Articles in Net Edition
CII welcomes down selection of Indian private industry in the First ever...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jun , 2012
Confederation of Indian Industry welcomes the landmark announcement of Ministry of Defence of down selecting two Indian Development Agencies (DA) for design and development phase for Tactical...
Future Soldier – Expanded System: Rheinmetall to supply the Bundeswehr...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2012
The German Bundeswehr has placed an order with the Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group to supply it with state-of-the-art infantry equipment. A contract to this effect has now been signed at the...
Boeing FAB-T Demonstrates Communications with on-orbit AEHF Satellite
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2012
Satellite communications test proves Internet-like functionality and improved speed Success allows program to progress toward system functional qualification testing Boeing has successfully...
DCI's new academic training offer for the aeronautic field
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2012
DCI innovates by creating a university cursus leading to a diploma in the field of aeronautics, under a partnership with Salon de Provence Air Force School and the Aix-Marseilles University. This...
The Siachen Imbroglio
By: Maj Gen S G Vombatkere | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2012
The title and contents of Mr.A.G.Noorani’s article “Settle the Siachen dispute now“1 strongly suggest peace-by-demilitarization of Siachen on an immediate basis. His quest for peace is...
Six C-130Js Fly together testing skills and capabilities
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jun , 2012
At the break of dawn early this week the Veiled Vipers (C-130J Squadron) flew six of their aircraft in a tactical formation thereby displaying the operational capability and potential of the...
Why the existence of Pakistan is not in India’s interest
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jun , 2012
Pakistan has been a thorn in India’s left side for 65 years, and amazingly, India has tolerated its pain and irritation, against most odds of human nature. After four wars and multiple proxy...
POINTER shows the way in India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jun , 2012
The POINTER, Weapon Cueing System, developed by a team from Qioptiq, QinetiQ and ISTEC was displayed at this year’s Defexpo in India on the UKTI Stand mounted on a Hobson Industries Land Rover...
Elbit Systems awarded an approximately $80 Million contract to supply Boeing...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jun , 2012
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary Elbit Systems – Cyclone Ltd. (“Cyclone”) was awarded an approximately $80 million contract for the supply of...
US offer calls for finesse
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jun , 2012
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta’s recent visit to India brings to the fore again the question of the depth India should impart to India-US defence ties. Panetta has been explicit about...
Indian Navy's Pan 'IOR' Operations Demonstrate Reach of India's Maritime...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jun , 2012
Four ships of the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet entered Shanghai today on a four day port visit. The four IN ships Rana, Shivalik, Karmukh and Shakti under the command of Rear Admiral P Ajit...
Boeing receives its 1st International Cybersecurity contract
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Jun , 2012
Sojitz Corporation places order for advanced network assessment The Boeing Company announced today (11June 2012) that Sojitz Corporation, a global trading company headquartered in Tokyo, has...
India & SCO: Need for Caution
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jun , 2012
India, like Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, is presently an observer of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO), which has completed 10 years. Like Pakistan and Iran, it has sought full...
Siachen: The Frozen Frontier in pictures
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jun , 2012
The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best of friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit this place. Rugged high peaks with heights from 19,000 ft to 27,000 ft. INDIAN...
JIMEX 12: First exercise between India and Japan
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Jun , 2012
The first Bi-lateral maritime exercise between India and Japan ‘JIMEX 12’ (Japan India Maritime Exercise) will commence tomorrow, 09 June, off Tokyo. Units of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence...
Counter and Neutralise ISI
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jun , 2012
The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET), which had refrained from any major terrorist attack in India, including Jammu & Kashmir, after the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai, has been let loose again by the...
TAPI Pipeline: Moving away from Iran
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jun , 2012
The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline agreement signed on May 23 is a follow-up to the December 2010 agreement but essentially a rerun of the aborted 1990s game with a few...
Lockheed Martin delivered upgraded P-3 Orion to US Customs and Border Protection
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jun , 2012
Lockheed Martin delivered the fifth P-3 Orion with new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) modifications to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) more than 50 days ahead of schedule. “Our Greenville team...
French RAID Team Reveals Robot’s Role in Toulouse Counterterrorism Operation
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jun , 2012
Commandos from the elite French counterterrorism team R.A.I.D. (Recherché Assistance Intervention Dissuasion) killed Mohamed Merah, an Islamic extremist who had shot three French soldiers in...
Saint-Gobain Announces Upcoming EN Certification for Hazmat Apparel
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jun , 2012
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics announced today that the ONEGlove® protective glove will soon be certified to EN standards for use with Hazmat and CBRN protective ensembles. Under the...