| In this issue |
INDUSTRY INTERVIEW |
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After DefExpo
2010
JVs, MoUs and plenty of hope |
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‘Warfare at Sea is Too Complex
and Unpredictable to be Taken
Over by Machines’
Commander French Maritime Force,
RAdm. Jean-Louis Kerignard |
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Synchronised
Strides
The global defence industry eyes
India as a future ‘home market’ |
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‘New Equipment is Fielded Directly
at the Training Centre so
that Our Troops Have the Opportunity
to Gain Experience with it
Before They Deploy’
Commandant, Canadian Forces
College, Brig. Gen. D.C. Hilton, OMM,
CD |
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Trials and
Tribulationsy
Trials for the towed 52cal 155 mm howitzers
deferred till winters
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New Wings
Field Trials for the Indian Navy’s 16
multi-role helicopters to commence
in the coming summers |
SPECIAL REPORT |
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Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof
Need for a holistic review of the complete
defence procurement regime to
remove all anomalies and incongruities |
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‘I Will Have All the Needed Systems
for BMD Phase I by 2013’’
Scientific advisor to the defence minister
and DG, DRDO Dr V.K. Saraswat |
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Repel Not Kill
Silent Guardian is transportable on standard
military tactical vehicles and can be
integrated into combat vehicles |
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Voice of Reason
Instead of ABM,
credible ballistic missiles
will be better
deterrence |
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Show Business
Defence minister A.K. Antony inaugurated
DefExpo 2010 amidst much song
and dance |
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On the Fast Track
MHA goes on a shopping spree to upgrade
the forces with all terrain vehicles,
interceptor boats and modern communication
gadgets |
COLUMNS |
| INTERVIEW |
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Maladies of the
West
The US is failing the first critical test of
its so-called strategic partnership with
India as it wavers in its Afghan policies
Kanwal Sibal |
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‘Currently, we are undertaking
licence production of ATGMs like
Milan-2T, Konkurs-M, Invar and
C-303 Anti Tank Torpedo Destroy
System’
Chairman and Managing Director,
Maj. Gen. Ravi Khetrapal, VSM |
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Budgetary Bugs
VAdm. J.S. Bedi (retd) |
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‘Today, we Have the Best Line Up
of Products in the Helicopter Industry’
Chief Executive Officer,
AgustaWestland, Giuseppe Orsi |
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First Person
Ghazala Wahab |
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‘C-27J represents a strategic opportunity
for Finmeccanica to
enlarge its industrial presence in
India’
Vice COO, Alenia Aeronautica and President
and CEO, Alenia North America,
Giuseppe Giordo |
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Bottomline
Pravin Sawhney |
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| FEATURE REPORT |
BY INVITATION |
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Knight Riders
Vayu Shakti 2010, the first ever day,
dusk and night exercise demonstrates
IAF’s fire power |
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Reflection on the Show
DefExpo 2010 provided Raytheon
with an opportunity to showcase the
company’s many products
and services
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Carrier Clout
Aircraft Carriers represent a diverse set
of capabilities that transcend the narrow
confines of sea power |
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Aegis for India
A logical choice for the fleet facing
new threat
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Young Blood
Maoist attacks on schools akin to Taliban
attacks in Afghanistan |
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Unequalled Tactical Edge
The C-17 Globemaster is increasing
its presence across the world |
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Clinical Cause
CPMFs to get a multi-specialty hospital
to provide secondary and tertiary medicare
to personnel |
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Made for India
The F/A-18IN Super Hornet designed
to meet the Indian combat needs
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Winds of Change
India-Bangladesh move beyond platitudes
and rhetoric |
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Support System
Analysis, training, operations, CAE is
extending the application of
modelling and simulation |
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FROM J&K
On Tenterhooks
Yet another crucial year for the Valley
as the insurgent groups re-surface |
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EADS DS in India
In the global security market, DS
possesses the capabilities to provide
integrated border and coastal
surveillance |
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Gearing Up
Rockwell Collins is committed to
increase its position and content on
major Indian military programmes
and platforms |