Science and Tech:
Penultimate
tests at Kudankulam plant over
The Kudankulam
Nuclear Power Project has “successfully completed” the mandatory penultimate
tests
before
commissioning its first unit by testing an array of steam relief valves under
operating pressure and
temperature. The
next step is to start the testing of hi-tech instruments associated with the
steam relief
valves under the
operating pressure and temperature.
New
facilities for BrahMos
Hindustan
Aeronautics Ltd. would create new facilities and develop critical electronic
systems for the Indo-
Russian BrahMos
cruise missile programme. It would set up the facilities under the guidance of
DRDO arm
Research Centre
Imarat of Hyderabad. For the Air Force, BrahMos is developing a variant that
can be
launched from two
modified HAL Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft.
HAL
turns focus on civil aircraft
The defence public
sector company Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. has formally revealed plans to
manufacture
civil transport
planes along with suitable Indian and foreign partners. Without elaborating,
the Bangalorebased
military aircraft
maker said the civil segment was highly promising. The B.K. Chaturvedi
Committee on
restructuring HAL
had recommended last year, among other things, that HAL should focus on the
civil
aviation segment
through a new subsidiary. HAL at present manufactures fighters, transport
planes, trainer
aircraft and
helicopters for the Armed Forces, most of them under licence from the original
manufactures. Its
own product, the
Dhruv advanced light helicopter (ALH), is positioned for civil use. During 2012-13,
it spent
Rs. 1,749 crore or
12 per cent of the turnover on research and development, filing a record 32
patents. New
infrastructure
would be created to handle the future manufacturing activities. They include
the Medium Multirole
Combat Aircraft,
the fifth-generation Fighter Aircraft and the Multi-role Transport Aircraft,
both being
pursed with
Russia, and the Light Combat Helicopter and Light Utility Helicopter (LUH). The
highlight of the
year was the
handing over of ‘Rudra’, the first weaponised ALH, to the Army; export of
Cheetah helicopters
to Suriname; and
sale of Dornier-228 light transport aircraft to Seychelles. It flew the
upgraded Jaguar
DARIN-III and the
prototype of the naval version of the indigenously developed light combat
aircraft, LCA
Navy.
A
facelift through 3D printing technology
In what is
believed to be the first surgical procedure of its kind in Britain, doctors
have used a pioneering
three-dimensional
printing technology to create a prosthetic face for a man who had lost almost
the entire left
side of his face,
including his eye, cheek bone and most of his jaw after suffering from an
aggressive form of
cancer. Eric Moger
(60), a restaurant manager, said the surgery had transformed his life and he
was
“amazed” how he
looked now. He was now able to drink water and eat food like a normal person.
Until now,
he was fed and
given water through a tube.
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