Articles in Net Edition
Headley's Testimony: Points for action by India
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 May , 2011
The detailed testimony of David Coleman Headley of the Chicago cell of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) in the case against Tahawuur Hussain Rana and some others being tried in absentia before a Chicago...
Pakistan's China pavilion after the USA's 'Package of Tangible Inducements'
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 May , 2011
Why does Islamabad, Washington’s best ally, so often give sleepless nights to US officials? One can argue that it is a question of reciprocity. The latest one: the Americans made fools of the...
German Armed Forces procure protected Mercedes-Benz Actros Heavy Recovery...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 May , 2011
Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks in Germany has signed a contract with the German Armed Forces for delivery of protected Actros Heavy Recovery Vehicles for immediate use by the German troops in...
How to ward off threats to Pak nuclear arsenal?
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 May , 2011
The daring commando style raid into a Pakistani naval base at Karachi on May 22 by terrorists of the Pakistani Taliban has highlighted once again the poor state of physical security at sensitive...
BATCIS & General Dynamics receives commendation from Chief of Defence...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 May , 2011
The Bowman and Tactical Communications and Information Systems (BATCIS) Experimentation, Research and Operational Support Team, including team members from General Dynamics UK, has received a...
First Lockheed Martin Advanced Block 50 F-16 unveiled for Turkish Air Force
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 May , 2011
Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) and Lockheed Martin unveiled the first of 30 new Turkish-built F-16s in ceremonies today at TAI’s facility near Ankara. Turkish officials at the event...
The AS350 B3 Helicopter Proves its High-Altitude Performance
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 May , 2011
The AStar family of helicopters has become the platform of choice for a variety of missions throughout the world. From law enforcement to utility and from tour to air medical and Search and...
China: All the way with Pakistan
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 May , 2011
China has gone all the way with Pakistan in the difficult situation being faced by Pakistan in the aftermath of the Abbottabad raid by some US naval commandos on May 2, which led to the death...
Air Marshal NAK Browne will be the next Chief of Air Staff
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 May , 2011
Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal NAK Browne will be the next Chief of Air Staff on the retirement of Air Chief Marshal PV Naik from government service on July 31, 2011. Born in Allahabad on...
UTair'sTraining Center joins Eurocopter Global Training Network
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 May , 2011
Andrei Martirosov, CEO UTair Aviation, and Vladimir Demkin, director of Personnel Training Center (PTC) received from Derek Sharples, Eurocopter Executive Vice President for Support and...
MBDA's PARS 3 LR successfully tested on German Tiger
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 May , 2011
Three firings, three hits! This is the impressive score of the test firing exercise conducted with the PARS 3 LR guided antitank missile system. For the first time, the test firings with...
A Shoddy Counter-Terrorism Data-Base
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 May , 2011
More than two years after the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai and the setting-up of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Government of India continues to have a shoddy...
Sea Viper support contract awarded to MBDA
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 May , 2011
MBDA has been awarded a £165M contract to provide the support for Sea Viper, the Royal Navy’s latest and most modern weapon system. Sea Viper is a world leading area air defence missile system...
Genel Havacilik A.S. Orders a GrandNew Helicopter
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May , 2011
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that Genel Havacilik A.S. of Turkey has placed an order for a GrandNew light twin helicopter. The aircraft will be used to perform VIP transport...
Boeing KC-767 Tankers for Italian Air Force
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May , 2011
The first two Boeing KC-767 advanced aerial refueling tankers for the Italian Air Force (ItAF) formally entered into service during a public ceremony near Rome. The ItAF accepted delivery of the...
EADS invites young talents and experienced professionals to Le Bourget Air Show
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2011
More than 20 workshops, more than 1000 participants expected EADS CEO Louis Gallois and other top executives to attend the workshops Recruitment targets of more than 4000 permanent recruits...
Eurocopter X3 hybrid helicopter exceeds its speed challenge
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2011
Eurocopter’s X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator has delivered on the promise of pushing the frontiers in rotary-wing aviation by surpassing its original speed target of 220 kts. demonstrating the...
Pak Army & ISI: Dangerous mix of Humiliation & Desperation
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2011
A dangerous mix of humiliation and desperation is the prevailing mood in the Pakistani Armed Forces and its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in the wake of the death of Osama bin Laden in a...
India and US enhance partnership in joint anti-terrorism
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 May , 2011
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, in partnership with the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on May 13 concluded a two-week seminar on the role of police leaders...
All eyes on Gilani's visit to China
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2011
All eyes in Pakistan are on the four-day visit to China from May 17,2011, by Prime Minister Yousef Raza Gilani. The dates of the visit were finalized some weeks ago to enable him to participate...