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![]() New Delhi (IANS) Sep 12, 2012 In the early 1990s, S. Nambi Narayanan was working to develop cryogenic technology when things went for a toss and he was arrested on false espionage charges, which according to him was an "international conspiracy" to delay the project. "The aim was to demoralise ISRO and to delay the process (of making cryogenic engine) we were in at that time for at least two years, as this was worth billions of dollars in the commercial market," Narayanan said here. He was heading the cryogenic division in 199 ... read more |
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![]() Roscosmos Space Agency Recalls Briz-M Upper Stage Batch The Russian space agency Roscosmos will recall the entire batch of Briz-M upper stages, one of which caused the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket to fail in August, the agency's chief Vladimir Pop ... more | .. |
![]() NASA's 'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Prototype Lander Aces Major Exam Completing this round of flight test objectives, the "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, flew to an altitude of 100 feet and descended gently to a controlled landing during a successful ... more | .. |
![]() ATK and United Launch Alliance Test GEM-60 Motor ATK and United Launch Alliance (ULA) conducted a successful cold-temperature ground test of a Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM-60) solid rocket motor used to boost ULA's Delta IV launch vehicles. The ... more | .. | ||
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![]() New Insurance Underwriting Agency for Space Risks Assure Space, a new space insurance agency for satellite risks, is excited to partner with Auster Capital Partners ("ACP") and Space Florida for the provision of launch and in-orbit insurance to sat ... more | .. |
![]() SES and Red Bee Media introduce industry leading remote recording service SES and Red Bee Media have unveiled an industry leading remote recording service for satellite reception devices. SatRecord is a new satellite-based TV remote recording service which will provide co ... more | .. |
![]() S. Korea to make third rocket launch bid in October South Korea will make its third attempt next month to put a satellite in space, the science ministry said Tuesday, as it bids to join an exclusive club of Asian nations with space-launch capability. ... more | .. |
![]() Russia Denies 'Systemic Crisis' in Space Industry Russia's space industry is not in crisis despite some local problems, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday. "There is no systemic crisis in the Russian space industry; we have problem ... more |
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![]() Arianespace concurrently manages six missions with Ariane 5 and Soyuz Arianespace is managing concurrent activities for six different upcoming missions, underscoring the company's capability to accommodate a diverse range of payloads for customers worldwide, and marki ... more | .. |
![]() Gilat Receives First Ka-Band VSAT Order Part Of SES Broadband Consumer Rollout Gilat Satellite Networks has received an order from one of Europe's largest satellite broadband ISPs in support of SES Broadband Services' (SBBS) Ka-band consumer service rollout. The initial order ... more | .. |
![]() KVH Debuts TracPhone V11 for mini-VSAT Broadband Global C-Ku-band Service KVH Industries has made fast, affordable, truly global broadband service at sea a reality thanks to the global C-band coverage added to the groundbreaking mini-VSAT Broadband network and the introdu ... more | .. |
![]() Airborne observatory and electronic noses - DLR presents new space developments at ILA From the magnificent Vinci upper stage engine to the small but important MOSFET circuit board for the flight to asteroid 1993 JU3 - the German Aerospace Center will be showcasing new developments in ... more |
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![]() US vulnerable to long-range missile attack: report The United States could be vulnerable to attack from long-range ballistic missiles unless the government overhauls the country's "fragile" missile defense system, experts said Tuesday in a report. ... more | .. |
![]() Northrop Grumman to Supply Navigation System for Embraer's New KC-390 Military Aircraft Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to supply the hybrid global positioning system (GPS) and inertial reference system for the Embraer Defense and Security KC-390 medium-lift military trans ... more | .. |
![]() USAF Chooses Northrop Grumman to Demonstrate Next-Gen Air Defense Radar System The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to demonstrate technologies for its Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) program. Designed to replace the curren ... more | .. |
![]() Northrop Grumman to Supply Inertial Navigation System for Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3 Northrop Grumman has been selected by the Eurofighter Consortium and prime contractor Alenia Aermacchi to provide inertial and satellite navigation systems for Tranche 3 of the Eurofighter Typhoon m ... more |
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![]() Boeing, US Navy Complete First Test of AMC for Super Hornet, Growler Boeing and the U.S. Navy on Sept. 6 successfully flight tested a new mission computer that will expand the performance of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler. The new Type 4 Advanced ... more | .. |
![]() Brazil poised to use more Black Hawks Brazil's increased defense and security needs have prompted the country's armed forces to consider deploying more of the U.S. Black Hawk helicopters on humanitarian and military missions in the Amazon and beyond. ... more | .. |
![]() Mass protest in Japan against US hybrid aircraft Tens of thousands of people rallied on Japan's southern island of Okinawa Sunday against the deployment of US Osprey military aircraft after a series of accidents elsewhere involving the planes. ... more | .. |
![]() Turkey looks to Lockheed's F-35 models Turkey has expressed interest in Lockheed Martin's three F-35 fifth-generation Joint Strike Fighter variants. ... more |
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![]() USAF Awards Lockheed Martin Sniper ATP Sustainment Contract Lockheed Martin has received a $152 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) sustainment support over a five-year period, beginning in September 2012. T ... more | .. |
![]() Haunting 'Land of Hope' part shot on location in Fukushima Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono pulled audiences this week into a family's suffering in the wake of a nuclear meltdown, showing haunting real scenes of Fukushima in his fictional drama "The Land of Hope." ... more | .. |
![]() Towards computing with water droplets - superhydrophobic droplet logic Researchers in Aalto University have developed a new concept for computing, using water droplets as bits of digital information. This was enabled by the discovery that upon collision with each other ... more | .. |
![]() Rust Never Sleeps Rust - iron oxide - is a poor conductor of electricity, which is why an electronic device with a rusted battery usually won't work. Despite this poor conductivity, an electron transferred to a parti ... more |
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![]() Northwestern Researchers Set World Record for Highest Surface Area Material Northwestern University researchers have broken a world record by creating two new synthetic materials with the greatest amount of surface areas reported to date. Named NU-109 and NU-110, the materi ... more | .. |
![]() Clearer look at how iron reacts in the environment Using ultrafast X-rays, scientists for the first time have watched how quickly electrons hop their way through rust nanoparticles. This gives key insight to how iron oxide, one of the most abundant ... more | .. |
![]() Outside View: Trade deficit rises The U.S. Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the U.S. deficit on international trade in goods and services was $42.0 billion in July, up slightly from $41.9 billion in June. ... more | .. |
![]() SciTechTalk: Tablet wars heat up When Amazon.com unveiled its new family of more powerful tablet computers last week, they painted a large bulls-eye on Apple, its all-powerful iPad and its nearly 60 percent hold on the tablet computer market. ... more |
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![]() Walker's World: Can Draghi's plan succeed? Despite the market euphoria and the tumbling of debt yields in Spain and Italy, there are three reasons to fear that the euro crisis is far from over. ... more | .. |
![]() China's Wen vows to boost growth, defends legacy Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hinted Tuesday at new stimulus measures to boost flagging growth, while vigorously defending his decade in charge of the world's second-largest economy as Beijing approaches a sensitive leadership transition. ... more | .. |
![]() Kodak to cut more jobs in bankruptcy plan US photography pioneer Eastman Kodak said Monday it would cut 1,000 more jobs by the end of this year as it restructures in an effort to emerge from bankruptcy protection. ... more | .. |
![]() Global IT spending set to grow 6 pct in 2012: survey Worldwide spending on information technology is expected to grow six percent this year in constant currency, a slight dip from 2011, a research firm said Monday. ... more |
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