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DRDO Starts Work on ‘Next-Gen’ Hypersonic Weapon

Existing intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) re-entry vehicles also travel at those superfast speeds, but the hypersonic glide vehicles now in development are far more manoeuvrable, making their tracking and interception nearly impossible. Hypersonic weapons are specifically designed for increased survivability against modern ballistic missile defence systems. These missiles are capable of delivering conventional or nuclear payloads at speeds not imagined hitertoo over long ranges.

India, Russia Poised to Take Ties to New Heights

Speaking at the “Indian Defence & Airspace Summit”, Deputy Chief Mission of Russian Embassy Roman Babushkin said advanced level of Russian-Indian military and technical cooperation historically constitute one of the pillars of the strategic partnership between the two countries.

First Yasin Malik, Now Javed Mir: Our Martyred IAF Heroes Are Getting Justice at Last

The agencies have also named Yasin Malik as one of the accused in this case. Mallik is currently lodged at the Tihar jail. It may be recalled that recently the IAF has approved the name of Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna who was killed by Malik in 1990 to be on the War Memorial. For Yasin, Malik life has come a full circle. One of the most notorious separatists/terrorist, he got away scot-free with a number of crimes over the years.

Bengaluru Startup, HAL Team-Up for Drone Battle

The technology might sound like the stuff of science fiction, except that it is just around the corner, according to Group Captain Harsh Vardan Thakur of HAL’s Flight Operations Unit. He was speaking about the project at a conference organised by the Synergia Foundation in Bengaluru on Saturday. The programme, being run at HAL’s flight testing facilities in Bengaluru and in New Delhi, aspires to develop three distinct classes of drones.

Man who Built Sixseater Plane Gets DGCA Nod to Fly

Yadav, who dreams of starting an indigenous aircraft manufacturing centre in India, has floated Thrust Aircraft Company and named his TAC003 prototype aircraft after Narendra Modi and Devendra Fadnavis–
VT NMD. He has to take the flight test in the presence of flight test experts (FTE).

Dassault to Collaborate on Aeronautics with Pune college

The long-term partnership comprises the launch of the first ”Network of Excellence” and ”Aeronautical Integrated Design from Engineering to Maintenance”, according to a statement. This Network of Excellence would contribute to the development of training, research and entrepreneurship in the strategic civil and military aeronautical fields in India.