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F-35A
Executes First Night Flight |
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January
2012
FORT WORTH, Texas. The first night flight
in the history of the Lockheed Martin F-35
program was completed on Jan. 19, 2012 in
the skies above Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Piloted by Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Mark
Ward, AF-6, an F-35A conventional takeoff
and landing (CTOL) variant, launched at 5:05
p.m. PST and landed after sunset at 6:22 p.m. |
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44
NCC cadets on 600-km ocean sailing expedition |
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January
2012
Mumbai. Using only sail boats and without
any mechanical propulsion, a team of 44 National
Cadet Corps (Naval Unit) students, including
12 girls, has launched itself on an 11-day
oceanic expedition, an official said here
Wednesday. |
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Indian
defence research agency eyes robotic soldier,
mule |
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December
2011
Chennai. India’s Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) is in the process of building
robotic soldiers and mules as a part of its
unmanned fighting systems of the future. |
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UAE
marks 40th National Day |
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December
2011
On 2nd December 2011, the United Arab Emirates
celebrated its 40th National Day, completing
four decades since the establishment of the
state in 1971. |
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Financial
Management in Defence: The Indian Experience
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November
2011
The defence budget in India, seen by many
as quite inadequate, has actually doubled
in the last six years. |
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Higher
Self Reliance in Critical Technology: Policy
Options |
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November
2011
India accounts for substantial military spend
on acquisitions, around US$ 13 billion annually,
and the growth in acquisition budget over
the last 10 years is significantly higher
than the growth in both the Central Government
expenditure and Defence expenditure. |
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Defence
Spending 2011-21 set to touch $235 bn: V K
Misra |
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July
2011
It is indeed a proud day for the IDSA when
we have gathered here from far and near on
the occasion of possibly the first ever 3-day
international seminar devoted to the myriad
facets of defence acquisitions. |
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Armed
Forces will determine the Choice of weapons
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July
2011
New Delhi. The Government has significantly
declared that it would go by the choice of
the Armed Forces in acquiring new weapons
without any political interference. |
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India’s
Offset Policy and its Impact on Military Industrial
Capability |
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July
2011
Mumbai. The Ministry of Defence introduced
offset provisions for the first time in 2005
as part of the Defence Procurement Procedure
(DPP-2005) for buying defence systems exceeding
Rs 300 crores (approx $ 66 million) in value.
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IMDEX
Asia to showcase state-of-the-art maritime
defence |
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May
2011
New Delhi. Safe and Secure Sea For All, By
All – a theme followed by powers that be,
the world over. India’s emerging influence
in East and Southeast Asia in helping maintain
peace in the Indian Ocean and Asia-Pacific,
has resulted in extensive modernisation of
its own Navy. |
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India’s Defence Budget 2011-12: An Analysis
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March
2011
New Delhi. The Indian Budget 2011-12, presented
to the Parliament on February 28, 2011, has
allocated Rs. 1,64,415.49 crore ($36.03 billion)
for the Defence Services that include three
services (Army, Navy and Air Force), Defence
Research and Development Organisation and
Ordnance Factories (OFs). |
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Rising
Challenges, Declining Resources |
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March
2011
In his budget speech on February 28, 2011,
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee set aside
Rs 1,64,425 crore (US$ 36 billion) for defence
during the next financial year (FY 2011-12).
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Low
Defence Budget Hampering Modernisation Plans
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March
2010
New Delhi. India’s defence budget is pegged
at approximately 2.0 per cent of the country’s
GDP. The total defence budget for Financial
Year 2010-11 is Rs 1,47,344 crore (US$ 32.75
billion). |
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Antony
re-elected IDSA President |
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Janurayy
2010
New Delhi . Defence Minister A.K. Antony has
been re-elected unopposed as president of
the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
(IDSA) for another two-year term. |
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India’s
Defence Procurement Procedures |
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November
2009
New Delhi . The Indian Ministry of Defence
(MoD) has recently announced certain amendments
to the Defence Procurement Procedures 2008
(DPP 2008). |
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Changing
climate new adversary of India's armed forces
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September
2009
New Delhi. A warmer world that threatens to
change the battlefield and impact the capability
of the military on land, sea and air is the
new adversary of the Indian armed forces which
are worried that the seriousness of the issue
is yet to register at the government level.
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'SOLDIERING
ON' marks 100 years of Defence Public Relations
3 |
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January
2009
New Delhi. It may sound a little odd but it’s
true. The inspiration for this much talked
about coffee table book ‘Soldiering On’, released
by Defence Minister AK Antony on January 2,
2009 to coincide with the centenary of Sainik
Samachar, did in fact come from India
Strategic. Here’s how. |
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India
Needs a Liberal FDI Policy for its Defence
Industry |
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January
2009
New Delhi. In early October 2008, the Foreign
Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) of the Ministry
of Finance (MoF) rejected a proposal of the
Mahindra Defence Systems (MDS) – a special
division of Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) –
to form a Joint Venture (JV) company in India
with the UK’s largest and world’s fourth largest
defence company, BAE Systems. |
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India
Strategic marked its Third Anniversary on
Feb 4th |
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January
2009
Air Chief Marshal FH Major, Chief of Air Staff
was the Chief Guest at the cocktails and dinner.
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Cold
War Fighter Robert S McNamara dies at 93 |
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July
2009
Washington. The Defense Secretary who presided
over the US Department of Defense during the
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and the US involvement
in Vietnam, died on July 6. |
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Noted
Film Star join Territorial Army |
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July
2009
New Delhi. Mohan Lal, the noted South Indian
film star, has joined the Territorial. |
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Armed
forces Short of 13380 Officers: Antony |
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October
2008
New Delhi. The armed forces are short of a
staggering 13,380 officers - 20 percent of
the sanctioned strength - largely because
of “changes in the socioeconomic environment”
and the government has taken a slew of measures
to bridge the gap. |
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