AgniKul Cosmos, a Chennai-based aerospace start-up, has developed a roughly one-metre-long rocket engine produced as a single piece using additive manufacturing. The company has been granted a United States patent for the engine’s design and manufacturing method. The component was printed from an Inconel superalloy and manufactured in a single operation without welds, joints or fasteners, […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has supplied key hardware components for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite, a collaborative Earth observation mission between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The company’s Electronics Systems Division in Bengaluru manufactured three space-grade solar panels and a lithium-ion battery for […]
MTAR Technologies Limited, a precision engineering, manufacturing and integrator firm, has secured new orders valued at INR 192 million across the clean energy and aerospace sectors. The clean energy segment accounts for INR 178 million of the total order value, while the aerospace sector contributes INR 14 million. Approximately INR 47 million of these orders are […]
India’s use of domestically developed military technology, including air defence systems and loitering munitions, featured prominently in Operation SINDOOR, a coordinated response to recent cross-border attacks. The Indian Armed Forces deployed a mix of legacy and indigenous platforms to neutralise aerial threats and carry out precision strikes without crossing international boundaries. On May 7–8, multiple […]
ISRO has commissioned a new Landing Gear Drop Test Facility at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to support the development of landing systems for the winged body Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) named Pushpak. The facility will be used for the testing and qualification of deployable landing gear systems intended for the […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed qualification tests for a new material used in the fourth stage engine of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The final test, involving a 665-second hot fire, was conducted on April 8, 2025, at the ISRO Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri, Odisha. The tested component, a nozzle divergent, […]
ISRO has conducted a successful hot test for the Engine Power Head Test Article (PHTA) as part of its Semicryogenic Engine development program. The test, conducted on March 28, 2025, at ISRO Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu, is a step toward integrating the 2000 kN thrust semi-cryogenic engine (SE2000) into the LVM3 launch vehicle. […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started constructing the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) Launch Complex at Kulasekarapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The facility is intended to support polar launches of the SSLV, which is designed to place small satellites of up to 500 kg into orbit. Construction commenced on 5 March with the development of […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has inaugurated the S. Ramakrishnan Centre of Excellence in Fluid and Thermal Science Research at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. The facility, launched on March 17, 2025, will focus on research in thermal management technologies for spacecraft and launch vehicles. Located in the Department of Mechanical Engineering […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) have developed two new 32-bit microprocessors, VIKRAM3201 and KALPANA3201, for space applications. On March 5, 2025, the first production batches were handed over to ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan by S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), at an event in New […]
