Articles in Defence Industry
1st Inshore Patrol Vessel Commissioned into Coast Guard
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jan , 2012
The Indian Coast Guard Ship Rani Abbakka, the 1st of a series of five Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) built at M/s HSL, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam byMinister of State for Defence Dr. MM...
Lockheed Martin F-35A Performs First Night Flight
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jan , 2012
The first night flight in the history of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Program was completed Wednesday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Piloted by Lockheed Martin Test Pilot Mark Ward, AF-6, an...
Sagem to modernize M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jan , 2012
Sagem (Safran group) has won a contract from Cassidian (an EADS company) to supply Sigma 30 navigation and pointing systems to modernize the self-propelled M270 Mars MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket...
Boeing to Build More Wideband Global SATCOM Satellites for US Air Force
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jan , 2012
Boeing has received authorization from the U.S. Air Force to produce and launch the eighth and ninth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites. The WGS-9 authorization and the WGS-8 production...
Indian Air Force Airlift Capability
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 15 Jan , 2012
Since the nation gained independence on August 15, 1947, combat elements of the Indian Air Force (IAF) have been involved in three conflicts, two major and one minor – and all of them have been...
Future of Asian Air Power-2030
By: Air Commodore Ramesh Phadke | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asia 2030 - The Unfolding Future | Date: 08 Jan , 2012
Air power has been with us for nearly a century. Within less than a decade of the historic first flight of a ‘heavier than air machine’ at Kitty Hawk in the US on 17 December 1903, the...
Boeing South Carolina Site Achieves 787 Weight on Wheels Milestone
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Dec , 2011
Production achievement marks continued momentum on first 787 built at site Boeing announced that its first South Carolina-built 787 put weight on wheels for the first time on Dec. 18. “Our...
Japanese Ministry of Defense Announces Plans to Purchase F-35 Aircraft
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Dec , 2011
The Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa has announced the selection of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the F-X program. The F-35 is produced by Lockheed Martin and powered by Pratt &...
WARSHIPS: Cost Reductions and Longevity
By: Cdr Douglas C Deans | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 17 Dec , 2011
Rising costs of Hydro-carbons, technology innovations and general inflation are an intrinsic and unavoidable part of the life cycle costs of a warship. It is evident that maritime nations will...
EADS & DolphiTech are cooperating in the development of non-destructive...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Dec , 2011
EADS Innovation Works, the corporate Research and Technology network of EADS, and the Norwegian SME DolphiTech AS have signed a cooperation agreement for the development of a new non-destructive...
Mexican Air Force takes delivery of Airbus Military C295
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Dec , 2011
The Mexican Air Force has taken delivery of a new C295 aircraft that it ordered from Airbus Military. This order is in addition to the five C295s delivered last year and that the Mexican...
MBDA Incorporated Purchases Northrop Grumman's Viper Strike Munitions Business
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Dec , 2011
International guided weapons leader MBDA expands its footprint in the United States MBDA Inc., the wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of missile manufacturer MBDA, has purchased Northrop Grumman...
SHIVALIK: India's New Generation Warship
By: Vice Adm Rajeshwer Nath | Issue: Vol 25.2 Apr-Jun 2010 | Date: 09 Dec , 2011
Shivalik is the first ship of the Project 17 Frigates designed by the Indian Navy and built by Mazagon Docks Limited Mumbai. This project was conceived to incorporate stealth features and in the...
DCNS launches programme to build two BPCs for Russia
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Dec , 2011
The design for the BPC-type force projection and command vessels ordered by the Russian Federation is now underway. DCNS, prime contractor for the programme, has begun studies to tailor the...
Boeing Receives US Air Force Reusable Booster System Contract
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Dec , 2011
The Boeing Company has received a $2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to define requirements and design concepts for the Reusable Booster System (RBS) Flight...
Australian Aerospace Delivers Final Tiger Helicopter to Defence
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Dec , 2011
A program to provide the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with an unrivalled armed reconnaissance helicopter capability achieved a major milestone with the delivery of the last production Tiger...
Patroller drone of Sagem successfully completed flight tests of long...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Dec , 2011
These 14 test flights, carried out at the Istres air force base in southern France from September 19 to October 21, met the following objectives: Qualification of the aircraft’s in-flight...
Boeing Opens Interiors Fabrication Facility in South Carolina
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Dec , 2011
Boeing celebrated the opening of its new Interiors Fabrication facility in North Charleston. The Interiors Responsibility Center South Carolina team will manufacture 787 interior parts including...
Lockheed Martin tests new scalable warhead on GMLRS-Plus rocket
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Dec , 2011
Lockheed Martin tested a new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Plus (GMLRS+) ‘scalable effects’ warhead, which enables users to select the range of the warhead’s detonation power depending on...
Boeing expanding Pilot Training Program in Africa
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Dec , 2011
Boeing is expanding its partnerships in Africa, announcing an agreement to jointly offer a comprehensive pilot training program with 43 Air School (Pty) Ltd., Africa’s largest flight training...