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BY : The Indian Express Limited

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is upbeat about its growth in India and is eyeing orders worth $500-million in the next 8-10 years. The company, a world leader in helicopter design, manufacturing and service, is already working on helicopter cabins and component manufacturing through a pact with Tata Advanced Systems to manufacture Sikorsky S-92 helicopter cabins in India from its greenfield facility at the aerospace and precision engineering special economic zone in Andhra Pradesh.

Scott Pierce, regional sales executive (Asia) said, “We are currently in talks and have participated in a few tenders with the Indian military system for providing high-performance and high-altitude copters which ideally refers to a single helicopter performing many services. This is specifically required by the Army and Navy personnel for doing multi-tasking activities.’’ Read the rest of this entry »

BY : AJAY SHUKLA

The high-voltage $11 billion contest to sell India 126 Medium Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft (MMRCA) is reaching the end of the trials phase in a blaze of potential controversy. Today, the last of the six contenders being evaluated by the Indian Air Force — the Swedish Gripen — will fly into Bangalore for trials. But Business Standard has learnt that the fighters that will touch down are not the ones Gripen International has offered: the JAS-39IN Gripen NG. Instead, two older-model Gripen-D fighters will arrive.

The Gripen NG, a light, agile, ultra-modern fighter built by Swedish aerospace giant Saab, has always been one of the Read the rest of this entry »

BY : TIMESONLINE

Victorinox, the maker of the Swiss Army Knife, is returning to its roots by focusing on supplying knives to armies.

The company, which supplied the original knife to the Swiss Army in 1891, has produced a prototype, built according to specifications supplied by the Indian Army, that it hopes will lead to an order to supply the 1.3 million-strong force.

Constructed from matte-black steel, it contains 12 tools, many of which perform two or three functions. The Indian Read the rest of this entry »

BY : REUTERS

Indian navy commandos thwarted a suspected Somali pirate attack on the Greek bulk carrier Melina 1 off the Indian coast, East African maritime officials and the Indian navy said on Monday.

Andrew Mwangura, of the East African Seafarers Assistance Programme, said the weekend attack about 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of India’s Lakshwadeep islands closely resembled those of Somali pirates. Read the rest of this entry »

BY : THE HINDU

Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, has announced that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a dedicated forestry satellite in all likelihood by 2013.

With the biennial exercise in vogue, the facility will help to continuously monitor the forest cover, health and diversity.

Similarly, efforts are on to launch an indigenous satellite for monitoring greenhouse gases and aerosol emissions, which will place India in a select league.

Speaking to journalists after inaugurating the Indian Climate Observatory Network (ICON) on the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) campus near here on Sunday, Mr. Ramesh called the satellite a major afforestation initiative — a key player in tackling climate change issues. Read the rest of this entry »

BY: Tribune News Service

In a blow to the Indian and Israeli researchers, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided to leave out TAUVEX (Tel Aviv University Ultra Violet Experiment), an Israeli payload, during the launch of its experimental communication satellite GSAT-4.

“We were very disappointed to learn that we were to be removed from the spacecraft. We have worked for this for a long time and were excited by the prospect of getting excellent science. We are now waiting for ISRO to tell us when the next launch opportunity will be”, Jayant Murthy, professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics here and the Indian principal investigator of TAUVEX, told The Tribune in an email. Read the rest of this entry »

BY:DECCAN CHRONICLE

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is looking at providing technology for low-intensity conflicts such as terrorism and cyber warfare, as well as towards ensuring the security of Indian space assets, the DRDO chief and science adviser to the defence minister, Dr V.K. Saraswat, tells S. Raghotham in his first interview to the media since he assumed office in September 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

BY: PIB

A contract for the procurement of 20 Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) configuration was signed with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on March 31, 2006. The total contract cost is Rs. 2701.70 crore. Delay in LCA production is primarily due to refinements carried out in the development phase. A total of Rs. 1712.11 crore has been paid to HAL till December 31, 2009 for the LCA Programme. There was a delay in the development of LCA due to certain technical complexities and denial of critical technologies. Rs. 3301.78 crore was Read the rest of this entry »

BY : ANI

The French Army band performed here on Saturday, as India invited military bands and cultural troupes of armies from around the world to strengthen ties and promote peace through music.