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Eurofighter: Objective to win India as a key partner
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
Interview with Bernhard Gerwert, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Eurofighter GmbH and CEO Cassidian Air Systems How do you see Eurofighter Typhoon positioned in India’s MMRCA...
F-16IN exceeds all requirements of the MMRCA: Roger Rose
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
Interview with Roger Rose, Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin India The mega deal for 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft for the Indian Air Force is expected to be finalised in the near future....
Cassidian creates strategic partnerships with India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
Cassidian considers India as a key market with an expanding defence and security industry and even more so as a rapidly growing country which offers excellent opportunities for long-lasting...
CASSIDIAN opens new Engineering Centre in Bengaluru
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, has opened a new Engineering Centre in Bengaluru, India. This is the first defence oriented engineering centre operated by a foreign company...
British Defence Minister announces contract between India’s HAL and General...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
General Dynamics UK has signed its first contract with an Indian customer, delivering an innovative approach to sharing its Intellectual Property (IP) with its Indian partner. The company signed...
Boeing Announces Expanded Partnership with India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
The Boeing Company announced plans to further deepen its relations with suppliers and partners in India. The company has outlined a comprehensive strategy to develop India’s industrial...
Saab establishing Research and Development Centre in India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
During Aero India in Bangalore, Saab announced the establishment of a Research and Development Centre in India. With the establishment of this Research & Development Centre Saab will create a...
Aerospace and Defence News – 3
By: Priya Tyagi | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
Apart from the $4.1 billion deal for ten Boeing C-17 Globemaster III heavy airlift aircraft, India is considering purchase of another six for an estimated value of $2.4 billion. This is expected...
GE Engine to Power Tejas LCA Mk II
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
With GE Aviation bagging the contract to supply the power plant for the Tejas LCA, the US has clearly stolen a march over the Europeans in the lucrative Indian defence market. GE had offered its...
Air Works Appointed as Authorized Rockwell Collins Dealer
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
Air Works India Engineering Pvt. Ltd today announced that it has been appointed as an authorized dealer by Rockwell Collins, a leading provider of communication and aviation electronic...
PTC Reinforces Commitment to Enterprise Customers in India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
PTC announced that it has selected ITC Infotech, a global IT services company and a fully owned subsidiary of USD 6 bn+ ITC Ltd., as a Strategic Services Partner (SSP) for PTC’s enterprise...
AgustaWestland Signs Contracts for Two More AW139s in India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has sold two more AW139 medium twin helicopters to customers in India. Adani Group has signed a contract for one AW139 to...
Finmeccanica to take part in Aero India 2011: a global partner for the Indian
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
Finmeccanica – through its Operating Companies AgustaWestland, Alenia Aeronautica, DRS Technologies, SELEX Communications and SELEX Galileo – will take part in Aero India 2011, to be held in...
SELEX Galileo to offer leading European technologies to India at Aero India...
By: IDR News Network | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has a strong and growing presence in India and will be reinforcing this position at this year’s Aero India exhibition. As a key player in defence...
Elbit successfully performs Joint Flight Missions of Hermes 450 and Hermes...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
Elbit Systems announced today that it successfully performed a series of joint flight missions of its Hermes® 450 and Hermes® 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The two different UAS were...
Northrop supports broadening of technology transfer
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
Interview with William J Schaefer, Sector Vice President, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. Could you please outline the global profile of the company and briefly describe the history of its...
Boeing Committed to long term partnership
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 09 Feb , 2011
Interview with Richard S. McCrary, Director International Business Development, Boeing Military Aircraft. The F/A 18A, the forerunner of the Super Hornet was rolled out in 1978. What is the...
The Fragile Af-Pak Policy
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 07 Feb , 2011
With each passing day, it is becoming increasingly obvious that the Obama administration’s so-called Af–Pak policy is simply not working. The fraudulent Presidential elections in Afghanistan,...
India needs independent defence think tanks
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 07 Feb , 2011
During his address at the 42nd Foundation Day function of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), the Vice President of India, Mr M Hamid Ansari stressed the need for structured...
C-130J’s induction testimony to India’s role as a global leader: US...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Feb , 2011
The Indian Air Force inducted the first of six Lockheed Martin C-130J ‘Super Hercules’ aircraft into its transportation fleet today at a ceremony at Air Force Station Hindan. This historic...