MiG eyes deal to supply military jets to Navy
Eyeing a multi-billion dollar contract from the Indian Navy for the supply of fighter aircraft, Russian military aviation firm MiG said it was not averse to the transfer of technology and joint development of MiG-29 K jets with Indian companies.
The Indian Army's new long-range ultra- light (ULH) howitzer M-777 was damaged during a field trial in Pokhran firing range and a probe has been ordered into the incident, Army sources said.
The countdown for the launch of navigation satellite 'IRNSS-1H' from Sriharikota later today, to augment the existing seven satellites of the NavIC constellation, is progressing well, ISRO sources said.
Since Aryabhata - India's first satellite launched by a Russian (erstwhile Soviet Union) rocket in 1975, the Indian Space Research Organisation has come a long way by not only designing and launching its own satellites, but also by orbiting those of many other countries.
