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Thank you for the translation. Did some reading on Wiki about LAPAN. It is very interesting, especially the many observatories they have in Indonesia. Given the country's unique geography the data generated must be very different from ours. We don't have any space observatories on our islands...

Very interesting. A lot of the posters seem to have ISRO's rockets. Are there any better quality photos ? Could you translate them, please ?

Germany is problematic mate. Always has been. Let me tell you a little story. In late 2000s we handed the German company H&K a large deal for the MP5 and the MP5SSD to be used by the NSG. NSG is a domestic counter-terror unit made up of guys selected from police, army, paramilitary etc. The...

On the occasion of 100th birth anniversary of Dr. Satish Dhawan, an Indian mathematician & aerospace engineer widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India who later became the 3rd ISRO chief, Skyroot Aerospace has unveiled their semi-cryogenic rocket engine...

A pic from the late 2000s Dr. V. K. Saraswat, former DRDO chief inspects the CLGM in its very early years. Internals : The ATGM was primarily meant for the Arjun Tank but there was an infanty version of it too. The launcher was borrowed from the Russian Kornet ATGM's launcher : The CLGM's...

Here is the story so far : We were making a big drone with 2 Russian NPO-Saturn 36MT turboprop engines : But we didn't like the engines, so we thought lets make our own. And so we did : But it was a diesel engine, a turbocharged inline 4 diesel engine that also runs on ATF. It was pretty...

Speaking of UCAVs @#comcom Eye on China: A $3 billion US drone acquisition heads for MoD approval A case for the purchase of 30 MQ9-A Reaper drones will shortly be put up before the Defence Acquisition Council, headed by defence minister Rajnath Singh. Six drones will be delivered soon after...

UCAVs are a problem, no doubt. The soldiers on the ridges do have Igla MANPADs with them, forces below also have AAA guns with them. There was news of ground based AD & EW systems deployment. We have deployed microwave and lasers for anti-drone missions in the past. Not sure if they are deployed...

Probably moved in. But haven't been talked about. Also, there has been no mention of the K-9 tracked artillery units. However the movement of towed artillery like F-77B Bofors, BAE M777, OFB Dhanush etc, have been seen. Not sure of the status of ATAGS. Curiously, a few days back a C-17 unloaded...

Its not one but a bunch of papers actually. I've added some of them, the others wont upload. It says : " The uploaded file is too large ". What is the file size limit here ? The names of the two files that I couldn't upload are : 1. Numerical Studies on the Performance of Scramjet Combustor...

From an old study published in 2015 : DRDO conducted studies on scramjet combustor with alternating wedge shaped strut fuel injector. The tests were conducted at Mach 7 & at 3 different angles of attack ( α = −3°, α = 0°, α = 3° ). The results show that the geometry with negative angle of...

About 65% of the components we use in the space industry today is made out of non-traditional materials. Non-traditional as in not naturally occurring rather artificially made. Like say alloys, composites, polymers, carbon fibers etc. The fabrication method is just as important as the...

After the hypergolic liquid engine, they have tested solid rockets recently :

Photographic journey of the LUH from early prototype to a production ready machine. 3 prototypes were made for trials. All photos shown here are of the helo taking off from HAL's airport and flying over the city of Bangalore :

This is probably the last time we will see the Indian Navy's Grand Old Lady. This sucks, it feels like we are giving up on a part of our history. Many countries never even operated carriers and we are just scrapping them away. Nobody would do a thing for her, not the govt. nor the...

Corona has totally ruined one whole year of space missions for ISRO. We couldn't do a single mission this year. We might see ISRO's first rocket launch for 2020 in November with the upcoming PSLV mission. Even that is not guaranteed. ISRO was planning to do 36 missions in 2020-21. Well 2020 is...

An awesome article on the background of the HSTDV test flight : India's development of the hypersonic speed vehicle By T. S. Subramanian • 17/09/2020 at 3:29PM The successful launch of the HSTDV caps about 14 years of sustained efforts and perseverance of DRDO personnel, making India only...

Some videos from the trials of the HAL LUH :