Articles in Defence Industry
Is the new Defence Offset Policy bold enough?
By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 25 Aug , 2012
Defence industrialisation strategy must be made a part of the overall national manufacturing capability strategy. The social sector, through their social overheads and infrastructure improvement...
15-Year Defence Purchase Plan Cleared
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 21 Aug , 2012
The Ministry of Defence has finally cleared a 15-year Long-Term Integrated Perspective Plan (LTIPP), following the Army Chief, General V K Singh’s sensational leak of the letter to Prime...
Puma UAS Systems in Afghanistan
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 21 Aug , 2012
California-based AeroVironment has received from the US Army an order for the immediate delivery of RQ-20A Puma AE small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for intelligence, surveillance and...
Alenia Aeronautica C27J Spartan military transport aircraft
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 21 Aug , 2012
The Alenia Aeronautica C27J Spartan twin-engine military transport aircraft has proved to be an ideal supply delivery platform in the ongoing war in Afghanistan. The C27J can operate in adverse...
Boeing Marks 50 Years of Delivering Chinook Helicopters
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Aug , 2012
Boeing investing $130M in factory to meet global demand As Boeing marks the 50th anniversary of delivering the first H-47 Chinook military helicopter, the company is nearing completion of a $130...
NASA’S Curiosity Rover mission supported by TE Connectivity’s Kilovac Relays
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Aug , 2012
NASA’s Curiosity rover landed in the Gale Crater on Mars on August 5, having flown over 127 million miles since its November 26, 2011 launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in...
Boeing Opens New Parts Processing Center at Portland Site
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Aug , 2012
Boeing celebrated the opening of its new parts processing center and building expansion in Gresham, Ore., a suburb of Portland. Employing about 1,800 people, Boeing Portland is an ISO...
Lockheed Martin to authorize Canada’s Cascade Aerospace as a C-130 heavy...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Aug , 2012
Lockheed Martin announced that at the 50th anniversary Abbotsford International Air Show that Cascade Aerospace will be authorized as a C-130 Heavy Maintenance Center (HMC) – only the second...
India’s defence ties with Europe
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Aug , 2012
To appreciate better the subject of India’s defence relations with Europe some reflections of a general nature would be pertinent. The point needs to be made right at the start that India does...
Defence Procurement: A procedure sans policy
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 08 Aug , 2012
“There is an imperative need to rationalise the Defence Procurement Procedure so that it serves the purpose of a facilitator, and not an impediment to the acquisition of defence...
Boeing Demonstrates Autonomous Ship-based Capability of Unmanned Little Bird...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Aug , 2012
The Boeing Unmanned Little Bird H-6U successfully performed 14 autonomous takeoffs and landings from a ship during flight tests in July, a significant milestone for a medium-size...
Modernisation of the Indian Navy - 2020
By: Admiral Madhvendra Singh | Issue: Vol 20.4 Oct-Dec 2005 | Date: 08 Aug , 2012
“Modernisation” of a Navy is a continuous process – and each major upgradation takes time and needs to be planned well in advance. The “Great White Fleet” which circum-navigated the...
Elbit Systems of America showcases the Skylark
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Aug , 2012
Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., will showcase the Skylark® I-LE Block II’s capabilities at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems...
Boeing Completes Major Join of India's 1st C-17 Airlifter
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Aug , 2012
Program on schedule to deliver strategic and humanitarian capabilities Boeing in Long Beach integrated the forward, center and aft fuselages and the wing assembly of India’s first C-17...