From Rafales to space surveillance how India expanded military capabilities after Operation SindoorIndia is significantly boosting its military strength after Operation Sindoor. Major defense deals are being finalized, including new Rafal...
08 May, 2026, 10.14 PM IST
India conducts maiden flight-trials of stratospheric airship platformIndia successfully conducted the first flight trials of a stratospheric airship platform developed by the DRDO in Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. ...
05 May, 2025, 03.27 PM IST
Airships vanished, airplanes thrivedOne Challenger disaster in January 1986, and the plug was pulled on the radical, space shuttles that made spacecraft partially reusable, ar...
24 Jan, 2024, 11.38 PM IST
Chinese spy balloon collected intelligence info from sensitive US military sites: ReportA suspected Chinese spy balloon said to be the size of three buses, was spotted over the airspace of the United States in late January. Chi...
04 Apr, 2023, 12.16 AM IST
Chinese spy balloons have targeted several countries, including India: Report"The surveillance balloon effort, which has operated for several years partly out of Hainan province off China's south coast, has collected...
08 Feb, 2023, 06.13 PM IST
'Spy balloon' in US airspace: China urges for "cool headed" handling of unexpected situationChina's Foreign Ministry said, "Maintaining contact and communication at all levels is an important common understanding reached by the Chi...
04 Feb, 2023, 06.13 PM IST
China says balloon is for research, accidently strayedThe statement said the airship has limited steering capability and "deviated far from its planned course" because of winds.
03 Feb, 2023, 07.44 PM IST
Forget flying cars, Google's Sergey Brin secretly builds an airshipThe Google co-founder has reportedly been building a massive airship - which looks like a zeppelin - inside of Hangar 2 at the NASA Ames Re...
26 Apr, 2017, 09.07 AM IST
Amazon's flying warehouse to launch drones for fast deliveryAmazon, after winning a patent for flying the warehouse in the US, announced plans for an "airborne fulfillment center" (AFC) such as an ai...
30 Dec, 2016, 05.53 PM IST
Up and about! World's largest aircraft embarks on maiden flightThe Airlander 10, part plane, part airship, was originally developed for the US army as a surveillance aircraft, however it also has potent...
18 Aug, 2016, 03.41 PM IST
Lesson from Zeppelins: Being a pioneer is not equal to successCount Zeppelin's airships were the first to take to the skies. Despite being the pioneer, airplanes soon displaced the mighty airships.
31 Mar, 2016, 12.47 PM IST
- Chinese stratosphere airship conducts first flight
China recently conducted its first test flight of an indigenously made stratosphere airship which is capable of long flights in the stratos...
08 Dec, 2015, 10.45 PM IST
Drop the mobile to banish call dropsIs there a new app that bypasses the lack of network? Has there been a breakthrough in mobile tower portability? Nope.
19 Aug, 2015, 06.04 AM IST
Reliance firm ties up with Singapore's Augur in defence businessAugur Overseas Operation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Augur Aeronautical Centre, a leading aerostat and airship designer, builder and su...
23 Jul, 2015, 11.20 PM IST
NASA plans airships, floating city for manned Venus missionNASA's High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) mission aims to explore the atmosphere of Venus instead of exploring the surface.
21 Dec, 2014, 02.08 PM IST
- DRDO focused on developing UAVs to aid intelligence: Subhananda Rao, DRDO R&D Chief
DRDO's present mandate was to develop Unmanned Aerial Vehicles which would give a performance of 300 km range and an endurance of 24 hours.
24 Feb, 2012, 04.12 PM IST
- Rs 100-cr security for Delhi: Heavy-duty surveillance to protect 2010 games
Electronic surveillance to be key to security cover during CWG.
28 Sep, 2009, 08.29 AM IST