Biggest indian aerospace news of this week is definitely the record launch of 10 satelite by PSLV. This is the same PSLV that will take indian's chandrayaan-1 to moon!!
Chandrayaan-1 which should have been launched in April month now is
delayed till the 3rd quarter of this year.
Do you know how the whole chandrayaan mission will happen? From start to finish then do check out these cool animation and video of the
chandrayaan mission. They definitely rock!!
Apart from PSLV, there was news related to MAV, while i was in NAL,
my friend's boss was working on MAV's and their team were always making this small plane and playing with them. So i guess this team must be in the 15 teams that gathered in MAV08, a competitions designed to push the tiny planes to the limits. Check out the news how and what they did.
Another news that will make engineering students of India happy is that France has opened doors to its technology for indian engineers. Alten, a leading french engineering group had sponsered 16 young engineering students to study in various universities across France and the streams include aerospace,cad-cam, design, automotive. Check the news here.
Well Alten is a leading French engineering firm but in India, HAL takes this honor and there's a news that the Indian government might take the route of privatization to unlock the true value of HAL. Incidentally financial results of HAL are encouraging as sales have doubled,and net profits are up and it became debt free at the end of the year. Read the story Can HAL go global?
And what will Indian aerospace news if there is no mention of TATA. yes its there too this week as Ake Svensson, CEO and presedent of Saab AB, said that they are considering a tieup with HAL and TATA, though he insisted the talks are in premature stage for hime to comment further. So check out the news
After TATA, boeing is the next company that has indian aerospace under its rader. In his address to shereholders, Jim McNerney chairman, president and CEO of the boeing company mentions indian and gives it as an exaple for boeing growth and expansion plans in india. Do read the address its enlightneing...
Well this is all well and good but Indian aerospace, this week began with the take off of the largest global military tender for 126 IAF fighter. 6 aviation companies have submitted their technical bids to the defense ministry. Read more to know who are the 6 companies and what will be the next stages for this bidding
Other significant aerospace stories of the week are
India needs more qualified project managers
India emerging as the newest aerospace hub
check out the requirements for aerospace professional in India
Jobs for aerospace professional -1
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