Articles By IDR News Network
Fast delivery - Norwegian DINGO-2 to Afghanistan three weeks after order
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
10 new vehicles already on the way to Aghanistan KMW proves once again its ability for quick and reliable delivery Only three weeks after the order agreement between the Norwegian Army...
Boeing Phantom Ray Completes Low-speed Taxi Tests
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Nov , 2010
Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system successfully completed low-speed taxi tests on Nov. 18 at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. “Phantom Ray did exactly what it was supposed to...
Honeywell will provide APUs to the Canadian Forces for its CH-147 helicopters
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
Honeywell announced that Boeing has selected the 36-150 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) for CH-147 helicopters that will be delivered to Canada. “Honeywell engines and auxiliary power units are...
Boeing Delivers UK Royal Air Force's 7th C-17 Globemaster III
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
The Boeing Company delivered the United Kingdom’s seventh C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force (RAF) today during a ceremony at Boeing’s final assembly facility in Long Beach. “The...
KMW Training & Simulation selected by the Norwegian Armed Forces for LEOPARD 2
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
German KMW Training & Simulation has been selected by the Norwegian Armed Forces to deliver the BATSIM® Classroom for the main battle tank LEOPARD 2. The BATSIM® Classroom provides state of the...
60 military aircrafts crash in last three financial years
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
As many as 60 military aircrafts including fighter jets and helicopters have crashed in the last three financial years. The Defence Minister A K Antony told Lok Sabha that 48 persons including...
Lockheed Martin F-35 begins flying Block 1 Software
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
The fundamental building block for all future avionics software on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter has entered flight testing on an F-35 test jet. “Block 1,” the first of...
Honeywell enhances passenger comfort and productivity in Boeing Business Jets
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
Honeywell announced that its Ovation Select Cabin Management System has been selected for installation in two different Boeing Business Jets, providing customers with superior in-flight...
SELEX Galileo unveils the Mirach 100/X after the successful completion of...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Nov , 2010
An intensive research and development programme that included project, modelling, simulation and test activities has borne fruit in the form of the Mirach 100/X Aerial Target, unveiled today by...
Airbus CEO and OCCAR Programme Manager join parachutists in jump from A400M
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Nov , 2010
A ten-man team of parachutists who jumped from the new Airbus Military A400M airlifter yesterday included Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders, and the A400M Programme Manager at the OCCAR...
Rheinmetall Defence on course for sustainable growth
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Nov , 2010
At Rheinmetall Defence, the first nine months of the fiscal year were strongly marked by increasing internationalization and the targeted expansion of operations, for example through the joint...
Honeywell T-Hawk: Hover and Stare capability provides real-time surveillance
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Nov , 2010
Honeywell announced that its T-Hawk Micro Air Vehicle, the only fielded unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with hover and stare surveillance capability, has recorded its 10,000th flight since...
Boeing SkyTerra 1 Satellite Sends 1st Signals from Space
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Nov , 2010
Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from LightSquared’s SkyTerra 1 following the satellite’s launch at 12:29 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 14 on an International Launch Services Proton...
Elbit Systems' EEMTraining System Inaugurated by Israeli Home Front Command
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Nov , 2010
The Israeli Home Front Command (HFC) recently inaugurated Elbit Systems’ Emergency Events Management Training System (the System) by holding its first large scale exercise. The System is...
MBDA's new Mine Clearing System for mobility support mission
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Nov , 2010
The mine clearing system, SOUVIM 2, has been developed by MBDA for mobility support missions. These missions are served by carrying out the rapid opening of long stretches of mined routes at the...
Boeing Opens New P-8 Production Facility in Seattle
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Nov , 2010
Boeing celebrated the opening of a new P-8 aircraft production facility near Boeing Field in Seattle. The refurbished factory gives Boeing and its P-8 teammates the space they need to install...
Boeing Receives Small Diameter Bomb Contract Extension from US Air Force
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Nov , 2010
Boeing has received a $106 million contract extension from the U.S. Air Force for nearly 2,700 Small Diameter Bomb Increment I (SDB I) munitions and approximately 380 BRU-61 carriages. Boeing...
Lockheed Martin's First F-35C carrier variant arrives at US Naval Air Station
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Nov , 2010
The first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant, the U.S. Navy’s first stealth fighter, arrived at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Md. on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 2:37 p.m. The aircraft,...
Policy changes for Defence Industry of India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Nov , 2010
Indian Defence Industry is poised to witness major policy changes. Disclosing this at a function after presenting the Raksha Mantri’s Awards for Excellence for the Year 2008-09 to Ordinance...
A400M : The perfect paratrooper and aerial deliverer
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Nov , 2010
The Airbus Military A400M military airlifter has dropped paratroopers for the first time in a successful demonstration of one of its key roles. Six freefall paratroopers made jumps from aircraft...