Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities
The proposed SEZ unit is to come up at the Aspen Infrastructures Ltd SEZ, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and will focus on assembly, integration, and functional testing of missile sub-systems and missile weapon systems.
“We are one of the rare companies building expertise in both solid and cryogenic propulsion,” Chandana, CEO of Skyroot Aerospace told ET. “Solid propulsion is the cheapest option for small launchers and cryogenic propulsion is complex, but provides the best efficiency and is highly scalable for larger vehicles.”
The Central Railway may soon adopt a modern technology called light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology in order to detect track fractures and faults at the click of a button.
Alstom will equip Mumbai Metro lines and Pune Metro lines with the communications-based train control (CBTC) technology.
“The India-Sweden Collaborative Industrial Research and Development Programme will see Swedish and Indian innovators work together and develop solutions that benefit both sides,” Klas Molin, Ambassador of Sweden to India, said.
SAIL, which is in its 60th year of production, has been meeting the requirement of special quality steel for the country’s defence forces.
Union Urban and Housing Affairs Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra, who is also the Chairman of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, accompanied by Ajay Seth, Managing Director of BMRCL, held extensive talks in this connection with top RWF officials on Friday.The RWF presently supplies wheels and axles for all coaches manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, which supplies the entire Indian Railways.
Even as India is consumed by its upcoming elections, the world’s biggest, the country is nearing another milestone: It’s set to overtake the UK to become the world’s fifth-largest economy. By 2030, its GDP could top $10 trillion.
“The number of Accidents Per Million Train Kilometres came down from a high figure of 2.20 in 1981-82 to an all-time low figure of 0.06 in 2018-19. This shows that the Indian Railways is poised towards zero-accident mode,” a senior official said.
“What we’re talking about is a complete ecosystem of capability – it’s building up supply chain, it’s building up engineering capacity, technical mechanical capacity. It is bringing the build, not the kit, to India,” Marc Allen, president of Boeing International and a member of the Boeing Executive Council, told PTI.
