Articles in Net Edition
Aster-the first European missile to successfully carry out a ballistic intercept
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Dec , 2010
MBDA is celebrating the total success of an Aster missile firing carried out on 18th October 2010 by the DGA EM (Direction Générale de l’Armement – Essais de Missiles) in the Landes region of...
Seven new radars to be set up in Lakshadweep to boost coastal security: Antony
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Dec , 2010
Indian Defence Minister A K Antony says, seven new radars will be set up in different islands of Lakshadweep to prevent illegal entry into the country’s territorial waters. He said, the radars...
Airbus Military A330 MRTT ends 2010 on a high note
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Dec , 2010
The Airbus Military A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport is poised to be delivered to three different customers in 2011, following a flurry of activities which ended 2010, and with its position...
Boeing to Build 3-Satellite System for Mexico
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Dec , 2010
Boeing announced that it has received a contract for approximately $1 billion from the government of Mexico to deliver an end-to-end satellite communications system. The system, known as MEXSAT,...
Boeing Receives P-8I Equipment from India's BEL
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Dec , 2010
Boeing received a key sensor technology for the Indian navy’s P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft last week from Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL). BEL...
Pakistan, a valuable asset for China
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Dec , 2010
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China visited Pakistan from December 17 to 19,2010, after having completed a three-day visit to India from December 15 to 17. During his stay in Pakistan, he...
Fourth Airbus Military A400M makes first flight
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Dec , 2010
The fourth Airbus Military A400M military airlifter has made its first flight – the culmination of a highly successful 2010 which also saw the fleet of Grizzly development aircraft complete just...
Rheinmetall transferred Multi A4 FSA Vehicles to German military
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Dec , 2010
Made by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV), the first Multi A4 FSA protected military transport vehicle has been formally transferred to the Bundeswehr at an official rollout ceremony...
China seeks to bring in Pakistan as an interested party
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Dec , 2010
In my previous article (China supports Pakistan’s claim on Kashmir!), I had stated as follows: “By questioning the legitimacy of India’s sovereignty over J&K, the Chinese may be creating a...
Elbit will supply Multi-Sensor Monitoring and Surveillance Systems
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Dec , 2010
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $16 million from the Polish Ministry of National Defense to supply mobile multi-sensor monitoring and...
Eurocopter's Tiger HAD support and attack helicopter for France
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Dec , 2010
The first pre-serial Tiger HAD (fire support and destruction) for France made its maiden flight from Eurocopter’s Marignane, France facility. It marks an important step towards the Block I...
Rheinmetall will modernize Leopard tanks and weapon systems for Canada
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Dec , 2010
Rheinmetall has just booked two important orders for equipping the Canadian armed forces, worth a total of €87 million. Rheinmetall Canada Inc. of Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Québec, has been...
New Delhi's political incompetence creates a valley of discontent
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Dec , 2010
It was winter- of 1963 when the holy relic at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar went missing. News spread like wild fire and a crowd of more than quarter of a million assembled in Srinagar town. A...
China wins in New Delhi
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Dec , 2010
What are the concrete results flowing from the just concluded high profile visit of Chinese premier Wen Jiabao to India? The answer depends on whether one is seeking it from the Indian point of...
Indian Air Force takes delivery of first C-130J Super Hercules
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Dec , 2010
Lockheed Martin delivered the first of six C-130Js to the Indian Air Force. The new fleet was ordered under a $1.2 billion U.S. Foreign Military Sale (India’s first) in late 2008. “There are...
Chinese Incursions and India's Flawed Response
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Dec , 2010
Chinese incursions are making headlines in the Indian Press. It is good. Not because the Chinese persist in trespassing into Indian territory, but because the media bring some light onto such...
DCNS presents new-generation support vessels
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Dec , 2010
Speaking to international experts gathered in London on 9 and 10 December for the Afloat Support and Naval Logistics conference*, DCNS gave a presentation on its new-generation BRAVE (Bâtiment...
Elbit completes acquisition of M7 Aerospace for $85 Million
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Dec , 2010
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, LLC, (“ESA”) acquired 100% of M7 Aerospace LP (M7 Aerospace) in a $85 million all cash...
Hawker Beechcraft Delivers Centennial T-6B Texan II to US Navy
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Dec , 2010
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation announced that it has delivered a specially painted T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft to the United States Navy as part of the commemoration of the Centennial of Naval...
US insult to Indian diplomats at airports
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Dec , 2010
Even in the past, there had been instances of humiliating body searches of Indian diplomats and visiting dignitaries at US airports. The controversy over this has assumed serious dimensions...