The Union Cabinet has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Indian Institute of Space science and Technology (IIST) and the Netherlands' The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) for research collaboration.
European Space Agency (ESA) launched 'Eutelsat Quantum', the world's 1st commercial reprogrammable satellite into space aboard Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. It is a fully flexible software-defined satellite.
USA has approved the sale of Harpoon Joint Common Test Sets to India worth USD 82 million. Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system.
A new book titled "My Own Mazagon" has authored by Captain Ramesh Babu. The book published by Indus Source Books features the history and story of Mazagon, the island which was merged into a single entity as Bombay.