Articles By IDR News Network
Boeing in USAF Tanker Deal
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Nov , 2010
Boeing claims that its offer for the USAF tanker program, based on its 767, would satisfy all 372 mandatory USAF requirements. The Company said its offering would be more cost-effective to own...
Advanced Air Defence Missile Test-fired
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Nov , 2010
India has successfully test-fired the indigenously developed single-stage, interceptor Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile, destroying a ‘hostile’ ballistic missile fired from the Integrated Test...
Hovercraft for Indian Coast Guard
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Nov , 2010
With 12 more hovercraft likely to be inducted in the Coast Guard in the next three years, the agency’s eastern region is likely to purchase two such craft at a cost of Rs 8 crore each and base...
India test fires nuclear capable strategic ballistic missile Agni-I
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Nov , 2010
India test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-I strategic ballistic missile on 25-Nov, with a range of 700 kilometers off the Orissa coast. The missile was launched as part of the Army’s user trial...
Boeing offers new Surveillance Detection System
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Nov , 2010
The Boeing Company announced that it has begun offering a Surveillance Detection System (SDS) capable of near real-time, 360-degree detection of optical threats. The system identifies when...
IAF to develop airbase in northern region
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Nov , 2010
The Indian Air Force’s Western Air Command (WAC) decided to develop its airbase and landing ground infrastructure in the entire northern region, particular in Jammu and Kashmir. On the last day...
1st National Electronic Warfare workshop in Bangalore
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Nov , 2010
Modern day war cannot be won without Electronic warfare system and hence India is developing its own state of the art Electronic warfare system by 2013. Dr.Prahlada, Chief Controller, R and D of...
Private sector's involvement must to promote indigenisation
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Nov , 2010
Admiral Nirmal Verma, Chief of the Naval Staff, Integrated HQ of MoD (Navy), while delivering the inaugural address during the NAVARMS 2010: Emerging Trends & Opportunities in Naval Armaments,...
Saab receives FMV Gripen order for Thailand
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Nov , 2010
Defence and security company Saab has received an order from FMV (Swedish Defence Material Administration) for six Gripen aircraft intended for the Royal Thai Air Force. The order is worth...
Eurosam achieves Europe's first ever intercept of a tactical ballistic missile
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Nov , 2010
Within the framework of the FSAF development programme whose goal is to provide the SAMP/T system with an anti-tactical ballistic missile defence capability, EUROSAM carried out a system firing...
'Indian Armed Forces are being modernized in phases' : AK Antony
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Nov , 2010
Every Indian Air Force Equipment has a specified life. Once the life term is complete, the equipment is considered obsolete. The IAF is continuously modernizing its fleet of equipment by phasing...
UK underlines strong support for the Eurofighter Campaign in India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Nov , 2010
UK’s Secretary of State for Defence Dr. Liam Fox visited the Eurofighter Typhoon Office in New Delhi and met high-level company officials. Bernhard Gerwert, CEO of Cassidian Air Systems and...
Nepal border vulnerable to smuggling of fake currency: Home Ministry
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Nov , 2010
As per available information Indo-Nepal border has also proved vulnerable to infiltration of fake Indian currency notes (FICN), with border districts being used as transit and storage points. ...
Indian Navy and Coast Guard intercept merchant ship
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Nov , 2010
The Coast Guard received a request from the Police for intercepting a merchant ship MV Dynamic Striker which had left Mumbai port. CG Ship Amrit Kaur was sailed and a Dornier aircraft was...
Security forces kill nine Naxalites in Datewada in Chattisgarh
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Nov , 2010
In Chattisgarh, nine Naxalites have been killed by security forces in an encounter in Datewada District. According to police sources, the Naxalites were killed in an encounter with CRPF jawans...
Swedish Radar for Anti-Naxal Role
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
To counter the increased use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) by the Naxals, Indian security forces are testing a Swedish radar which is designed to detect deeply buried IEDs. India’s DRDO...
DRDO-IIT Powai Develops ''Netra' to Aid Anti-terror Ops
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
Pune-based DRDO has developed an UAV called ‘Netra’ to aid counter-insurgency operations to be inducted into the armed forces by the year-end. Weighing 1.5kg, the Netra is the result of...
Airship for US Army from Northrop Grumman
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $517-million contract to develop up to three Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) systems to provide US troops in Afghanistan an unblinking...
Boeing Delivers US Navy's 10th C-40A Derivative Aircraft
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
Boeing delivered the 10th C-40A transport/cargo aircraft to the U.S. Navy. The Boeing 737-700 commercial derivative was modified at the company’s Wichita facility for its Navy mission. “The...
Final AW159 Lynx Wildcat Test Aircraft Makes Its Maiden Flight
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the third and final AW159 test aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight on November 19th at AgustaWestland’s Yeovil...