IDR Updates
Handover of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya to take place on November 16
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Nov , 2013
On November 16, 2013, the formal handover ceremony and transfer of the Project 11430 aircraft carrier Vikramaditya (INS Vikramaditya) to the Indian Navy will be held at the Sevmash shipyard in...
India’s expanding power gap with China
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 13 Nov , 2013
We have a tendency to overstate the positives of our relations with China and downplay the negatives. This creates the impression that our ties are better than they actually are, and that the...
Cyalume introducing its latest innovations at MILIPOL 2013
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Nov , 2013
Cyalume Technologies SAS, the French subsidiary of Cyalume Technologies Inc., the world leader in chemical light solutions for more than 40 years and manufacturer of non-pyrotechnic Battlefield...
ISRO Gearing up for First Mars Mission
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Nov , 2013
The Indian Space Research Organisation is planning its first ever mission to the Red Planet. The Mars Orbiter mission will enable it understand the technological challenges of such an exploration....
Rs. 9,600-Crore Nuclear Fuel Facility at Kalpakkam
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Nov , 2013
India’s first Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Facility (FRFCF) involving an outlay of around Rs.9,600 crore got Centre’s nod recently, for it to be set up in Kalpakkam, as per R.K Sinha,...
Military: The Grid of Violence
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 11 Nov , 2013
Violence unleashed upon a nation can only be met by developing the capability to counter the violence. In the twenty-first century, unless societies with deep-rooted beliefs in non-violence and...
Sri Lanka denies rejection of visas to IBAHRI delegation
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2013
It is categorically rejected that entry visas have been denied to a delegation of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), as alleged by IBAHRI in a press statement...
Soldier of the Future?
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2013
War enhances health technology in ways that are beneficial. In World War II, the Allies made significant medical advances in developing antibiotic drugs and performed life-saving blood...
India to Have Shield from Long-range Missiles
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2013
As part of the Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) shield being developed by DRDO, India’s missile defence system is set to get a big boost with the capability to intercept enemy missiles fired...
Upgraded MH-60S for US Navy at NAS North Island
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2013
CAE USA announced that the United States Navy has declared an updated MH-60S ‘Sierra’ Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) as ready-for-training at Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island near San...
$8 Billion Chopper Tender for Indian Navy
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2013
In view of its expanding fleet size and expansion in its area of responsibility with the Government stating that the country’s strategic interest ranges from the Gulf of Aden to the Malacca...
Lockheed’s JASSM Completes Successful Flight Testing
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2013
The flight testing of Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Surface Stand-off Missile (JASSM) Extended Range for the US Air Force Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) has been...
China: Some Questions
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2013
The fact that the media is government paid and government controlled in Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is no secret. It is convenient since then the population, particularly the youth can be fed...
Decoding the Dragon’s Game Plan
By: Maj Gen Pushpendra Singh | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 07 Nov , 2013
Over the past decades, we have constantly tried to mollify the Dragon. In the bargain, we have been inveigled into surrendering our bargaining chips one by one. Therefore, we should now strive to...
First Rafale deliveries to India by 2016
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Nov , 2013
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was quoted by the financial daily ‘Les Echos’ that France expects to make its first deliveries of Rafale to India by 2016 or 2017. The paper stated...
MQ-8C, the Rotary Wing UAV of the Future?
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Nov , 2013
Earlier this month, at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space exposition at National Harbor, Md., a full scale mock-up of Northrop Grumman’s MQ-8C, the unmanned platform that is to succeed the...
Third-Generation Tilt-rotor V-280 by Bell
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Nov , 2013
At the annual US Army Aviation symposium, Quad-A, Bell’s V-280 Valor third generation tilt-rotor helicopter was unveiled by John Garrison, President and CEO, Bell Helicopter. The V-280 is...
US Army – UAH to Collaborate on Developing Next-Gen UAS
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Nov , 2013
The US Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Management Office (PM UAS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to promote the development...
USAF to Launch $555 Million Unmanned Modernization Project
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Nov , 2013
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $555.6 million contract to modernize the USAF’s fleet of Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The Department of Defense (DoD) stated that the...
Researchers Unveil Thought-Controlled Drone
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Nov , 2013
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have revealed a drone that can be controlled merely by thought. Published in the Journal of Neuro Engineering, the project has implications in everything...