Bangalore: India on Friday joined an elite club of countries by test flying the naval variant of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in this tech hub under a partially cloudy sky. "With the successful maiden flight of the LCA's naval variant, India joins an elite club of countries capable of designing, developing, manufacturing and testing the fourth generation carrier borne fly-by-wire ski take off but arrested recovery (Stobar) aircraft," said...
01:56 AM, Apr 28, 2012
New Delhi: After the successful launch of Agni-V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), India is all set to develop reusable rockets which will combine the technologies of both ballistic and cruise missiles. As part of plans to develop reusable ballistic missiles, Defence Research and Development Organisation will test indigenously developed scram jet engine next year, DRDO Chief VK Saraswat said in an interview to Doordarshan. "We have propulsion technology, we have...
05:47 PM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: With Opposition alleging "policy paralysis" in the government after Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu's controversial remarks on economic reforms, the Congress on Saturday tried to stave off the attack by citing the successful launch of Agni-V. "The missile test clearly indicates that this is a government, which is not diffident about taking decisions. A government afflicted with policy paralysis will not go ahead and take significant geo strategic decisions,"...
08:41 PM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: India's 'Agni Putri', Tessy Thomas, the woman behind the successful test firing of the country's first inter continental ballistic missile Agni-V, says she doesn't mind the nickname given to her, as far as it is with affection. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Thomas said that when she started her career as a scientist at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), she had only four female colleagues. She adds...
08:25 AM, Apr 21, 2012
Tessy Thomas leads a team of 400 scientists at the DRDO where she has been working for past 20 years. ...
10:27 PM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: Buoyed by the success of its long-range Agni-V ballistic missile test, India on Friday said it will not "cap" its three-decade-old programme and continue to develop more missiles in the series with modern, latest technologies. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Director General Dr VK Saraswat told a press conference in New Delhi a day after the successful testing of the 5,000-km-range missile that can hit targets deep...
08:58 PM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: Agni-V, India's newest strategic missile, on Thursday took its first successful flight and India joined a select club of nations with such technology. Agni-V's five thousand kilometer range puts all of Asia within reach plus much of the Indian Ocean, parts of Africa and Europe. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, "The successful launch of Agni-V missile is a tribute to the sophistication and the commitment to national causes...
07:19 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Beijing/New Delhi: Reacting cautiously to India's test of Agni-V missile, China on Thursday said the two countries are not rivals and enjoy "sound" relations though the sources in the Chinese establishment feel that the launch can give rise to another round of arms race in the region. "China has taken note of reports on India's missile launch. The two countries have sound relationship. "During the (recently held) BRICS meeting (in...
03:03 PM, Apr 19, 2012
India on Thursday successfully test-fired the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Agni-V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). ...
01:26 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Hyderabad: It's been a challenging job for the scientist who is responsible for making the launch of Agni-V successful. Tessy Thomas may be a homemaker to her family but is known as 'Agniputri' to the world for her achievement in the field of missile technology. It all started in Alleppey, Kerala. After a B.Tech from Thrissur Engineering College, her fascination for radar and missile systems led her to join the...
12:50 PM, Apr 19, 2012
India successfully test-fired the surface-to-surface Agni-V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of covering entire China and reaching deep into Europe. Here's a video with a 3D model of the DRDO missile showing how it works. ...
11:21 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated the scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the successful test-fire of the Agni-V missile on Thursday. "I congratulate all the scientific and technical personnel of the DRDO and other organisations who have worked tirelessly in our endeavour to strengthen the defence and security of our country. Today's successful Agni-V test launch represents another milestone in our quest to add...
10:16 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Thursday described the maiden test flight of Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-5 as an "immaculate success" and a "major milestone". "The nation stands tall today. We have joined the elite club of nations (to possess the ICBM capability)," Antony told the DRDO Chief Dr V K Saraswat on phone after the test flight of the missile was declared successful on Thursday. "The...
10:14 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Dr VK Saraswat expressed pride over the successful test-fire of India's Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V on Thursday. He said, "India has joined the elite group of nations. Who has these kind of capabilities? This is a proud moment for India. We are today a missile power. It is a major milestone." Saraswat also said that DRDO will conduct two more ...
09:52 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief Dr VK Saraswat expressed pride over the successful test-fire of India's Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Agni-V on Thursday. He said, "India has joined the elite group of nations. Who has these kind of capabilities? This is a proud moment for India. We are today a missile power. It is a major milestone." Saraswat also said that DRDO will conduct two more...
09:52 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Missile expert PK Ghose on Thursday termed the successful launch of Agni-V as a game changer in many ways for India, saying the biggest significance is that it covers entire China. "This missile is capable of MIRV (multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle). An MIRV payload on a missile carries several nuclear warheads, which can be programmed to hit different targets," he said. Talking in details, Ghose said that ...
09:30 AM, Apr 19, 2012
New Delhi: Missile expert PK Ghose on Thursday termed the successful launch of Agni-V as a game changer in many ways for India, saying the biggest significance is that it covers entire China. "This missile is capable of MIRV (multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle). An MIRV payload on a missile carries several nuclear warheads, which can be programmed to hit different targets," he said. Talking in details, Ghose said that...
09:30 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Balasore: India will on Wednesday test-fire the 5000-km range surface-to-surface Agni-V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) capable of covering entire China and reaching deep into Europe. Agni-V will help India gatecrash into a small and exclusive club of nations with intercontinental ballistic missile capability. Agni-V is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and will be crucial for India's defence against China. The missile can carry a pay-load of 1 tonne, is 17...
11:49 AM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: With India set to induct the Russian 'Nerpa' nuclear submarine next week, DRDO Chief VK Saraswat on Saturday said the INS Arihant-- the indigenous nuclear under-water vessel, would be launched for operations in the near future. "INS Arihant is in advanced stages. It will be ready for operations in next few months... It (the nuclear reactor) is not critical yet," DRDO Chief VK Sarswat told a press conference....
03:40 AM, Apr 01, 2012
DRDO chief VK Saraswat on Saturday defended the use of Tatra trucks saying the trucks had rather performed well. ...
03:54 PM, Mar 31, 2012
