IDR Updates

142 Officers Commissioned into Indian Air Force

142 Officers Commissioned into Indian Air Force

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2011

Indian Air Force (IAF) got a new batch of officers with 142 newly commissioned Flying Officers graduating from the Air Force Academy (AFA), at Dundigal near Hyderabad. Marshal of the IAF Arjan...

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Israel set for the world’s biggest Air Show in Paris

Israel set for the world’s biggest Air Show in Paris

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2011

Following successful battle experience with Iron Dome, the counter-rocket missile system, along with the Stunner interceptor, being part of the future David’s Sling, Arrow II, III and Barak 8,...

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Boeing Phantom Eye HALE Completes Vibration Tests

Boeing Phantom Eye HALE Completes Vibration Tests

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2011

High-altitude long endurance unmanned airborne system marks major milestone in preparation for 1st flight The Boeing Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned airborne system...

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Eurofighter Typhoon: Ready for India

Eurofighter Typhoon: Ready for India

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 19 Jun , 2011

The Eurofighter consortium is fully committed to meet the future requirements of the Indian Air Force (IAF). As the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition progresses, EADS which...

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Can there be revolt against General Kayani?

Can there be revolt against General Kayani?

By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Jun , 2011

 Can there be a revolt against Gen.Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), either by the subalterns or by senior officers due to their unhappiness over his...

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Australia selects US Navy’s MH-60R SEAHAWK Helicopter for AIR 9000 Phase 8...

Australia selects US Navy’s MH-60R SEAHAWK Helicopter for AIR 9000 Phase 8...

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jun , 2011

The U.S. Navy announced the Commonwealth of Australia has selected the MH-60R SEAHAWK® helicopter to fulfill the Australian Defence Force’s AIR 9000 Phase 8 requirement for a fleet of 24...

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Israel Highlights Latest Aerospace Trends at the National Pavilion at the...

Israel Highlights Latest Aerospace Trends at the National Pavilion at the...

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jun , 2011

The 49th Paris Air Show taking place at Le Bourget, Paris June 20 – 26, offers the biggest showcase for Israel’s Aerospace and Defense (A&D) industries. Israel is participating in this biennial...

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EADS enhances online services for media

EADS enhances online services for media

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jun , 2011

EADS press website now offering extended resources and services tailored to journalists´ needs EADS press twitter account goes online Dedicated microsite features EADS’ presence at Paris Air...

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Aerovision and UniAir present the 1st Falcon 50 Flying Camera

Aerovision and UniAir present the 1st Falcon 50 Flying Camera

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jun , 2011

The business aviation company AEROVISION and sister company UNIAIR, a maintenance workshop, are proud to present an exclusive aircraft specifically modified for aerial pictures. The pod camera...

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Boeing 747-8 Freighter to fly to Paris Air Show on sustainable Biofuel

Boeing 747-8 Freighter to fly to Paris Air Show on sustainable Biofuel

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jun , 2011

Boeing will fly the new 747-8 Freighter to its international air show debut in a doubly historic fashion, flying the airplane across the Atlantic Ocean to the Paris Air Show using a renewable...

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Al-Zawahiri: Advocate of Global Jihadi Intifada

Al-Zawahiri: Advocate of Global Jihadi Intifada

By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jun , 2011

  Six weeks after the death of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011, Al Qaeda’s General Command has announced the appointment of Ayman al-Zawahiri, of Egypt, who was OBL’s No.2, as the new head of...

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India’s Seapower in the Twenty-First Century

India’s Seapower in the Twenty-First Century

By: Vice Admiral Mihir K. Roy | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in the Indian Ocean | Date: 17 Jun , 2011

  India continues her quest for a coherent maritime policy. Her continental mindset however ensures that not one inch of her territory will be captured from across land borders. But perhaps...

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SELEX Galileo showcases its integrated airborne surveillance and air...

SELEX Galileo showcases its integrated airborne surveillance and air...

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Jun , 2011

 SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, is demonstrating its leadership in airborne sensors, mission systems and integrated solutions as part of the Finmeccanica exhibit at the 49th Paris Air...

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Rheinmetall unveils new HE DM11 secondary ammunition for MBT 120mm...

Rheinmetall unveils new HE DM11 secondary ammunition for MBT 120mm...

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Jun , 2011

Rheinmetall recently revealed a new 120m HE round to a group of international experts at its proving ground in Unterlüß, Germany. It can be fired from any in-service 120mm smoothbore gun (L44...

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Boeing to Build 10 C-17 Airlifters for Indian Air Force

Boeing to Build 10 C-17 Airlifters for Indian Air Force

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jun , 2011

Boeing announced that India’s Ministry of Defence has signed an agreement with the U.S. government to acquire 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifters. The Foreign Military Sale — approved by...

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High Court ruling can make the Armed Forces Tribunal infructuous

High Court ruling can make the Armed Forces Tribunal infructuous

By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jun , 2011

  The defence services had been clamouring for an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) for decades, essentially because the civilian courts took years and even decades to decide their cases. These...

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Cobham Delivers Converted Aircraft to Ascent Flight Training Ltd for UK MFTS

Cobham Delivers Converted Aircraft to Ascent Flight Training Ltd for UK MFTS

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jun , 2011

Cobham has delivered four converted Hawker-Beechcraft B350ER King Air special mission aircraft to Ascent Flight Training Limited for the United Kingdom Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS)....

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Eurocopter innovation takes to the skies at Paris Air Show

Eurocopter innovation takes to the skies at Paris Air Show

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jun , 2011

Eurocopter’s commitment to innovation will be showcased at the 2011 Paris Air Show, where the company’s high-profile participation is to include the first public flight presentations of its X3...

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Thales completes successful flight demonstration for full automatic one-ton...

Thales completes successful flight demonstration for full automatic one-ton...

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jun , 2011

Thales today announced that it has successfully achieved, with its partner Boeing, the full automatic landing of a one ton class VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) UAV. The automatic landing...

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Lockheed Martin MH-60R Lands on LCS for First Time

Lockheed Martin MH-60R Lands on LCS for First Time

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jun , 2011

The sun provided the light, a U.S. Navy photographer manned the camera and two Lockheed Martin programs provided the action during recent training operations in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. Navy...

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