National seminar on LTA technology October 12-13

Chandigarh, Oct 6 (UNI) A national seminar on 'Strategic Applications of Lighter than Air Vehicles at High Altitudes (SALTA-2007)' would be organised at the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) Headquarters at Manali on October 12-13.

Dr R N Sarwade, Director, SASE, informed reporters here today that the seminar was being jointly organised by SASE, Chandigarh; the Regional Centre for Military Airworthiness (RCMA) Chandigarh; the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE), Agra and Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh.

The seminar would help fulfilling a long-felt need of providing a single platform that can network technology practitioners from diverse domains of defence research and development (R&D) and bridge the gap between users, manufacturers, designers and also to create awareness about the user requirements and expectations of Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) technologies in high altitude areas, he said.

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