CIAL Set to be First Solar-powered Airport in World
KOCHI: Scripting a new chapter in tapping the renewable energy sources and treading a new path in the green drive, the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) is all set to become the first solar-powered airport in the world by...
What is it's LEO and GTO payload capacity? Wiki says it's 1,080 for SSO - Any specific reason behind it's development since China already has more capable launch vehicles than that?
Reason being India never followed up the HAL HF-24 Marut fighter jet programme - Nehru brought a leading combat...
I think it's already operational - Asia's largest MRO facility -
Air India Opens Asia's Largest Aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Facility at Nagpur
TASL manufactures -
(01) C-130's Center Wing Box (CWB holds holds the wings in place and keep them cantilevered) and complex assemblies for critical control-surfaces.
Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures delivers first C-130 Center Wing Box - timesofindia-economictimes
(02) Pilatus PC-12...
Hyderabad tech puts aerospace, defence manufacturing in new orbit
Hyderabad's strong base of over 1,000 SMEs coupled with IT firms catering to the aerospace segment have proved to be a major draw for global aerospace giants.
HYDERABAD: Not many would be aware that the cabin of the Sikorsky...
After the share of the defence budget is divided between - IA, IAF, IN, DRDO, OFB and ICG - their respective budgets are divided into two categories namely -
(1) Capital Budget - Money spent on defence acquisition that is purchasing weapons and defence modernization.
(2) Revenue Budget - Money...
Nothing official - has only been referenced in interviews, annual reports and at times PPT presentations - More like a combination of existing launch vehicle stages - ULV is basically a common core and upper stage, with four different boosters. The core stage is SCE-200 and all four version of...
UNIFIED LAUNCH VEHICLE (ULV): THE FUTURE SATELLITE LAUNCH VEHICLE OF INDIA: A REAL BEAST IS TAKING SHAPE
While having the highly reliable PSLV operational for many years, and the GSLV Mk-II with the indigenous cryogenic engine (CE-7.5) and CUS (C-15) roaring away into the sky amidst glory, and...
Prithvi-I which is in active service since 1988 will be replaced by Prahar tactical quick reaction ballistic missiles. The tactical versions of the Prithvi missiles would be withdrawn from service and will be upgraded to be used for longer ranges.
Interestingly Prahar will be part of IA's...
Alloy Steels Plant, Durgapur, the special steels manufacturing unit Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has, for the first time, supplied special forgings to Field Gun Factory, Kanpur. These will be utilised for application in Pinaka Rockets, ASP Durgapur said in a statement.
ASP supplies...
Yamaha’s third India plant to start production next month with an initial capacity of 4,50,000 two-wheelers.; to employ 1800 people #MakeinIndia
Yamaha’s third India plant to start production next month; to employ 1800 people | ET Auto
Permanent UNSC membership is a long shot - The G4 specifically Germany and Japan are in a better placed position as of today to demand for a permanent membership in the UNSC. India needs to go step by step - India has applied for the MTCR membership and is expected to be granted one by year end...
Why MTCR? US itself uses the more powerful Russian RD-180 and RD-181 rocket engines on its Atlas and Antares rocket launchers - Russians aim to sell the same to China as well -
AF asks Congress to let it use more Russian-made rocket engines
Amid RD-180 Debate, Russia Aims To Sell Engines to...
Meanwhile Iran has assured India over licensing issue to develop it's Farzad-B oil field discovered by ONGC Videsh.
India allowed to develop Farzad-B gas project
In a major win for India, the Hassan Rouhani-led Iranian government has agreed to allow public sector firms ONGC Videsh, Oil India...
Godrej Aerospace will be the production agency for SCE-2000 as well.
Godrej Aerospace to make semi-cryogenic engines | Business Line
Aren't I-4K and I-5K enough? GSAT-11 scheduled to be launched in 2016-17 will be ISRO's first satellite based on I-4K bus - I-5K should follow. I-6K seems to be...
PSLV doesn't feature L-110 - SCE-200 will be replacing L-110 in LVM3 more popularly known as the GSLV Mark III.
SCE-2000 will enhance LVM3's LEO capacity from 8 tonne class to 12 tonne class and GTO capacity from 4 tonne class to 6 tonne class.
>> Though agricultural sector forms only 17% of the Indian GDP but 49% of India's labor force (#2 after China) happens to be employed in it - that is about 240 million people employed in agriculture - and that's the reason the figure sounds too big.
>> Causes of Farmer Suicide include -...
Injector design experimental study for Oxidizer Rich Staged Combustion cycle
Here is how this version of LVM3 would look like. All specifications are based on available valid data.
>> A cryogenic engine is a rocket engine that uses cryogenic liquids (fuels such as liquid oxygen or liquid hydrogen that require storage at extremely low temperatures in order to maintain them in a liquid state) as a fuel or oxidizer.
>> ISRO has already developed and successfully tested two...