IDR Updates
Helicopter Operations in Sri Lanka
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 31 Oct , 2012
The Mi-8 and the AN-32 were the main ‘workhorses’ in Operation Pawan in Sri Lanka. The Mi-8 fleet flew well over 35,000 sorties lifting over 100,000 troops and 5,700 tonnes of load....
SOFT POWER counts for very little!
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Oct , 2012
If the US lacked the overwhelming “hard power” it has, if global institutions were not dominated by it, if it did not actively propagate its political,economic and societal values world-wide,...
Boeing on Schedule to Deliver Next-Gen Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Oct , 2012
Satellites extend NASA's ability to transmit information among spacecraft and ground terminals Key performance tests and work with General Dynamics on ground segment complete Boeing is on...
Le Vigilant SSBN under major routine maintenance and adaptation of new...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Oct , 2012
The nuclear submarine ballistic missile (SSBN) Le Vigilant left last week Brest naval base -Brittany, France - where she underwent first part of major maintenance and adaptation works to the new...
Pratt & Whitney Completes First PurePower PW1100G-JM Engine for Airbus...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Oct , 2012
Pratt & Whitney has completed assembly of its first engine to test (FETT) for its PurePower PW1100G-JM engine – the first engine to power the Airbus A320neo aircraft. Company leadership,...
Bell Boeing Receives US Marine Corps Contract for V-22 Training Devices
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Oct , 2012
Trainers will support presidential transport and Osprey aircrews The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded a $74 million contract to the Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Boeing and...
UAVs gaining currency with Indian Armed Forces
By: Guilem Monsonis | Issue: EDR Vol. March/April 2012 | Date: 30 Oct , 2012
Drones are on the rise in the Indian armed forces. Identified as an essential tool for modernization, in recent years UAVs have become a staple of Indian border surveillance. Constrained for a...
Successful first end to end firing of MBDA naval cruise missile (MdCN) in...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Oct , 2012
The French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) has successfully carried out the first end to end firing of the MdCN (Missile de Croisière Naval or naval cruise missile) in its submarine...
EC120 Colibri aircraft exceeds 40,000 flight hours
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Oct , 2012
Helidax, a subsidiary of DCI and INAER, announces that it has exceeded 40,000 flight hours on EC120 Colibri aircraft, in their Calliope configuration, after 2 years of operation. Helidax is the...
Boeing Receives $2 Billion C-17 Aircraft Sustainment Contract
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Oct , 2012
Boeing will continue assuring the worldwide availability of C-17 aircraft, which provide vital military and humanitarian airlift capability, through a $2 billion follow-on contract it recently...
South Korea orders its 100th Sigma 40 navigation system from Sagem
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Oct , 2012
South Korea has ordered its 100th shipborne Sigma 40 inertial navigation system from Sagem (Safran group), confirming its confidence in the system's laser gyro technology. The Sigma 40 is a...
Boeing-COMAC Technology Center Announces First Biofuel Research Project
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Oct , 2012
Hangzhou Energy Engineering & Technology will find ways to convert waste cooking oil for use as jet fuel A newly formed technology center created by Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China...
Sagem wins major contract to supply Vigy Observer optronic systems
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Oct , 2012
Sagem (Safran group) has signed a contract to supply 80 Vigy Observer optronic systems for the navy's new fast interceptor craft. It won the contract against an international field of competitors....
India and the European Aerospace Industry
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 22 Oct , 2012
After the nightmare of recession, the airline industry is convincingly on the path to recovery. The mood in European as indeed, in the global aviation industry, is definitely upbeat. In fact, the...
India, Tibet, China: The contending triumvirate
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Oct , 2012
“When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When without resources, depend on resourcefulness”, - Sun Tsu. The territorial dispute in the Trans-Himalayan Region is a legacy of the eternal...
Najam Sethi on New Great Game in Central Asia
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Oct , 2012
In this two part video Najam Sethi, Editor Friday Times, Pakistan, explains the importance of Central Asian Republics due to it being rich in energy resources and their geographical locations. He...
A Vision of Maritime India 2020
By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Issue: Vol 22.1 Jan - Mar 2007 | Date: 13 Oct , 2012
“What ship? Where bound?” is the traditional nautical query that goes out on the air when a warship encounters a stranger on the high seas. Recently an Indian Navy frigate on passage to the...
India has no reason to trust China
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Oct , 2012
We have to deal with China pragmatically, within the framework of our serious political differences and opportunities for economic engagement. China has grown into a formidable economic power,...
Boeing Delivers to Air India First South Carolina-built 787 Dreamliner
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Oct , 2012
Delivery is third 787 for Air India Boeing marked a historic milestone with delivery to Air India of the first 787 Dreamliner built at its North Charleston facility. “We’re delighted to be...
3rd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Ready for Launch
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Oct , 2012
SVN-65 to further enhance constellation's power, precision and capacity The third of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites Boeing is building for the U.S. Air Force is ready to make...