New Delhi (Sputnik): India's second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2 will be carrying a payload from US space agency NASA, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has revealed. Chandrayaan-2 will have a total of 14 payloads, 13 of them will be Indian payloads while one will be from NASA. The American payload will be a "passive" one. READ MORE: India Launches Military Surveillance Satellite to Track Enemy Radar (VIDEO) #ISROmissions#Chandrayaan2 mission, a sequel to the successful #Chandrayaan1.#Chandrayaan2 will carry 13 Indian Payloads and one passive experiment from NASA.pic.twitter.com/OjoQjV4saM — ISRO (@isro) May 15, 2019 In contrast, the earlier Chandrayaan-1 had 11 payloads in total, 5 from India, 3 from Europe, 2 from the US and 1 from Bulgaria. © REUTERS / P. RavikumarLaunch of India’s Second Lunar Mission ‘Chandrayaan-2’ Postponed Yet AgainChandrayaan-2, which is … [Read more...] about India’s Second Lunar Mission to Carry Payload from NASA
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At least 10 wounded in grenade blast in India
At least 10 people were wounded in a grenade explosion in the northeastern Indian state of Assam on Wednesday but no militant group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, police said, Reuters reports. “It was a grenade blast probably targeted against security personnel conducting routine patrol in the area,” Deepak Kumar, police commissioner in the Assam capital Guwahati, told reporters. The blast in a busy street in Guwahati occurred at about 8 p.m. (1430 GMT) and those injured included two police officers and eight civilians. The grenade was lobbed by two people on a motorcycle, Kumar said. Police said no group had claimed responsibility, but national public radio broadcaster All India Radio said a faction of the banned separatist group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) had claimed responsibility for the attack. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal condemned the attacks, saying in a tweet he has directed the local authorities to immediately apprehend … [Read more...] about At least 10 wounded in grenade blast in India
India Prunes Purchase of 22 American Sea Guardian Drones
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Indian Defence Ministry will soon approve the purchase of American Sea Guardian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and MQ-9 Reapers for the country's armed forces, but the number of purchase will be less than what was originally planned last year. Government sources have revealed that a formal document will soon be issued to the US in this regard, after Washington has sent the "price and availability" details for Sea Guardian, which can carry out long-endurance, high-altitude surveillance, as well as carry Hellfire air-to-surface missiles, advanced marine avionics, and laser-guided bombs. READ MORE: Indian Army Reportedly Foils Pakistan’s Attempt to Send Drone to Border Area On 17 June, 2016, the Indian Defence Ministry sent a letter of request (LoR) to the US seeking to purchase 22 MQ-9 Predator B Guardian maritime patrol remotely piloted vehicles from General … [Read more...] about India Prunes Purchase of 22 American Sea Guardian Drones
Pakistani Airspace to Remain Closed to Flights For India
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday decided not to open its airspace to flights heading to or from India. "The top officials of Defence and Aviation Ministries held a meeting on Wednesday to reconsider opening its airspace for Indian flights. They decided that Pakistan's airspace will remain banned for the Indian flights till May 30", a senior government official told the Indian news agency Press Trust of India following the meet. The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority issued a "Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)" after the meeting, confirming the partial closure of Pakistani airspace. "Pakistan airspace will remain closed for all overflying (transit) flights till 30 May", the NOTAM reads. Islamabad and New Delhi closed their airspace to each other following a pre-dawn air strike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on an alleged terror camp in the … [Read more...] about Pakistani Airspace to Remain Closed to Flights For India
Lockheed Martin Offers Exclusive F-21 Fighter Jets to India
New Delhi (Sputnik): Hoping to get an upper hand against rivals like MiG-35 and Dassault aviation's Rafale, Vivek Lall, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for Lockheed Martin, told Indian news agency Press Trust of India that the newly designed jets would be able to operate across 60+ air stations in India. The Indian Air Force (IAF) in its Request for Information (RFI) last year had stated it envisaged to procure 114 jets at about a cost of $18 billion. The amount is billed as one of the world's biggest military procurements in recent times. READ MORE: MiG21 Downing Pakistan's F-16 Could Soil Lockheed's $21Bln India Dream — Scholar "We understand India's unique requirement and this offer is a way of showing how important India is to our company. It is a modern cockpit and has significant piece of ability to synthesize information. These are unique … [Read more...] about Lockheed Martin Offers Exclusive F-21 Fighter Jets to India