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President’s Standards awarded to IAF’s 220 SQN and 32 SQN at Halwara
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 November 2013
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in an impressive Ceremonial Parade at Air Force Station Halwara presented Standards to two of the IAF’s Frontline Fighter Squadrons – 220...
Nuclear perfidy
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 November 2013
Big powers purported nuclear blindness is on the rise. Not that the malady is new – squints, Nelson’s Eye, blisters in the eyes, all compounded. The whole game is to permit selective...
No Human Occupant: The Growing Challenges of UAS Pilot Training
By: David Oliver |Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 19 November 2013
As UAS technology matures and prices start to drop with from Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components, more agencies are becoming interested in adopting UAS platforms and the market is on the...
First TU-142M LRMRASW squadron of Indian navy celebrates its silver jubilee
By: IDR News Network | Date: 19 November 2013
INAS 312 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron of the Eastern Naval Command, based at Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu, celebrated its Silver Jubilee Anniversary on today, 18 Nov. The Silver Jubilee...
Cassidian's new SPEXER-500 Security Radar
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 November 2013
Cassidian, the defence division of EADS, introduces a new electronically scanning radar which opens up new opportunities for the surveillance and protection of sensitive industrial or military...
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, Sberbank and Invest AD Signed a Tri-lateral Letter of...
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 November 2013
On the ground of Dubai Airshow 2013 Sberbank, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) and Abu Dhabi Investment Company “Invest AD” signed a tri-lateral Letter of Intent to launch their cooperation in the...
India's largest shipyard, Pipavav, to implement IFS Applications
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 November 2013
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Limited (PDOC) has selected IFS Applications™ for its ship building and ship...
The Economics of Defence: Investment vs Deterrence
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee |Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 16 November 2013
Alongside the troubles concurrent and brewing, there are hopeful signs of matured realisation and some improvements in the situation. History proves that such improvements in inter-state...
MKU inaugurates technical research centre
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 November 2013
MKU Private Limited, leading manufacturer and supplier of comprehensive ballistic protection solutions, for people and platforms) as well as electro-optic devices like Night Vision Devices and Day...
Boeing Delivers 2nd P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft to India
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 November 2013
Boeing delivered the second P-8I aircraft to India today, doubling that country’s long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare capabilities. Boeing is building eight P-8I...
Scott Webster to succeed Jerry Agee as CEO and Chairman of the board of MBDA...
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 November 2013
The Board of MBDA and the Board of Directors of MBDA Incorporated, the US subsidiary of MBDA, have approved the appointment of Scott Webster as Chairman of the Board, CEO and Managing Director of...
Saab signs distribution agreement with Indianeye Security
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 November 2013
Defence and security company Saab has signed a distribution agreement with the Indian company Indianeye Security Pvt Ltd for marketing and distribution of Agile Tactical Engagement Simulation...
Handover of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya to take place on November 16
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 November 2013
On November 16, 2013, the formal handover ceremony and transfer of the Project 11430 aircraft carrier Vikramaditya (INS Vikramaditya) to the Indian Navy will be held at the Sevmash shipyard in...
India’s expanding power gap with China
By: Kanwal Sibal |Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 13 November 2013
We have a tendency to overstate the positives of our relations with China and downplay the negatives. This creates the impression that our ties are better than they actually are, and that the...
India being pulled apart from within
By: Kanwal Sibal |Issue: Courtesy: Mail Today | Date: 13 November 2013
The political controversy generated over Prime Minister’s participation in the Commonwealth Summit (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka on November 15 deepens mounting concerns about our foreign policy being...
Cyalume introducing its latest innovations at MILIPOL 2013
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 November 2013
Cyalume Technologies SAS, the French subsidiary of Cyalume Technologies Inc., the world leader in chemical light solutions for more than 40 years and manufacturer of non-pyrotechnic Battlefield...
ISRO Gearing up for First Mars Mission
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 November 2013
The Indian Space Research Organisation is planning its first ever mission to the Red Planet. The Mars Orbiter mission will enable it understand the technological challenges of such an exploration....
Rs. 9,600-Crore Nuclear Fuel Facility at Kalpakkam
By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 November 2013
India’s first Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Facility (FRFCF) involving an outlay of around Rs.9,600 crore got Centre’s nod recently, for it to be set up in Kalpakkam, as per R.K Sinha,...
Sartaj Aziz’s Visit : Stupidity Compounded
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 November 2013
Editorials in prominent dailies today headline the ‘Lankan Impasse’ by stating that talk of Prime Minister missing CHOGM meet on 15-16 November will be a signal of foreign policy paralysis...
Military: The Grid of Violence
By: Bharat Verma |Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 11 November 2013
Violence unleashed upon a nation can only be met by developing the capability to counter the violence. In the twenty-first century, unless societies with deep-rooted beliefs in non-violence and...