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Fresh ALH Procurement Approval Opens New Production Opportunity for HAL

The Indian Army uses the Dhruv for a wide range of missions including troop transport, casualty evacuation, reconnaissance, logistics support, search and rescue and operations in high-altitude areas. The helicopter has been extensively employed in demanding regions such as Ladakh and the Siachen sector, where rotary-wing aircraft are essential for moving personnel and supplies.

NASA Invites ISRO Into Moon Base Programme as US Opens Door Wider to Indian Space Startups

Gor’s remarks at the Bengaluru Space Expo therefore represented a strong public reaffirmation of a proposal that had already entered formal bilateral discussions. The development could eventually bring India into a much wider lunar architecture than individual scientific missions, potentially involving technologies and infrastructure required for long-duration human operations on the lunar surface.

ISRO Successfully Completes Final EOS-05 Orbit-Raising Manoeuvre

The final manoeuvre was completed at 8:57 pm on September 7, 2026. According to ISRO, the satellite’s Liquid Apogee Motor, or LAM, fired for 1,247 seconds, raising the spacecraft’s perigee and placing EOS-05 in an estimated orbit of 34,903 km × 35,884 km. ISRO confirmed after the operation that the satellite’s health remained normal.