Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Indian Listening Station In Oman Monitoring Pakistan's Naval Communications [RUMINT]
As claimed by the France-based, privately-operated, global intelligence gathering organisation, Indigo Publications, in its 'Intelligence Online' publication.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
IIT-Delhi Professors Propose 1500 Per Cent Increase In Speed Of Submarine Communication
Very Low Frequency [VLF]-based communication forms the current backbone for data transfer to Indian Navy's Submarine fleet from land.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Exercise Iron Fist 2013 [Photographs]
Pictures from the Indian Air Force's [IAF] recently concluded day-night demonstration exercise 'Iron Fist 2013'.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
IIPM - Lightning Rod For Angst Against "The System"
Sure, a free-floating IIPM, from all accounts, is mediocrity personified. But, is it any worse than numerous other institutions that have state recognition?
Thursday, February 21, 2013
168 Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Presently Flying In The Indian Air Force [IAF]
A rough estimate, based on open-source information.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Automated Take-Off From Aircraft Carriers For India's Naval Light Combat Aircraft [LCA-Navy]
Trials to evaluate an 'Automatic Ramp Take-Off' system would be carried out shortly at the Shore-Based Test Facility [SBTF], making it, perhaps, the first ski-jump aircraft in the world with this feature.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
HAL Executes Export Order For Chetak Helicopters To Suriname - Hands Over 2 Of The 3 Contracted
The handover took place on the 7th of February 2013, during the Aero India 2013 Air show.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Access Google's Cache Of Any Web Page With A Simple Click
While "Interwebbing" each day, I often check up on the cached version of a given page, as last indexed by Google's spiders.
India To Induct The Twin-Seat T-50 PAK-FA Fighter Variant After All, It Appears
Director of the JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau, Mikhail Pogosyan's statement to reporters, while attending the Aero India 2013 air show, seemed to imply this.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
GATE 2013 Question Paper [Mechanical Engineering]
This year's Mechanical Engineering GATE question paper we got.
Aggressor Squadron - Playing Enemy For Your Pals
Think like the enemy. Act like the enemy. Defeat the enemy.
Saturday, February 09, 2013
BrahMos Cruise Missile Not Bound By MTCR, Range Can Be Extended Beyond 300 kilometres
Clarified the 'Father of BrahMos' Missile, Dr. Sivathanu Pillai.
Friday, February 08, 2013
Transfer Of Some Critical Technology Being Negotiated For As Part Of India's MMRCA Contract [Illustration]
The upwards of $10 billion USD deal with France for the acquisition of the Rafale fighter aircraft would involve local assembly, manufacturing offsets & Transfer of Technology [ToT].
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Kaveri Engine And The LCA Tejas Programmes - PUNK'D By The Indian Media
Had written this post, little earlier, when this issue was in the news. Never got to posting it then. Just didn't feel like. Doing so now, despite the phase having passed by.