IDR Updates
Dassault Rafale for Brazil
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 19 Jun , 2012
Following the announcement that the Dassault Rafale had emerged as the lowest bidder in the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) tender for the Indian Air Force, it appears that Brazil could...
Why the existence of Pakistan is not in India’s interest
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jun , 2012
Pakistan has been a thorn in India’s left side for 65 years, and amazingly, India has tolerated its pain and irritation, against most odds of human nature. After four wars and multiple proxy...
POINTER shows the way in India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jun , 2012
The POINTER, Weapon Cueing System, developed by a team from Qioptiq, QinetiQ and ISTEC was displayed at this year’s Defexpo in India on the UKTI Stand mounted on a Hobson Industries Land Rover...
India’s Shrinking Influence
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 15 Jun , 2012
Despite India’s pretensions of an emerging great power, its influence is shrinking -both, internally as well as on its external periphery. Internally, Naxalites and insurgent outfits control...
Elbit Systems awarded an approximately $80 Million contract to supply Boeing...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jun , 2012
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary Elbit Systems – Cyclone Ltd. (“Cyclone”) was awarded an approximately $80 million contract for the supply of...
US offer calls for finesse
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jun , 2012
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta’s recent visit to India brings to the fore again the question of the depth India should impart to India-US defence ties. Panetta has been explicit about...
Indian Navy’s Pan ‘IOR’ Operations Demonstrate Reach of India’s Maritime...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jun , 2012
Four ships of the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet entered Shanghai today on a four day port visit. The four IN ships Rana, Shivalik, Karmukh and Shakti under the command of Rear Admiral P Ajit...
China-Pak spy web in Northeast
By: VK Shashikumar | Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 12 Jun , 2012
India’s Defence Minister, circumspect at most times, surprised senior army officers by publicly admitting that China was demonstrating “increasing assertiveness”. He was addressing the...
Boeing receives its 1st International Cybersecurity contract
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Jun , 2012
Sojitz Corporation places order for advanced network assessment The Boeing Company announced today (11June 2012) that Sojitz Corporation, a global trading company headquartered in Tokyo, has...
Siachen: The Frozen Frontier in pictures
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jun , 2012
The land is so barren and the passes so high that only the best of friends or fiercest enemies would want to visit this place. Rugged high peaks with heights from 19,000 ft to 27,000 ft. INDIAN...
JIMEX 12: First exercise between India and Japan
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Jun , 2012
The first Bi-lateral maritime exercise between India and Japan 'JIMEX 12' (Japan India Maritime Exercise) will commence tomorrow, 09 June, off Tokyo. Units of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence...
Islamabad’s Obsession with Ballistic Missiles
By: NK Pant | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 08 Jun , 2012
News reports from Pakistan heralding forthcoming test firing of nuclear capable surface-to-surface ‘Nasr’ missile which has a range of 180 km and boasts of high degree of accuracy signal the...
Lockheed Martin delivered upgraded P-3 Orion to US Customs and Border...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jun , 2012
Lockheed Martin delivered the fifth P-3 Orion with new Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) modifications to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) more than 50 days ahead of schedule. “Our Greenville team...
French RAID Team Reveals Robot’s Role in Toulouse Counterterrorism Operation
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jun , 2012
Commandos from the elite French counterterrorism team R.A.I.D. (Recherché Assistance Intervention Dissuasion) killed Mohamed Merah, an Islamic extremist who had shot three French soldiers in...
Saint-Gobain Announces Upcoming EN Certification for Hazmat Apparel
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jun , 2012
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics announced today that the ONEGlove® protective glove will soon be certified to EN standards for use with Hazmat and CBRN protective ensembles. Under the...
Elbit Systems Presents: New Cyber Simulator
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Jun , 2012
Elbit Systems announced that it has completed the development of a new cyber security simulator. Elbit Systems’ cyber simulator was developed specifically for the training of government,...
Boeing, Raytheon and Harris to Pursue GPS Control Segment Sustainment Contract
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Jun , 2012
Teaming arrangement reflects best of GPS sustainment experience The Boeing Company is leading a U.S. industry team that includes Raytheon and Harris Corporation to pursue future development and...
France orders naval ammunition from Diehl
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Jun , 2012
Diehl Defence has received an order fromFranceto develop and qualify modern naval ammunition. It constitutes a refinement of the 76 mm naval ammunition employed worldwide. The new ammunition is...
Boeing Delivers Final Wedgetail AEW&C Aircraft to Australia
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Jun , 2012
The Boeing Company delivered the sixth and final Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)."I would like to congratulate Boeing in...
Indian Army’s Counter-Insurgency Operations in J&K
By: Bhashyam Kasturi | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 03 Jun , 2012
The Indian experience of tackling insurgency is both varied and rich. This is so both in terms of area and terrain and in terms of groups or organisations pursuing a particular...