Articles in Defence Industry
Boeing to Showcase Defense Portfolio for Indian Market at Defexpo
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Mar , 2012
India a significant defense market opportunity for Boeing Company exhibit and events to focus on program execution, local partnerships Boeing will showcase a comprehensive portfolio of products...
Rheinmetall Air Defence rejects allegations
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Mar , 2012
Rheinmetall Air Defence AG of Switzerland (RAD) objects to the decision of the Indian Ministry of Defence announced on 5 March 2012 to exclude it from doing business with India’s Ordnance...
Boeing Phantom Eye Conducts Medium-speed Taxi Test
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Mar , 2012
Hydrogen-powered high altitude long endurance aircraft approaching 1st flight Boeing announced that the Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle has conducted its...
CASSIDIAN appoints Peter Gutsmiedl as first India CEO
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Mar , 2012
Cassidian has appointed Peter Gutsmiedl as first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its India operations. Based in Bengaluru, the heart of India’s aerospace and defence industry, he will lead the...
DCNS conducts first helicopter deck landing trials on FREMM Aquitaine
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2012
DCNS has achieved formal qualification of the FREMM frigate Aquitaine’s flight deck for operations with the Lynx helicopter. This milestone was reached several months ahead of schedule after a...
Boeing Completes deliveries of Super Hornet
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2012
Boeing announced that it has completed delivery of 257 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters and EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft to the U.S. Navy. Each aircraft was delivered ahead of...
Edwards F-35A Conducts First External Weapons Test Mission
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Feb , 2012
On Feb. 16, the first external weapons test mission was flown by an F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., further expanding the program’s...
Indian Air Force of the future
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 16 Feb , 2012
Planning for the future has always been a daunting task, especially when it concerns the military of a nation. As the military is a vital component and in fact the ultimate instrument of national...
Mi-17 V5 helicopter to be inducted into the IAF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Feb , 2012
Mi-17 V5 helicopter would be inducted into the IAF on 17 February 2012. This helicopter falls in the category of armed helicopter, with substantial and effective firepower with the latest and...
Lockheed Martin's Fighting Falcon evolves with New F-16V
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Feb , 2012
Lockheed Martin unveiled a new version of the F-16 at the Singapore Airshow. The F-16V will feature enhancements including an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, an upgraded...
Combat capability of the Naval Air Arm
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 14 Feb , 2012
In the four decades since independence, the nation’s naval air arm had grown substantially to emerge as a prominent fighting force. By 1991, the combat capability of the Air Arm had leapfrogged...
Revolution in military logistics
By: Rear Adm AP Revi | Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 14 Feb , 2012
Everyone on the streets today is talking about globalisation. In military circles, there is much talk about Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). The military is also going full steam ahead on...
Steering India's Military Capabilities
By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar | Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 12 Feb , 2012
If we were to comment on the attitude of our leadership to our country’s defence preparedness the conclusion would be of unwitting indifference. There is no other plausible explanation to the...
India's Offset Policy in the Shipbuilding Sector
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 10 Feb , 2012
India is the third largest arms importer and 10th in terms of global military expenditure.1 Capital acquisition of naval ship and platforms account for 25 percent of India’s capital acquisition...
Howe and Howe Technologies: Pushing the limits of extreme vehicle design...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Feb , 2012
Twin brothers Geoff and Mike Howe were already working as engineers before they knew what engineering was. At age six, they took a toaster apart to figure out how it worked. At eight, they built...
Civil Aviation: Component of Aerospace Power
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 06 Feb , 2012
“Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset – its flexibility” – Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. Since...
Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Orders Northrop Grumman's ALMDS
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Feb , 2012
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has purchased four helicopter-mountable, laser mine detection systems to help protect its coastline and the daily maritime traffic coming in and out of the...
Indian shipbuilding: key to maritime and economic security
By: Vice Adm BS Randhawa | Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 03 Feb , 2012
The first anniversary of 26/11 brings to mind the profound statement of Jawaharlal Nehru ‘To be secure on land we must be supreme at sea’. While Pandit Nehru’s views would have been formed...
Indian Air Force - Quo Vadis?
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 01 Feb , 2012
Even as the IAF prepares for the great leap into the next generation it must be realised that to erect an edifice there is the imperative of foundation. Visions of a powerful modern Air Force are...
Design Considerations for Indigenous Aircraft Carrier-2
By: Vice Adm BS Randhawa | Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 30 Jan , 2012
The keel of India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) was laid by the Raksha Mantri at Cochin Shipyard on the 28th of February 2009. This major milestone of the IAC project underlined the...