Articles in Net Edition
DRDO-IIT Powai Develops ''Netra' to Aid Anti-terror Ops
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
Pune-based DRDO has developed an UAV called ‘Netra’ to aid counter-insurgency operations to be inducted into the armed forces by the year-end. Weighing 1.5kg, the Netra is the result of...
Airship for US Army from Northrop Grumman
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $517-million contract to develop up to three Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) systems to provide US troops in Afghanistan an unblinking...
Boeing Delivers US Navy's 10th C-40A Derivative Aircraft
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
Boeing delivered the 10th C-40A transport/cargo aircraft to the U.S. Navy. The Boeing 737-700 commercial derivative was modified at the company’s Wichita facility for its Navy mission. “The...
Final AW159 Lynx Wildcat Test Aircraft Makes Its Maiden Flight
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the third and final AW159 test aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight on November 19th at AgustaWestland’s Yeovil...
Fast delivery - Norwegian DINGO-2 to Afghanistan three weeks after order
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
10 new vehicles already on the way to Aghanistan KMW proves once again its ability for quick and reliable delivery Only three weeks after the order agreement between the Norwegian Army...
Boeing Phantom Ray Completes Low-speed Taxi Tests
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system successfully completed low-speed taxi tests on Nov. 18 at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. “Phantom Ray did exactly what it was supposed to...
Selecting Military's Top Brass
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Nov , 2010
Indian armed forces have many unique organisational features. Most of them have been discussed frequently in public debates. One lesser known aspect is total lack of meritocracy in higher...
Chinese avionics & missiles for Pakistan
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Nov , 2010
The Chinese Communist Party controlled “Global Times” has reported as follows on November 18,2010: Pakistan inks deal for Chinese missiles by Xu Tianran in Zhuhai and Chris Dalby in...
China defends decision to dam the Brahmaputra
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Nov , 2010
In continuing disregard of India’s major concern over the implications of the daming of the Brahmaputra River in order to construct a hydel power station at Zangmu in the so-called Tibet...
Anti-India mindset entrenched in Pakistan
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
New Delhi, India – If a recent report in the leading U.S. daily The Wall Street Journal is to be believed, the Obama administration is to intensify efforts to make India resolve its tensions...
Honeywell will provide APUs to the Canadian Forces for its CH-147 helicopters
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
Honeywell announced that Boeing has selected the 36-150 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) for CH-147 helicopters that will be delivered to Canada. “Honeywell engines and auxiliary power units are...
Boeing Delivers UK Royal Air Force's 7th C-17 Globemaster III
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
The Boeing Company delivered the United Kingdom’s seventh C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force (RAF) today during a ceremony at Boeing’s final assembly facility in Long Beach. “The...
India and Aung San Suu Kyi : Quo Vadis?
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
In her speeches, statements and interviews since her release from house arrest by the military Junta , Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar pro-democracy leader, has already given some indication of her...
KMW Training & Simulation selected by the Norwegian Armed Forces for LEOPARD 2
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
German KMW Training & Simulation has been selected by the Norwegian Armed Forces to deliver the BATSIM® Classroom for the main battle tank LEOPARD 2. The BATSIM® Classroom provides state of the...
Is Copy-Cat of Mumbai 26/11 Possible in Indonesia?
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
Is a copy-cat act of terrorism similar to the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai possible in Indonesia? That is a question that needs examination following the disclosures made by the Indonesian...
60 military aircrafts crash in last three financial years
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
As many as 60 military aircrafts including fighter jets and helicopters have crashed in the last three financial years. The Defence Minister A K Antony told Lok Sabha that 48 persons including...
Lockheed Martin F-35 begins flying Block 1 Software
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
The fundamental building block for all future avionics software on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet. “Block 1,” the first of...
Honeywell enhances passenger comfort and productivity in Boeing Business Jets
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
Honeywell announced that its Ovation Select Cabin Management System has been selected for installation in two different Boeing Business Jets, providing customers with superior in-flight...
SELEX Galileo unveils the Mirach 100/X after the successful completion of...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
An intensive research and development programme that included project, modelling, simulation and test activities has borne fruit in the form of the Mirach 100/X Aerial Target, unveiled today by...
Airbus CEO and OCCAR Programme Manager join parachutists in jump from A400M
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Nov , 2010
A ten-man team of parachutists who jumped from the new Airbus Military A400M airlifter yesterday included Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders, and the A400M Programme Manager at the OCCAR...