BY : Indiaprwire


Two-day Workshop was organized by School of Biomedical Engineering, Shobhit University, Meerut in association with DRDO, New Delhi and Deptt. of Electrical Engineering, Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi, to collect blood pooling data in the lower limbs of young adults under 1-G load. Dr. Ashok Salhan, Scientist ‘F’, DRDO, working on high altitude effect on physiology of the soldiers and Dr. Munna Khan, Professor, JMI, working in the area of Aerospace Engineering with NASA scientists,

BY : PTI



Car maker Mahindra & Mahindra on Wednesday said it has invested $6-7 million in developing its new army off-roader 'Axe'. The company is looking to sell the vehicle to Indian and Israeli Army.

''The vehicle is being tested by the Israeli Army and would soon be tested by the Indian Army,'' M&M President (Automotive Sector), Mr Pawan Goenka, said on the sidelines of SIAM Annual Convention here.

BY: Xinhua

India's navy is training Iranian sailors as part of a military program for around 500 foreign officers, a news report said Wednesday.

The Indian navy has allotted five vacancies to Iranian officers for training at its facilities, the local newspaper Hindustan Times reported.

BY : Xinhua


The Chinese government has rejected accusations by the United States that its military hacked into the Pentagon's computer network in June, labeling them "groundless".

"The Chinese government has always opposed any Internet-wrecking crime, including hacking, and cracked down on it according to the law," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu at a regular press conference.

The Financial Times, citing former and serving U.S. officials, said the Chinese

BY : PTI




Keen to cast off the ghost of the Bofors kickbacks scam, Sweden has proposed new avenues of defence cooperation to India, including joint development of jet fighters and submarines.

BY: ZEE NEWS

Observing that the Indian Army is the "most active" in Asia, a leading official Chinese newspaper has alleged that New Delhi makes use of an"invisible military budget" for key weapons acquisitions.

The top weaponry is purchased through "invisible military budget," the global times, a sister publication of the ruling communist party of China`s official mouthpiece, the `People`s Daily`, said in a special report on the Indian Armed Forces.

BY : PTI

Top US military official Vice Admiral William Douglas Crowder will visit Chennai and Port Blair during September 6-8, coinciding with the participation of the formation commanded by him in the biggest naval wargame hosted by India.

Crowder, who heads the US Seventh Fleet, will arrive in Chennai on September six, after which he will fly to Port Blair where he will stay till the completion of the Malabar Exercise in which warships from five countries India, Australia, Japan, Singapore and the US are participating, officials said.

BY : expressindia


Stung by criticism of its failures, the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has hired the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) to showcase its contributions within and beyond the military sector.

Sources said DRDO had asked NCAER to evaluate its “net contribution to society, industry and the economy”, highlighting its net contribution to technological development, as also its commercial and economic gains. DRDO wants NCAER to conduct a “statistical, numerical and economic analysis” that focuses on the cascading effect of DRDO’s work in industry, and subsequently, the economy.

BY : sify

Its confidence further boosted after a successful satellite launch on Sunday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said is was targeting 5-10 per cent of the global satellite launch market.

"We can offer very competitive satellite launch rates, nearly 40 per cent cheaper than the prevailing rates. In the small satellite launch market our rates are lower by 20 per cent," ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair said.

BY : Craig Covault



China is starting to ramp up its scramjet propulsion work—an initiative that will benefit high-speed missile programs while also helping the country to develop advanced aerospace materials, greater computational capabilities and a cadre of young engineers who have matured as a result of cutting-edge engine and aerodynamic challenges.