Hyderabad: Skyroot Aerospace, a space-tech company, has successfully test-fired the Stage-2 of Vikram-1 space launch vehicle, called Kalam-250, at the propulsion testbed of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), at its Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.The city-based firm in a press release on Thursday said Vikram-1 launch is slated to be a landmark event

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The hugely anticipated first flight of an improved version of India’s TEJAS
fighter took place today in Bangalore. The 18-minute flight of the first TEJAS
MK-1A airframe ‘LA5033’ was flown by HAL chief test pilot Group Captain K
K Venugopal and comes after two days of taxi tests at HAL’s airfield in the
southern Indian city.

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Astra Microwave Products Bags the microwave wireless technologies provider announced that BEL has awarded it orders worth ₹385.6 crore for the supply of Medium Power Radar (MPR) sub-systems.The domestic order is slated to be executed within 36 months, the company said in an exchange filing on Thursday.Astra Microwave Products designs and manufactures high-value-added radio frequency and microwave

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has signed a contract worth ₹1,173.42 crores with Cochin Shipyard limited to supply Gas Turbines, GT Auxiliaries, Spares, and Tools for Indian Navy Next Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV) project.Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is a renowned Indian aerospace and defence corporation based in Bangalore. It has a rich history, founded on December 23, 1940, making it

India seeks to explore a cobalt-rich region in the Indian Ocean known as the Afanasy Nikitin SeamountEarlier this month, India applied to the International Seabed Authority (ISBA), Jamaica, for rights to explore two vast tracts in the Indian Ocean seabed that aren’t part of its jurisdiction. The application to explore one of these regions, a cobalt-rich crust long known as the Afanasy Nikitin

Reforms and incentives are attracting international investors looking to diversify away from China amid its intensifying rivalry with the US. But India still has a way to go – on trade ties, education and infrastructure, among others – if it wants to catch up to its giant northern neighbourWarm weather’s early onset isn’t sapping the spirits of officials in Tamil Nadu this year. Instead, the mood