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Revisiting the Defence Acquisitions
By: Prakash Nanda | Date: 15 Feb , 2013
Predictably, the present scam involving the VVIP chopper deal that has surfaced following the arrest of key officials of the firm that produces Augusta Westland -101 choppers in Italy has been...
Aero India 2013
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Feb , 2013
Aero India 2013 ◄ Back Next ► SlideShow | Thumbnails Supersonic fighters, slow heavy lifters,...
China incapacitating India from within…
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 14 Feb , 2013
Diplomacy does not imply ignoring the obvious where national security is involved. When China warned India to cease oil exploration in Vietnamese waters, there were calls that India should raise...
Boeing, Icelandair Finalize Order for 16 737 MAX Airplanes
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Feb , 2013
Icelandic carrier to operate both 737 MAX 8s and 9s Agreement includes purchase rights for eight additional 737 MAXs Boeing and Icelandair announced a firm order today for 16 737 MAX airplanes,...
Finmeccanica: Company fully operational
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Feb , 2013
The Board of Directors of Finmeccanica, which met today, confirms that the Company is fully operational, and has resolved to confer to Mr Alessandro Pansa, the powers and duties previously held by...
Accountability of Intelligence Agencies
By: B Raman | Date: 13 Feb , 2013
Intelligence agencies have to be accountable to the Executive. Otherwise, there will be no secrecy in their functioning. Without effective secrecy, there cannot be clandestine collection of...
India’s compass on terror is faulty
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Feb , 2013
Afzal Guru’s hanging shows the ineptness with which our political system deals with the grave problem of terrorism. The biggest challenge to our security, and indeed that of countries all over...
Boeing Phantom Eye Completes Taxi Tests
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Feb , 2013
Boeing’s liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system has completed taxi testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California as it progresses toward its second flight. During the...
General Denis Mercier, Chief of Staff of the French Air Force, visited Aero...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Feb , 2013
General Denis Mercier, Chief of Staff of the French Air Force, headed the official French delegation that visited the Aero India 2013 aerospace exhibition in Bangalore. During his stay, from 5 to...
Seminar Series on topical aerospace technologies organized by Genser Aerospace
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Feb , 2013
Short Seminar Series of 30 minutes each on topical aerospace technologies organized by Genser Aerospace, at the just concluded Aero India 2013 was a runaway success. Not only the topics (Wireless...
Indo-French Relations under President Francois Hollande
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 12 Feb , 2013
One may ask, “Will the election of Francois Hollande as President of the French Republic change Indo-French relations?” The answer is, certainly not. It is true that the word ‘India’ did...
The inside story of SLBM K-15
By: Cmde Ranjit B Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Feb , 2013
On January 27, 2013 somewhere in the East Coast of India the 10.22-metre long K-15/B-05 solid-fuelled SLBM with a 750km-range and under water missile hit a predetermined target at sea successfully...
The Bangalore Aeroshow 2013: Musings
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2013
The thought that kept coming to my mind while walking kilometers under the hot sun of the Yelahanka Air Force Station, near Bengaluru (where the 9th International Exhibition on Aerospace, Defence...
Operation Geronimo: Lessons for India
By: Air Commodore KB Menon | Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 09 Feb , 2013
The Pakistani town of Abbottabad is named after a Major James Abbot who established the district of Hazara in 1853. Known for its salubrious weather, Abbottabad is a quiet army cantonment town 50...
How Pakistan’s Proxy War Began – I
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 09 Feb , 2013
Pakistani assistance for the anti-Government of India activities of alienated sections of the Indian society was not due to only its revanchist spirit following its loss of the then East Pakistan...
Indian Army: Infantry Beyond 2030
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2013
As India surges ahead in underscoring its strides into the Asian age. It is steadily strengthening the fundamentals of strong Armed Forces, swinging into a modernizing overdrive. The Navy and the...
Air Chief Marshal Browne answers the Media at Aero India 2013
By: Gp Capt B Menon | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Feb , 2013
The press conference by the CAS, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, on 07 Feb 2013 was a question & answer session. Highlights is short are given below. Procurement 2013-14. The planned procurements...
Modernisation of the Aviation Arm
By: Brig TS Gill | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 08 Feb , 2013
As perceived by strategists, future wars are going to be short and intense. This fact is well accepted by military commanders as well. The Corps today has to match up with number of specialised...
UAVs: Dilemmas in the application of air power
By: Air Commodore KB Menon | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 08 Feb , 2013
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is not new and dates back to World War II, when the Germans used a remotely controlled 2300-lb flying bomb steered by a pilot from a mother ship. Since...
‘Hawk AJT Induction has been smooth and the pilots are happy’
By: Gp Capt B Menon | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Feb , 2013
The BAE Systems team at Aero India 2013 discussed the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) induction into the IAF and the new RAF training concept of the Virtual Training System (VTS), during the...