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GSLV-D5 launch fixed for 4.50 pm on August 19 In a crucial launch, India’s GSLV-D5, powered by indigenouscryogenic upper stage and carrying communication satellite GSAT-14, is set for lift off at 4.50 pm on August 19 from the spaceport of Sriharikota. The launch time had been fixed at...

India, looking to boost its naval presence in the Indian Ocean, is one step closer to putting its first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) into the water—as soon as August. The first sea trials are likely to follow 10 months later, says a senior government official. Still, the IAC, named INS...

India poised for giant role in aerospace, aviation India, which today stands 9th in aviation and aerospace, in both defence and civil, would in the next five years become the fifth biggest. This is based on the fact that the Indian aviation sector could see the purchase of 1,200 to 1,400...

To monitor data, India may ask firms for VoIP software India is likely to follow the footsteps of the Chinese government to keep tabs on the voice over internet protocol (VoIP) service providers. The Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recently suggested the...

Defence Ministry should review procurement procedure: Assocham Terming some of the clauses of its procurement procedure as "unreasonable and impractical", industry body Assocham has requested the Defence Ministry to review rules regarding indigenous content in military hardware offered for...

After Vikrant, Cochin Shipyard stakes claim to more defence orders Cochin Shipyard Ltd is dressed for a party on Monday, when Defence Minister A K Antony will fly here to launch INS Vikrant, the country's first indigenous aircraft carrier. More striking than the coloured flags that flutter...

BARC begins work on 900 MW pressurised water reactor CHENNAI: The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India's premier atomic energy research organisation, has begun work on designing a 900 MW pressurised heavy water reactor (PWR) after successfully building a 20 MW reactor in Kalpakkam and...

INS Vikrant unlikely to be battle-ready before 2020 KOCHI: The country's first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, will not be ready to go to war anytime before 2020 even if it's handed over to the Navy in 2018, as is now scheduled. The 40,000-tonne carrier will have to undergo...

India first off the block after South Sudan revamp Juba (South Sudan), Aug 10 (IANS) Thirty-six hours after South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit had his brand-new cabinet sworn in Wednesday, India's special envoy to the two Sudans, P.S. Raghavan, became the first international diplomat...

Navy flaunts new Boeing P-8I in maiden flight The Indian Navy’s newly-acquired Boeing P-8I long range maritime reconnaissance plane has successfully carried out a long distance maiden flight when it flew out of Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu to Emerald Island in the Andaman and Nicobar islands...

India needs to build two more Nuclear-submarines quickly : Experts With its nuclear reactor going “critical” on Friday night, INS Arihant (Sanskrit for Destroyer of enemies), India’s first indigenously developed nuclear-propelled and in the future nuclear-armed submarine has reached a...

Reactor Goes Critical, 1st Indian N-Sub Ready For Sea Great news overnight: Its 83MW pressurized water reactor finally going critical, India's first indigenous nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Arihant is finally ready to leave harbour and enter a phase of sea trials in the Bay of...

Indigenous cryogenic engine to power GSLV-D5 on Aug. 19 As Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D5) is slated to lift off around 5 p.m. on August 19 from Sriharikota, and various checks showing that the vehicle is in the pink of its health, the mood is one of optimism at the...

Increase pilot-cockpit ratio: Air chief BANGALORE: The Indian Air Force needs to improve the pilot to cockpit ratio and is working overtime to train new pilots. Chief of air staff Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne said this while inaugurating the Positron Emission Tomography centre at Command...

Reactor of India's first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant goes 'critical' NEW DELHI: The miniature reactor on board India's first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant has gone "critical", which marks a big stride towards making the country's long-awaited "nuclear weapons...

IEDs, Pak’s new weapon to target Indian soldiers Precisely a month ago, Indian army was in for a major shock when militants backed by Pakistani troops detonated two powerful IEDs using a remote control device on the Line of Control in Saujiyan sector of Poonch. The target was the...

Crunch time for Rafale production rate? In its proposed defence planning law for the six-year period spanning 2014 to 2019, the French defence ministry has proposed slashing its number of received Dassault Rafales to just 26 aircraft. With the company currently delivering in the region...

India, China Interested in Ukraine’s Carrier Pilot Training Site – Minister India and China are interested in using Ukraine’s carrier-deck pilot training site in Crimea, a senior defense official said Friday.The Ukrainian Defense Ministry told RIA Novosti in mid-July that Moscow had...

Increase in Operational Cost of Tejas LCA The total cost for development of the light combat aircraft Tejas for the Indian Air Force, which includes project definition phase, full scale engineering development programme Phase-I and FSEDP Phase-II, is Rs 7965.56 crore, the Rajya Sabha was...

Army chief pulls up top commanders at LoC after Pak attack NEW DELHI: Army chief Gen Bikram Singh has pulled up the commanders of formations deployed in Poonch sector at line of control in the wake of two major raids by the Pakistan army special troops ion Indian territory in the last eight...