AWACS

19 Dec

India puts into orbit military satellite for IAF

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): Rounding off the year 2018, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched a military communication satellite GSAT-7A, primarily for the Indian Air Force, in a text-book style.At 4.10 p.m. the GSLV-F11 rocket ascended into the sky from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre with a long fiery orange flame at its tail. Slightly over 19 minutes into its flight, the Indian rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-F11 (GSLV-F11) rocket slung the satellite in a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO).The GSAT-7A will be pushed up further to its final geostationary orbit firing its onboard motors…

14 Feb

IAF gets AEW&C; India only fourth country to develop eye-in-sky technology

Bengaluru: An indigenous Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) christened 'Netra' was handed over to the IAF on Tuesday at the ongoing 'Aero India 2017' here, ushering India into an elite club of nations that have developed such technology on their own. The United States, Russia and Israel are the other countries which have developed the technology for the system. The indigenous system mounted on an aircraft can track area within 240 degrees of its sides at any given point of time. The handover of the system -- mounted on a Brazilian Embraer-145 jet -- by the Defence Research and Development…