Articles in Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012
Transport Fleet of the Indian Air Force
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 05 Oct , 2015
With profound changes in the geo-political environment following the demise of the Cold War and the emergence of a new world order, fresh equations with the western world have emerged, most...
The Arc of the India-US Partnership
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 29 Sep , 2014
Today, the India-US relationship is a transformed one with the change in Indian thinking about America being the most important element. Being ‘pro-American’ is not a stigma any longer...
Indo-US Military Trade: A Decade of Wasted Opportunities
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 26 Sep , 2014
India acknowledges the technological superiority of the US weapon systems and wants to develop and produce them through joint ventures. It seeks partnership and not a seller-buyer relationship....
US-India Defence Trade: Sizing up the competition
By: Col Woolf P Gross | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 30 Oct , 2013
American defence suppliers realise that India is perhaps the largest potential market open to them in the world today. But so do all the competition. This is not a market in which to make a quick...
Indigenous Warship Building
By: Lt Cdr Kalesh Mohanan | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 14 Dec , 2012
A major objective of the 1969 – 1974 Defence Plan was self reliance in the field of warship design and warship production. The aim was to meet the Navy’s requirements through indigenous efforts...
Defending the Indian Skies
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 22 Oct , 2012
Air or Aerospace Defence provides a secure foundation for the safe and effective launch of aircraft and missiles to tackle an airborne or space-based intruder. Besides, the sharp end comprising...
The Helicopter as a Combat Platform
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 13 Oct , 2012
Development of the pure helicopter remained painstakingly slow. The first closed circuit kilometre was flown by a helicopter only in 1924, more than 16 years after the first rotary wing flight....
Army Aviation: A dream to realise
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 13 Oct , 2012
Helicopters have tremendous usage, both in times of peace as well as war. Also, they can be used across a wide spectrum of conflict from low-scale counter-insurgency operations to full-fledged...
US-India Defence Cooperation towards an Enduring Relationship
By: Robert S Metzger | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 14 Sep , 2012
Patience and persistence are required for businesses to succeed in the Indian market. The same is true as to the bilateral security relationship, between the US and India. Taking the longer view,...
Tackling Debris in Space
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 06 Sep , 2012
The US Air Force tracks about 20,000 pieces of orbiting space junk and that includes dead satellites. The most obvious sign that space is polluted with junk is the frequency with which pieces of...
Indo-Pak Nuclear Talks
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 06 Sep , 2012
Despite concerted efforts at Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) and several rounds of talks to improve relations between India and Pakistan, there has not been appreciable progress. The nuclear...
Australia Snubs Pakistan on Uranium Deal
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 06 Sep , 2012
Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith has rejected a uranium export exemption for Pakistan. Pakistan raised some loud queries asking why Australia should not offer it uranium as it had done...
China Launches Ziyuan III Satellite
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 05 Sep , 2012
China successfully launched the Ziyuan III satellite in January this year from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in northern Shanxi province. This mission marks the 156th flight of China’s...
Ballistic Missile Defence System Support by Boeing
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 05 Sep , 2012
Boeing and together with Northrop Grumman will continue to support the Ground-Based Midcourse Defence (GMD) element of the US Ballistic Missile Defence System. Boeing was selected by the Missile...
The All New F-16V
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 05 Sep , 2012
Lockheed Martin unveiled the new version of the F-16, the F-16V, at the Singapore Air Show. The “V” designation is derived from ‘Viper’. The F-16V will feature enhancements including an...
C295 Aircraft from Airbus Military for Indonesia
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 05 Sep , 2012
Airbus Military is to supply nine C295 military transport aircraft to the Indonesian Ministry of Defence. The contract between Airbus Military and the Ministry of Defence of Indonesia was signed...
Robotic Fighting Systems by DRDO
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 03 Sep , 2012
India’s premier defence research umbrella organisation, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is in the process of building robotic soldiers and mules as part of its...
Dassault Tops EADS for Indian MMRCA Tender
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 03 Sep , 2012
French aerospace major Dassault with its offer of the Rafale jet fighter has emerged as the most preferred bidder for India’s biggest military contract worth over $10 billion for 126 Medium...
Northrop Grumman to Supply BCNs on Global Hawks
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 03 Sep , 2012
The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $47.2 million contract for the purchase and integration of two more Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payloads on two existing Block...
Pratt & Whitney Engines for F-35 JSF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 03 Sep , 2012
Pratt & Whitney was awarded a $1.12 billion contract from the Department of Defence (DoD) of the US to supply its F135 production engines to power the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter....