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India Presses On With ‘Buy Indian’ Defense Policies
NEW DELHI — In a bid to cut down reliance on defense imports, India plans to review its defense procurement procedure and give priority to local companies in all military
Indian startup aims for the moon – and $30 million
Rahul Narayan, who describes himself as a serial entrepreneur, is the founder of Team Indus. It is the only Indian team in a race to the moon by privately funded groups
US teen designs compact nuclear reactor
Eighteen-year-old Taylor Wilson has designed a compact nuclear reactor that could one day burn waste from old atomic weapons to power anything from homes and factories to space colonies. The
SpaceX cargo capsule reaches International Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule overcame a potentially mission-ending technical problem to make a belated but welcome arrival at the International Space Station on Sunday. Astronauts aboard the outpost used
NASA Mars rover ready to eat, analyze rock powder
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to learn if the planet ever had ingredients for life, drilled its first bit of powder from inside a potentially water-formed ancient rock, scientists said
Al-Qaeda’s High-Tech Drone-Dodging Tips Revealed
When Islamist militants were forced from the historic city of Timbuktu, Mali by French soldiers last month, they left in the rubble a document that’s extremely telling of the realities
The Gulf Defence Conference (GDC) – Official Conference of IDEX 2013
Under the distinguished patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Under
Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology from Oshkosh Defense to Make MENA Debut at IDEX
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Feb. 17, 2013) ? Oshkosh Defense, a division of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK), announced today the international debut of its Oshkosh TerraMax? unmanned ground vehicle (UGV)
5 Ways to Watch Historic Asteroid Flyby
The 150-foot-wide asteroid 2012 DA14 will give Earth a close shave today, coming within 17,200 miles of our planet, and you can watch it live online. The space rock will
Russian rocket falls into sea in failed launch
A rocket carrying a communications satellite suffered engine trouble and plunged into the Pacific Ocean shortly after launch on Friday, Russian news agencies reported. The unsuccessful launch of the Intelsat-27
South Korea launches first civilian rocket amid tensions with North
South Korea launched its first space rocket carrying a science satellite on Wednesday amid heightened regional tensions, caused in part, by North Korea’s successful launch of its own rocket last
Rocket blasts off with new NASA communications satellite
An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off on Wednesday to put the first of a new generation of NASA communications satellites into orbit, where it will support the International Space