NEW DELHI — India has plans to loft two new satellites over the next two years to boost its communications capability and augment current services. A proposal for the development and launch of GSAT-15 and-16 was approved at a June 28 meeting of the federal cabinet, says India’s finance minister, P. Chidambaram. GSAT-15 is expected to be built within the next 18 months, and GSAT-16 in the next 24 months.
India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) will be ready for deployment by the country’s navy in the next five years, a senior government official says. The IAC, which is likely to be named INS Vikrant – after India’s first and now decommissioned aircraft carrier – will be put in the water in August and undergo its first sea trials 10 months later, the official says.
