Articles in Net Edition
Vietnamese Pilots to be trained on Su-30 MKI by IAF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Mar , 2015
As per a statement made in the Parliament by the Minister of Defence Manohar Parrikar on December 12, 2014, the Indian Government has approved the training of combat pilots of the Vietnam Air...
Limited Rise in India’s Defence Budget 2015 - 16
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Mar , 2015
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting his maiden budget on 28 Feb, 2015 underlined that defence of every square inch of our mother land comes before anything else. …push towards ‘Make...
Sowing the Dragon’s Teeth: Role of United States in the Islamic World
By: Atul Razdan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Mar , 2015
The activities of the Islamic State for Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the Islamic State (IS), which is its most recent avatar, have brought into sharp focus the schisms in the Islamic world. The...
Defence Budget 2015-16: Allocation Inadequate for Modernisation
By: Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Feb , 2015
The finance Minister has hiked the defence budget for FY 2015-16 by 9.46 per cent to Rs 2,46,727 crore, which is Rs 23,357 crore more than the revised estimates for the current financial...
The Battle Untold: Ukraine and the Old Socialist Republic
By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Feb , 2015
After a very long time, Europe is gripped in an armed conflict within its continent. From 2013 pro democracy protests in Kiev, to President Victor Yanukovych ousting, the situation rapidly...
Possibility of Military Coup in Bangladesh?
By: B.Z. Khasru | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Feb , 2015
Despite ongoing rumblings in certain Western circles — and a faint echo inside Bangladesh — of possible military intervention to end the country’s current political unrest, the armed forces...
Humanitarian Crisis in the BTAD of Assam: A view from the Field
By: Dr Samrat Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Feb , 2015
On 23rd and 24th December 2014, 82 Adivasis (including 26 women and 16 infants) were shot dead by suspected militants belonging to the National Democratic Front for Bodoland (Songbojit) or...
Nexter Robotics announces the sale of 50 robotics systems in 2014
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Feb , 2015
Two years ago the Nexter Group announced the creation of a new subsidiary, Nexter Robotics, specialised in the design and marketing of land and air-land robots for defence and security...
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
By: Atul Razdan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Feb , 2015
The Islamic State for Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), otherwise known as the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and most recently as the Islamic State (IS) is, strictly speaking, a Sunni...
What makes nations great?
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Feb , 2015
As India celebrates 62 years of Independence, one wonders as to what makes nations great. Why is the US an undisputed world power? Why has Britain remained undefeated for centuries? Why has India...
Sri Lanka will maintain equidistance between neighbours
By: VBN Ram | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2015
Will Maitripala Srisena’s assumption of Office as the Sri Lankan president bring in a transformational ascendancy in bilateral ties? Though I am an optimist, I for one, would like to keep my...
Arunachal Pradesh – China’s fallacious claims
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2015
It was a surprise to receive an e-mail from the Press Attache in the Chinese Embassy at New Delhi titled ‘Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying’s Remarks on Indian Prime Minister Modi...
Chief of Defence Staff – are we kidding or serious?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Feb , 2015
Going by media reports, the MoS Defence, Rao Inderjit Singh, has stated on the sidelines of an international seminar ‘Aerospace Vision: 2050’ on 16 February that the MoD has decided to create...
Rolls-Royce Awarded Production And Support Contracts for F-35B
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Feb , 2015
Rolls-Royce has been awarded three contracts totalling up to $442 million to produce and support LiftSystems™ for F-35B Lightning II aircraft, including price reductions from prior...
Rolls-Royce to power new French Airbus Tanker Aircraft
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Feb , 2015
Rolls-Royce has been selected by Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) to provide Trent 700 engines and support to power 12 Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft for the...
Aero India 2015: Letter of Intent signed for delivery of Sukhoi Superjet 100
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Feb , 2015
On February 19, 2015 in the framework of Aero India International Aerospace Show Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company and Bishwo Airways signed a Letter of Intent for the delivery of the Sukhoi...
Airbus Helicopters selects X4 engine
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Feb , 2015
In 2012, Airbus Helicopters launched the X4 initial design concept around two highly capable turboshaft engines options: Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW210E and Turbomeca’s ARRANO. At the...
Aero India 2015: BAE Systems awarded Hawk support contract by HAL
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Feb , 2015
BAE Systems has secured a five-year contract worth GBP 18.5 million to provide Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) a comprehensive package comprising Ground Support Equipment, Spares, Support...
Aero India 2015: Sagem and HAL sign technology transfer agreement
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Feb , 2015
Indian aerospace giant Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has signed a technology transfer agreement with Sagem (Safran) concerning the manufacture and maintenance in India of Sagem’s SIGMA 95 laser...
Boeing Awards Titanium Forging Contract to India’s Bharat Forge
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Feb , 2015
Boeing announced it has signed a multi-year contract with Bharat Forge of India to supply titanium forgings for wing components for the Next-Generation 737 and 737 MAX. Under the agreement,...