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It is a microsatellite weighing no more than around 50 kg. It carries an AIS (Automatic Identification System) to identify the ships in the waters of Indonesia - The Earth observation payload of LAPAN A2 consists of a HDTV Video camera. The cost of launch wouldn't more than a few hundred...

WSI ALH Rudra is nothing but a weaponized version of ALH Dhruv - Indian Army wants the Rudra's airborne firepower in 'contact' battle scenarios thereby constituting a third another manoeuvre arm with lethal strike capability. While employing the basic Dhruv layout, Rudra has a higher percentage...

$20 million per unit flyaway cost DRDO HeliNa ATGM will be used to arm HAL LCH No such plans as of yet. @Abingdonboy Wouldn’t it be much better if instead of the FLIR sensor, a nose-mounted search radar capable of broad area surveillance was mounted on the LCH’s nose, and the FLIR turret...

Elbit's Compact Multi Purpose Advance Stabilisation System (CoMPASS) electro-optic/infrared turret - manufacutred by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at Bangalore - it's a third generation 3-5 µm forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensor. IAF has ordered 65 units whereas Indian Arm'y AAC (Army...

Indonesia to launch satellite from India Jakarta, Indonesia is set to launch a locally made satellite from India on September 27, a media report said on Thursday. The LAPAN A2/Orari satellite was produced entirely in Indonesia by the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) in 2012...

LAPAN A2 will be launched onboard PSLV-XL C34 - along with India's first space observatory ASTROSAT - India's First Space Observatory ASTROSAT Transported to SHAR Spaceport Through STS For Launch

There is no reason for Hindi and other regional language speakers not to use the Devanagari and their respective scripts, even on computers, with the widespread appearance of transliteration software like Google Input, which allows one to type in the Roman alphabet and get that automatically...

This is one of the first attack helicopters built for high-altitude warfare - probably the most agile design in the world because of its rotor. The LCH has already undergone a 'cold weather soak' in Leh where the chopper's systems performance were tested in -20 degree temperatures. The mean...

:D Police seize 1,600kgs of donkey, horse meat in Lahore raid

Myanmar and Thailand and even Laos in the route offer Visa on Arrival to Indian tourists - pretty convenient to get a tourist visa. Countries Offering Visa on Arrival for Indians | MakeMyTrip Blog A grazing pasture awaits your journey ahead Silk Route, Sikkim Of stupendous vegetation and...

Earlier this year LCH TD-2 had also undergone cold weather tests at Leh. TD-3 has significant improvements over TD-2. LIVEFIST: Indian Light Combat Copter Goes Through Cold Tests

Serial Production starts only after an FOC is obtained by the users that is Army Aviation Corps and IAF. IOC was scheduled for September 2015 - will probably be granted by year end. TD-4 is still to come - Limited Series Production will commence in 2017-18. Light Combat Helicopters to enter...

Below is the original interview - many of the excerpts when Jim Rogers presents a favorable view of India have been purposefully omitted and tampered just to make themselves feel good - Jim Rogers also praised Dr. Rajan as "probably the world's best central banker" - a part which has been...

HAL completes hot, high altitude trials of LCH at Leh The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) undergoing the hot and high altitude trials at Leh recently. BENGALURU, SEPT 3: HAL has successfully carried out the hot and high altitude trials of the indigenously designed and developed attack chopper...

Army prepares for crucial trials as chief insists on indigenous Excalibur The Excalibur fires in two settings: either single shot or automatic, in which bullets stream out of the rifle for as long as the trigger is pressed and there is ammunition On Tuesday, in a signal of army chief General...

Here's a DRDO developed laser dazzler mounted on Mahindra Marksman -

From the Indian Defence Expo 2014 - DRDO's Counter IED 1 KW Laser - enables remote disposal of surface laid unexploded ordnances, mines, directional mines and IEDs. The laser is mounted on a Light Security Vehicle made by TATA Motors. The system’s effective range is 50-250 meters. The...

If you are travelling from Guwahati to Imphal and Moreh, via Dimapur, by road, you will actually be driving on the Asian Highway (AH-1), which is a part of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway that will connect Moreh to Mae Sot in Thailand, via Mandalay and Yangon in Myanmar. If you did...