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04 Jan

India to use US rocket to launch GSAT-20, as ISRO’s heavy lift rocket is work in progress

Chennai, Jan 3, With the development of a rocket that can lift above four ton still a work in progress for Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India will be using a US rocket for the launch of communication satellite GSAT-20 (renamed as GSAT-N2). According to NewSpace India Ltd, the 4,700kg GSAT-20 built by ISRO will be orbited by Falcon-9 rocket belonging to Elon Musk’s SpaceX sometime during the second quarter of 2024. Presently ISRO has the LVM3 rocket with a maximum carrying capacity to four ton and GSAT-20 is heavier by 700 kg. The satellite is to offer cost-effective Ka-Ka…

16 Dec

MoD signs MoU with BEL for ammunition procurement

New Delhi, Dec 15, Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday signed a MoU with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for ammunition procurement under ‘Manufacture of Ammunition for Indian Army by Indian Industry’, a government initiative for long term requirement of 10 years. The MoD said that the procurement will be for the Electronic Fuzes for army at a total cost of Rs 5,336 crore. It said that the Electronic Fuzes are an integral component of medium to heavy calibre artillery guns which provides sustained artillery firepower for military operations. “The Fuzes will be procured for usage in artillery guns which are…

11 Feb

DRDO is making an Aatmanirbhar R&D system: Dr. Kamat

With an endeavour to integrate various stakeholders of defence R&D ecosystem in the country, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has planned an enriching experience of indigenous defence technologies and systems during the 14th Aero India, which will be held in Bengaluru between February 13-17, 2023. The DRDO will display a wide range of indigenously-developed products and technologies. It will provide numerous exhibits, flight displays and seminars, besides displaying its flagship products at the India Pavilion. This will include display of products on Aeronautical Systems, Missiles, Armaments, Electronics, Micro Electronic Devices and Computational Systems, Soldier Support Technologies, Life-sciences, Naval &…

09 Feb

CSR: BEL installs Apheresis machine at Govt MMG Hospital, Ghaziabad

Bengaluru/Ghaziabad, December 21, 2022: The Ghaziabad Unit of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has donated an Apheresis machine to the blood bank of MMG District Hospital, Ghaziabad, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. General V K Singh, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highway, inaugurated the machine installed at the hospital on December 20, 2022. Mr Vikramaditya Singh Malik, Chief Development Officer, Dr Bhavtosh Shankhdhar, Chief Medical Officer, Ghaziabad, Dr Manoj Chaturvedi, CMS MMG Hospital, Mr Giriraja N, General Manager (DCCS/BEL-Ghaziabad), Mr Chetan Auti Patil, Sr DGM (HR)/BEL-Ghaziabad, Ms Aparna Tiwari, Sr DGM (CSR)/BEL-Ghaziabad,…

19 Dec

PM awards HAL for national apprenticeship programme

Kanpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday awarded HAL with a cheque of over Rs 82 lakh for providing training to apprentices under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS), an official said. Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) T. Suvarna Raju received the cheque of Rs 82,19,368 on behalf of his company for playing a constructive role under the NAPS at the 'Kaushal Mahotsava' programme organised by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, was also present on the occasion. "As per the scheme, 25 per…

10 Nov

M. V. Gowtama takes charge as CMD, BEL

BENGALURU: M V Gowtama has taken charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of Navratna defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on November 8, 2016. He joined BEL at its Ghaziabad Unit in January 1983 as a Probationary Engineer. He was initially posted to the D&E-Radar Division where he contributed to the development of the Receiver sub-system of Cyclone Warning Radar. In about three-and-a-half years, his team was able to design, develop, manufacture, deliver and commission the first Cyclone Warning Radar at Paradip in Orissa. The Cyclone Warning Radar development team won the R&D Award. Gowtama was transferred to the Hyderabad Unit…

14 Oct

HAL to sign deal with Rostec Corporation to manufacture Kamov Military Choppers

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is set to sign a deal with Russian Helicopters and Rostec Corporation on October 15 to manufacture Russian Kamov military helicopters. The deal will be signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India from October 14 to 17 to attend the 17th edition of the Indo-Russian summit and the Eighth BRICS summit. As many as 30 collaboration proposals - including additional nuclear reactors and fifth generation fighter aircraft, satellite navigation, investment in the hydrocarbon sector - are in the pipeline, which could be taken up at the summit in Goa on Saturday. Russia and India…

19 Sep

BEL begins work on advanced night vision products factory in Andhra

Vijayawada: Union Minister for Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday laid the foundation stone for a state-of-the-art factory of defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited in Andhra Pradesh s Krishna district to cater to the country s futuristic requirements for night vision products. BEL, a Navratna defence public sector undertaking, is setting up the plant at Nimmaluru village, near Machilipatnam, about 70 km from here, on 50 acres of land with an investment of Rs 300 crore. The new facility is coming up about 16 km from an existing unit of BEL at Machilipatnam. It will be built in stages and…

12 Jul

HAL to service copter engines with Safran

Bengaluru: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) said on Tuesday it will set up a support centre jointly with French aerospace major Safran to service aero-engines of military and civil helicopters worldwide. "An agreement to form a joint venture for the support centre was signed with Safran Helicopter Engines at the Farnborough international airshow at Hampshire in Britain on Monday," HAL said in a statement here. The agreement was signed by D.K. Venkatesh, Director of HAL, and Bruno Even, Chief Executive of Turbomeca, a Safran subsidiary. Present on the occasion were HAL Chairman T. Suvarna Raju and Safran Chief Executive Philippe Petitcolin. "The…