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SEC Industries and DCNS officially inaugurated new workshop facilities and delivered, after successful Factory Acceptance Tests, the cofferdam doors coamings for the Indian P75* Scorpene...

China: “If your sword is shorter, you should take a step forward.”

By: IDR News Network | Date: 17 July 2012

The International Herald Leader published an article advocating that China be aggressive to make up for its weak military position. The article stated that it is wrong for a weak party to avoid...

Iron Dome granted outstanding award by American Defense Manufacturers

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 July 2012

The American National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) has granted Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. an Outstanding Achievement Award for the development of “Iron Dome”. “Iron Dome” is a...

"Unwise to lift ban on Pak TV programmes," says former RAW officer

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 July 2012

In 1989, widespread demonstrations, some of them leading to violence, broke out in Jammu & Kashmir against the Government of India. That was the time when East Europe was in turmoil with...

A Diplomatic View of the MMRCA Deal

By: Kanwal Sibal |Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 14 July 2012

The Americans seemed to have proceeded on the assumption that with India placing orders for advanced US defence equipment such as 6 C-130J aircraft and 8 P-8I long range maritime patrol aircraft,...

India's Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) prevents procurement

By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar |Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 13 July 2012

“A comparison with other defense industries would be in order to draw some relevant deductions. Take China, Turkey, South Africa, South Korea, Israel and closer home even Pakistan. We began at...

Agni-I Ballistic Missile Successfully Launched

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 July 2012

India’s 700 km range ballistic missile, ‘AGNI I’ was successfully launched today from the wheeler island off the coast of Odisha. It was a textbook launch meeting all mission objectives and...

Modular design and construction of warships

By: Cdr Douglas C Deans |Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 13 July 2012

Ships are built in the shortest time when a series of specific pre-planned Modules are assembled like a Lego set. A Module is an engineered assembly of a portion of the ship Platform that...

Sri Lanka: Disturbing Questions

By: Prakash Nanda |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 July 2012

Some years ago, I was in Sri Lankan capital Colombo. On learning that my home state happens to be Odisha despite my Delhi-upbringing, all of a sudden, the general manager of the hotel where I was...

Honeytrap: Media bashing of the Army on false pretext

By: Bharat Verma |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 July 2012

On July 11, 2012 at approximately 6 pm one of the most responsible news channel in India claimed that an officer of Indian Army was caught in a honeytrap in a five-star hotel by the...

Boeing CH-147F Chinook for Canada successfully completes 1st Flight

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 July 2012

The new Boeing CH-147F Medium-to-Heavy-Lift Helicopter for Canada is progressing ahead of schedule after making its first flight on June 24. “Boeing and the Canadian Department of National Defence...

Lockheed Martin extend the Stalker UAS flight time to more than 48 hours

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 July 2012

Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive, Inc, demonstrated the capabilities of an innovative laser power system to extend the Stalker Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) flight time to more than 48 hours. This...

Boeing's P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy began its flight test program

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 July 2012

Boeing’s first P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy began its official flight test program July 7, taking off from Boeing Field in Seattle at 9:15 a.m. and landing three hours and 49 minutes...

Lockheed Martin delivers four F-35s to US Air Force and Marine Corps

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 July 2012

With the delivery of four Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II aircraft since June 29, an important milestone was achieved as the Department of Defense now possesses more operational-coded F-35s...

MBDA Firing Success Confirms Brimstone’s Status as the Anti-FIAC Solution

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 July 2012

The first firing of an operational Dual Mode Brimstone missile against a Fast In-Shore Attack Craft (FIAC) proved to be a resounding success and a clear demonstration of the unmatched operational...

Boeing Offers Medium-sized Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 July 2012

Low-risk, cost-effective solution leverages P-8 and AWACS technologies Boeing announced that it is offering a medium-sized Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) to the global market. MSA builds on...

Lockheed Martin and Marshall Aerospace sign agreement to increase C-130...

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 July 2012

Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement authorizing Marshall Aerospace to become the world’s first commercial company to install C-130 Center Wing Boxes (CWB). Marshall Aerospace is also the...

Indo-Afghan Strategic Partnership

By: Air Marshal BK Pandey |Issue: Vol. 27.1 -Mar 2012 | Date: 10 July 2012

The strategic partnership agreement between India and Afghanistan can be regarded as a game changer in the region and truly a landmark event. However, there are uncertainties and impediments that...

Nervous China may attack India!

By: Bharat Verma |Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 10 July 2012

China will launch an attack on India before 2012. There are multiple reasons for a desperate Beijing to teach India the final lesson, thereby ensuring Chinese supremacy in Asia in this century....

Indo-US Partnership in Defence Industry

By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan |Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 09 July 2012

Arms sales and consequently, defence and bilateral relations during the Cold War were hampered by India’s fears about reliability of the US as an arms supplier as also by its sensitivity to the...