Pilotless target aircraft Lakshya-II successfully tested
January 27th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) India's indigenous Lakshya-II pilotless target aircraft has been tested successfully off a test range in Balasore, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has said.Flying ... Read more...
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Indigenous Rustom UAV completes successful fifth flight
November 11th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) India's indigenously designed and developed Rustom-I unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Friday completed its fifth successful flight, an official said here.Rustom, a medium altitude long endurance ... Read more...
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Nishant UAV successfully tested by army ahead of induction
February 3rd, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) India's indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Nishant has successfully completed its series of confirmatory trials carried out by the army at the Chandan ranges in Pokhran, Rajasthan, ... Read more...
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DRDO’s UAV ‘Nishant’ completes confirmatory flight trials
February 3rd, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 3 (ANI): Nishant, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has successfully completed the series of confirmatory trials conducted by the Indian Army at Chandan Range Pokharan recently.The Army conducted ... Read more...
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India test-flies Nishant drone with new technology
October 29th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 29 (IANS) India has successfully test flown its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Nishant with new technology for monitoring its structural health in flight, a defence official said Friday."The trials were ... Read more...
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Unmanned aircraft flown by DRDO at Kolar
October 29th, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): The Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a premier DRDO laboratory, conducted Nishant trials (N15-32) at Kolar airfield on Thursday in which a new technology called the structural health ... Read more...
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DRDO test flies Rustom unmanned aircraft
October 16th, 2010 - 11:00 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.16 (ANI): "RUSTOM", the medium altitude long endurance Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) being developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment, a premier Defence Research and Development Organisation lab specializing in UAVs and ... Read more...
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IAF’s pilot selection process gets high-tech and ‘accurate’
August 5th, 2010 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) will in another three years put in place a new system to select fighter pilots for its cutting edge and high performance ... Read more...
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DRDO develops new computerized system for selection of better pilots for Air Force
August 5th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 5 (ANI): Defence Research and Development Organisation has developed a state-of-the-art Computerised Pilot Selection System (CPSS) for selection of better pilots for the Air Force.The Aeronautical Development Establishment, ... Read more...
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India to develop unmanned combat aerial vehicle
November 25th, 2009 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 25 (IANS) India will soon embark on developing an indigenous unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) for surveillance, detection and destroying specific targets, a top defence official said Wednesday.
"We will soon ... Read more...
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UAV design competition by defence research
June 10th, 2009 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Kolar (Karnataka) June 10 (ANI): Engineering students from across the country participated in a design competition for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), organised by the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) here on ... Read more...
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Maiden flight of indigenous UAV
April 5th, 2009 - 10:08 pm ICT by ANI
Kolar (Karnataka), April 5 (ANI): With the successful flight of Nishant, the indigenous unmanned air vehicle (UAV), a new chapter has been added in the annals of Indian Aviation.It was witnessed ... Read more...
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UAV ”NISHANT” to be handed over to Indian Army soon
February 12th, 2009 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 12 (ANI): The country''s premier agency in the aviation sector, Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) will hand over NISHANT, it''s first indigenously made Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to Indian ... Read more...
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India successfully tests indigenous drone
September 25th, 2008 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Balasore (Orissa), Sept 25 (IANS) India Thursday successfully tested an improved version of the indigenously developed pilotless target aircraft (PTA) Lakshya from a defence base in Orissa, an official said.The six-foot long ... Read more...
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Indigenous drone successfully test flown
June 20th, 2008 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) A state-of-the-art indigenous drone that will quantitatively boost the Indian Army's capabilities in border states like Jammu and Kashmir was successfully test flown Friday, the defence ministry ... Read more...
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Successful flight tests of Nishant UAV
June 20th, 2008 - 7:31 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore , June 20 (ANI): Nishant, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Army has been successfully flight tested near Kolar today.The ... Read more...
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Indian-American jailed for supplying controlled technology to India
June 17th, 2008 - 11:02 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 17 (IANS) An Indian-American businessman has been sentenced to 35 months in jail on charges of illegally exporting electronic parts to Indian defence entities involved in development of ... Read more...
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India denies involvement in US missile technology export case
March 15th, 2008 - 10:11 am ICT by admin
By Arun Kumar
Washington, March 15 (IANS) India has rejected allegations made in a US court that an official from its embassy in Washington had joined in a conspiracy with an Indian American ... Read more...
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Indian American admits to selling dual use items to India
March 14th, 2008 - 10:33 am ICT by admin
By Arun Kumar
Washington, March 14 (IANS) The owner of an electronics firm has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to illegally export sensitive items to India for possible use in ballistic missiles, ... Read more...
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