INDO DAILY - News From The Indian Subcontinent

UAV NEWS LockMart and AeroVironment Eye Joint Opportunities in UAV Markets

AeroVironment and the Lockheed Martin have announced an agreement to jointly pursue opportunities in unmanned aircraft system (UAS) development. "At Lockheed Martin, we look forward to partnering with AeroVironment to potentially develop integrated solutions f... more

MARS Mars Mission: India's Tryst with the Red Planet

India's first ever Mars mission would begin its travel towards the Red planet on November 5 .2013. It would take around nine-months of time for this satellite to reach Mars orbit and start taking the observations. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25) ... more

SOLAR Schneider Electric India commissions 720 kWp solar plant at its manufacturing facility in Vadodara

The solar project, built on a rooftop area of 6,000 square meters, covers almost 45% of the total factory load and will produce over 1.05 million units of electricity per year which would help cut power costs by as much as 20-25% annually. Further, Schneider E... more

STELLAR CHEMISTRY GRAPES-3 experiment unveils unexpected twist in cosmic ray spectrum

Cosmic rays, discovered over a century ago, represent the universe's most energetic particles. These particles bombard Earth uniformly from all directions, penetrating our atmosphere and creating a cascade of secondary particles, including electrons, photons, ... more

SPACE INDUSTRY ISRO's LVM3 launches 36 OneWeb satellites in sixth consecutive flight

The vehicle took off at 09:00:20 local time from the second launch pad at SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota, with a total payload of 5,805 kg. It reached the required altitude in approximately nine minutes, achieved satellite injection conditions in the eighteenth minute... more

APPOINTMENTS A.S. Kiran Kumar, the new ISRO chief

Distinguished space scientist Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar Wednesday took over as Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman of the Space Commission and the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) here. Prior to his appointment to the top post, t... more

EARTH OBSERVATION Bangladesh's heavy rainfall examined with NASA's IMERG

Monsoon rainfall has been especially heavy over this area that includes southeastern Bangladesh, northeastern India and western Burma (Myanmar). This disaster follows quickly on the heels of deadly cyclone Mora which hit the same area a couple weeks ago. This ... more

SOLAR Daimler India Sets Up Solar Power Plant To Meet Purchase Obligation

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles has announced that it has set up a 300 kW solar power plant at a cost of Rs 4 crore to meet the 'solar purchase obligation (SPO)' mandated by the Tamil Nadu government. For the German automotive major, this is but a tiny proje... more