JAWANS, is the clear-cut message the Ministry of Defence has given to the elite officers of the Indian Army after stumbling over a fact that for the growing incidents of suicides and fratricide, superiors are squarely responsible.
Choices usually involve a price, but people persist in believing that they can avoid paying it. That's what the Indian government thought when it joined the American alliance system in Asia in 2005, but now the price is clear: China is claiming the whole Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, some 83,000 sq. km. (32,000 sq. mi.) of mountainous territory in the eastern Himalayas containing over a million people.
The first China-India joint army drill scheduled for October will help increase mutual understanding and maintain a peaceful boundary, Chinese security experts have said.
About 100 Indian armymen will visit China in preparation for the joint exercise, Indian army chief General J.J. Singh has said.
Ahead of its hush-hush visit to Jammu & Kashmir, a top-level Israeli Army delegation held wide-ranging discussions with the Indian military brass on Wednesday to discuss ways to boost the already robust bilateral defence ties.
The delegation, led by Israeli deputy chief of general staff Major-General Moshe
Fair Use Notice
This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000107----000-.html
This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site - we have limited ads to cover our operational cost we don't have a donation button neither we accept any. All material that is not produced by the individuals who use this site will be placed under the directory /fair-use or /media under this domain.
Comments (0)
