Articles in Issues
India- Pak dialogue, futile exercise
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jan , 2013
The killing, and more importantly, savage mutilation of two soldiers of the Indian Army on the Line of Control ( LoC) has put a big question mark on the ‘ on- again/ off- again’ dialogue the two...
Sagem delivers infrared binoculars to French army
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jan , 2013
Sagem (Safran) delivered the first 150 JIM LR 2 multifunction long-range infrared binoculars to the French army, in line with the original delivery schedule. This delivery was part of the JIR TTA...
Dutch armed forces to continue close cooperation with Rheinmetalls
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jan , 2013
The Rheinmetall Group of Düsseldorf and the Dutch armed forces have agreed to extend an existing agreement for the supply of various ammunition types in close cooperation between Rheinmetall and...
Boeing Statement on Federal Aviation Administration 787 Action
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jan , 2013
Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney issued the following statement today after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency airworthiness directive that requires...
Elbit selected to provide the U.S. Army with Skylark
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jan , 2013
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems, has been selected for award by the U.S. Army ACC-APG, Natick Contracting Division on...
The IAF at 79: The Challenges Ahead
By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha | Issue: Vol. 27.1 -Mar 2012 | Date: 17 Jan , 2013
As the IAF strives to confront many challenges, it rightly means to transform itself into a capability-based force, rather than an adversary-centric one. In future, the service may have a critical...
Shamelessly, business as usual with Pakistan
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jan , 2013
“PM gives ‘tough message’ to Pakistan” says the media. Did he by the meek remark of ‘business cannot be as usual’, delivered in characteristic apologetic body language? The fact this...
Pak savagery on the Line of Control in J&K
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Jan , 2013
Pakistani troops crossed the Line of control ( LoC ) in the Poonch Sector of J and K and killed two India soldiers. It is not so much the killing but the savage act and heinous crime of mutilating...
Aspide 2000 wins further acclaim in Kuwait
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jan , 2013
Another Aspide 2000 success in Kuwait reaffirms the missile’s status as a major aircraft buster. Fired from a Skyguard air defence system, the Aspide 2000 missiles brought down two Banshee...
Elbit Systems Awarded Israeli Ministry of Defense Contracts
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jan , 2013
The contracts are follow-on orders to existing programs, attesting to the IAF’s high level of satisfaction with the service, availability, usability and flight safety provided to date by Elbit...
Should India Invade Pakistan?
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jan , 2013
The British were smart when they created Pakistan in 1947 with a distinct aim to keep India weak, while having a Pakistan they could control, as well as have access to the region for their...
Balochistan: Shia anger against Gen Kayani
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jan , 2013
The genocide of the Shias continues unabated in different parts of Pakistan— particularly in Balochistan, Gilgit, the Kurram Agency and Karachi. The security forces and the intelligence agencies...
Dealing with Pakistan
By: Lt Gen Raj Kadyan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jan , 2013
The long ceasefire line in J&K came into existence on cessation of hostilities when Pakistan had attacked Kashmir soon after Independence. They had almost reached Srinagar before being pushed...
Boeing Grows Composite Manufacturing Capability in Utah
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jan , 2013
Boeing announced the purchase of a new building in Salt Lake County, Utah. Employees at the new site, located in West Jordan, will focus on fabrication of composite horizontal stabilizer...
Siachen: Track II Unexplained
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jan , 2013
A recent article in a prominent Indian daily last week talked of non-state actors who bring nations closer and the Ottawa Dialogue; the now well known issue of ‘Demilitarization of Siachen’....
Limitations of Technical Intelligence
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 10 Jan , 2013
Intelligence gathering is as old as human civilization. Good Intelligence generally leads to success, whereas failure to gather timely Intelligence has invariably resulted in defeat and ruin....
Maini Group outlines expansion plans at Aero India 2013
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jan , 2013
Becomes a direct sub-tier partner with two global aerospace prime contractors Enters its fourth decade of successful industrial build up The Maini Group today announced that it would be sharing...
Maini signs a Long Term Contract with MTU Aero-Engines
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jan , 2013
. MPP and MGA sign a long term agreement with MTU for a multi-year contract MTU selects MGA as partner company in India to meet their stringent quality delivery needs Maini Precision Products...
Maini Group signs a long-term contract with Marshall
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jan , 2013
Maini Group has signed a long-term contract with Marshall Aerospace for the provision of structural machined parts in support of the Boeing P-8I. During Aero India 2011 representatives of both...
Pakistan eyes Afghanistan once again
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 10 Jan , 2013
Pakistan and the Taliban have their eyes fixed on 2014 when the US packs its bags and leaves Afghanistan. The US now seems disillusioned with Hamid Karzai but have not yet found an obvious...