Articles By IDR News Network
Lockheed Martin completes assembly of the first international F-35 for the...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Nov , 2011
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence will use the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) jet, known as BK-1, for training and operational tests. BK-1 will undergo functional fuel system...
Alleged Memo from Zardari to Admiral Mullen
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Nov , 2011
Briefing for Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff During the past 72 hours since a meeting was held between the president, the prime minister and the chief of army staff, there has...
Rheinmetall and ADS GmbH demonstrate ADS force protection technology
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Nov , 2011
Rocket-propelled grenades, antitank guided missiles and explosively formed projectiles (a particularly pernicious type of IED) all pose a severe threat to troops deployed in modern conflict and...
Boeing and Singapore Airlines finalize order for eight 777-300ERs
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Nov , 2011
Boeing and Singapore Airlines announced an order for eight additional 777-300 Extended Range (ER) airplanes. The orders were previously recorded on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website,...
Sikorsky meets accelerated BLACK HAWK Helicopter deliveries for Sweden
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Nov , 2011
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. today delivered to the U.S. Army the fourth of 15 UH-60M BLACK HAWK aircraft for further transfer to the Swedish Defence Material...
Tawazun Precision Industries prepares to enter the MBDA Global Supply Chain
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Nov , 2011
Tawazun Precision Industries (TPI), a Tawazun Holding subsidiary specialised in the manufacture of metallic components for Aerospace/ Aviation, Defence, and Oil & Gas industries, has entered...
Boeing becomes full member of Danish Advanced Manufacturing & Research Centre
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Nov , 2011
The Boeing Company has expanded its partnership with the Danish Advanced Manufacturing and Research Centre (DAMRC), becoming a full participating member. Boeing’s membership offers the DAMRC...
Mexico takes delivery of its first Airbus Military
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Nov , 2011
The Mexican Navy has taken delivery of the first of four CN235 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) ordered from Airbus Military through a contract with EADS North America under the Mérida Initiative,...
India and US Sign Aviation Safety Agreement
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2011
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the completion of a bilateral agreement between the United States and India that will allow for the reciprocal certification of aviation...
India plans to develop solar-powered UAVs
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2011
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has revealed that India plans to develop solar-powered unmanned flying machines with the capability of remaining airborne for at least a...
Helicopter Acquisition by the IAF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2011
The Indian Ministry of Defence is currently in the process of finalising helicopter gunships for the IAF in a deal worth $550 million. Its acquisition were earlier dogged by controversy. The IAF...
Naming ceremony of fuel cell submarine U-35 for German Navy
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2011
Dr. Sigrid Hubert-Reichling, the wife of the Mayor of Zweibrücken, named one of the most modern non-nuclear submarines in the world at the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW) shipyard in...
Rheinmetall breaking new ground in the world of high-tech simulation
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2011
With over 35 years’ experience in providing simulation and training systems to armies, air forces and navies around the globe, Rheinmetall Defence’s Simulation and Training division is well...
Sikorsky to Upgrades Royal Saudi Land Forces BLACK HAWK Helicopters
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2011
Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) announced the signing of a follow-on contract with the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command (RSLFAC) to upgrade its fleet of BLACK HAWK UH-60A helicopters...
Small UAV Raven
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2011
Pilots might dismiss Ravens as radio-controlled toys, but they are popular with soldiers in Afghanistan. The American army’s entire annual purchase of almost 1,300 Ravens is thus lighter than a...
IAI unveils UAV Ghost
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2011
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd has unveiled its new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) ‘Ghost’ at the AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America conference in Washington DC. The ‘Ghost’, a 4-kg...
Rheinmetall transfers first Kodiak armoured engineering vehicle to Sweden
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2011
Rheinmetall Defence has handed over the first “Kodiak” AEV 3 S armoured engineering vehicle to the Swedish armed forces procurement agency (FMV, Försvarets Materiel Verk). At an official...
Irkut to Upgrade India's Su-30
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Nov , 2011
In a deal to upgrade the Su-30MKI fleet of the IAF so as to provide it with capabilities similar to that of fifth-generation combat aircraft, Russia’s Irkut Corporation confirmed that...
Elbit systems forms JV with Embrear
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Nov , 2011
The Brazilian subsidiary of Israeli company Elbit Systems has formed a joint venture company with Embraer to develop technologies in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), avionics and simulators in...
Arjun MBT Mk-II Version Undergoes Technical Trials
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Nov , 2011
The technical trials of the Arjun Mark-II Main Battle Tank (MBT) have been carried out by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in the deserts of Rajasthan. The Mk-II sports...