Once commercialised, each Vikram VT21 will be fitted with about 300 customised panels developed by CUMI to protect its front and hull against armour‑piercing projectiles. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India’s premier defence R&D agency, has officially recognised Carborundum Universal Ltd (CUMI) as a partner of choice to armour the Vikram VT21 indigenously developed...
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Karnataka Partners with SIA-India to Launch India’s First State-Led Space Technology Centre
The centre of excellence in Bengaluru will incubate startups, drive R&D, and position Karnataka as a global space innovation hub. The Karnataka government has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the industry association SIA-India to establish India’s first state-level centre of excellence (CoE) in space technology. The initiative, led by the Karnataka Innovation and...
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Asia-Pacific to Drive 33% of Global Regional Jet Demand by 2045: Embraer
Raul Villaron, Vice President for Asia Pacific, Embraer Commercial Aviation, believes this is the right moment to deliberate on emerging growth opportunities across a region widely regarded as the world’s aviation powerhouse. The global demand for 10,500 sub-150-seat jets and turboprops will emerge over the next two decades, according to a market outlook released by...
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IIT Kanpur, TCS collaborate for materials engineering hub
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have collaborated to establish a world-class educational and research ecosystem for Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) at the campus.
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DMRL, JSHL sign licensing agreement for transfer of technology
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad, a premier research laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limited (JSHL) have signed a licensing agreement for transfer of technology of High Nitrogen Steel (HNS) for armour applications.
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Railways on Overdrive
While all the pressure to build a railway network in India in the mid-nineteenth century came from London, it is well into the 21st century that pressures of a very different kind are at work in modern-day India.
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Policy for offshore wind projects
A sub-committee under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is preparing draft policy guidelines for development of offshore wind energy projects.