NEW DELHI — In a bid to boost its aerial surveillance, India will buy six aircraft that can be used for supporting its indigenous Airborne Warning and Control System (Awacs). “A tender has been floated to global vendors for the supply of suitable aircraft with necessary structural modifications, power and endurance adaptations and equipment installation or installation provisions for the Awacs,” says an official at the defense ministry.
NEW DELHI — The test launch of India’s heaviest rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk. 3, anticipated to take place in April, has been put off by two months, a senior scientist says. On March 28, scientists at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) moved the rocket’s core stage, weighing more than 110 tons, from the Liquid Propulsion Systems Center at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu to the spaceport in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh in south India.
