NYT hails India's space programme as 'counterweight' to China

Lauding India's ambitious space programme, The New York Times has said the country, currently witnessing an 'explosive' growth in space-tech start-ups, is set to 'transform the planet's connection......

CBI files corruption case against Rolls-Royce in Hawk jet trainer deal

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a corruption case against British aerospace and defence company Rolls Royce PLC, top executives of its Indian unit and arms dealers for alleged......

IAF's New Transport Aircraft Makes Maiden Flight

The Airbus C-295 can carry up to 71 troops, or 50 paratroopers with battle loads. It can ferry supplies to locations inaccessible to the IAF's heavy transport fleet. IMAGE: The Airbus C-295.......

India Will Spend Rs 1.5 Trillion On Aero-Engines

India does not have the facilities needed for developing advanced aerospace products.There is only one wind tunnel in the country, the almost six decade old one in the National Aeronautics......

Liberty House buys Tata Steel UK's specialty steel business

The struggling steelmaker said the sale includes several South Yorkshire-based assets, including electric arc steelworks and bar mill at Rotherham, steel-purifying facility in Stocksbridge and a......

Indian aviation faces swadeshi headwinds

Amber Dubey decodes what 100 per cent FDI in airlines really means and why India needs to stop blocking competition if it ever wants to become the top aviation market. IMAGE: Marking the launch of......

Why Theresa May won't go to Bengaluru IT firms

Theresa May's visit to a Bengaluru aerospace systems supplier is seen as the UK's strategy to pursue new defence deals.Raghu Krishnan/Business Standard reports.   In a rare departure from......

Mistry to meet Tata group CEOs on July 29

Tata group chairman Cyrus Mistry would be meeting the chief executive officers of all Tata group companies on July 29 -- the birthday of its former chairman J R D Tata -- in Mumbai to prepare a......

World Cup final: IAF's Surya Kiran team to put on air show

IMAGE: The Indian Air Force's Surya Kiran Aerobatic Display Team conducts an air show in their Hawk Mk 132 aircraft over Lachit Ghat in Guwahati in September last year. Photograph: ANI The......

Impact of the coronavirus on Formula 1

Moody's changes Formula One's outlook to negative IMAGE: Fans show their disappointment outside the circuit after discovering the race was cancelled before practice for the F1 Grand Prix of......

How F1 teams are helping Britain battle coronavirus

'By working flat out... we have accomplished something in five days that would normally take two years.' IMAGE: Engine maker Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains has worked with a team of......