Articles in Defence Industry
Thales completes coastal surveillance radar demonstration for NAVAIR
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Jul , 2011
Thales’s naval business completed the testing and demonstration of its Coastwatcher 10 radar recently at the U.S. Naval Air Station (NAS) in Patuxent River, Maryland. NAS Patuxent River is home...
Import of Key Technologies: Need to revisit policy
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 02 Jul , 2011
Inaugurating a three-day international seminar on aerospace technologies in Bengaluru on 07 February 2011, Defence Minister Antony admitted that India had not benefitted much from the...
Boeing Opens New 787 Vertical Fin Assembly Line in Salt Lake City
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Jun , 2011
Boeing commemorated the opening of a new 787 vertical fin assembly line at its production facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. Operated by Boeing Fabrication, the site will build the vertical fin...
DCI successfully completed major overhaul on Qatar Gazelle helicopters
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Jun , 2011
Since the signature of the contract with the Qatar Ministry of Defense two years ago, DCI was in charge of executing major overhaul on 11 Gazelle helicopters. Generally speaking, a major...
Military Airbus A330 MRTT delivered to Royal Australian Air Force
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Jun , 2011
The second Airbus Military A330 MRTT new generation tanker/transport has been formally delivered to the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base...
Northrop Grumman and SELEX Galileo Execute an MOU to Jointly Pursue the...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Jun , 2011
Northrop Grumman Corporation and SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at jointly pursuing the international directional...
Boeing and American Airlines to Accelerate Quieter, Cleaner Aviation...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Jun , 2011
Leading global carrier to be the customer for first ecoDemonstrator Advanced noise and fuel efficiency technologies to be highlighted Reducing fuel consumption, carbon emissions and...
ATR increases its Paris Air Show record - 88 firm orders and 42 options: 130...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Jun , 2011
ATR keeps increasing its outstanding order book at 2011’s historical Paris Air Show. With today’s signature with the leasing company Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), ATR brings to 88 its total...
Eurocopter Malaysia signs contract to upgrade Hornbill Skyways' EC135 Fleet
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Jun , 2011
Eurocopter Malaysia today signed a Fleet Upgrade and Retrofit contract for all the 5 units of EC135 belonging to Hornbill Skyways. In addition to retrofitting and upgrading works, the contract...
Norway approves funding of Lockheed Martin F-35 Training Jets
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Jun , 2011
The Norwegian parliament unanimously approved the funding of four Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II training jets to begin fulfilling Norway’s future air-combat capability requirements. These...
Boeing Begins Final Assembly of India's 1st P-8I Aircraft
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Jun , 2011
Boeing began final assembly of the Indian navy’s first P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft this month at the company’s Renton factory. The P-8I, based on the Boeing Next-Generation...
MBDA announces the launch of SCALP Naval, France's future cruise missile
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Jun , 2011
The first submarine launch as part of the SCALP Naval / MdCN (Missile de Croisière Naval) programme was carried out successfully by the French DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) at its Ile...
American Eurocopter Delivers First WAAS EC135 to Paradigm Helicopters
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Jun , 2011
American Eurocopter announced the delivery of the first Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)-capable EC135 in the United States. The aircraft was delivered to Paradigm Helicopters and will be...
Boeing Statement on GECAS Agreement for 747-8 Freighters and 777-300ERs
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jun , 2011
747-8 Freighter to be a new addition to the GECAS portfolio Boeing announced an agreement at the Paris Air Show that GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and...
Pratt&Whitney Canada to Flight Test C-Series Engine Imminently
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2011
Pratt & Whitney Canada, a United Technologies Corp. (UTX) division, will perform flight tests of the Bombardier Inc. (BBD.B.T) CSeries engine within the next month, President John Saabas said in...
GE Capital Aviation Services signs order for 15 ATR 72-600, plus 15 options
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2011
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric and European turboprop manufacturer ATR, today announced a new order for 15 ATR...
Honeywell Green Jet Fuel Powers first-ever transatlantic Biofuel Flight
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2011
Use of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel saves 5.5 metric tons of net carbon dioxide emissions Green Jet Fuel now one step closer to commercial use with initial ASTM approval Honeywell biofuel and...
DCNS names innovative Gowind OPV
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2011
DCNS named Gowind offshore patrol vessel L’Adroit at a ceremony that gathered more than 500 potential customers, partners, co-suppliers and employees. The L’Adroit programme spearheads DCNS’s...
U.S. Air Force KC-46 Tanker to Feature Eaton Products and Technology
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2011
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation will be a key system supplier to The Boeing Company on the U.S. Air Force’s KC-46 Tanker program. Eaton is a world leader in aerial...
Israel set for the world's biggest Air Show in Paris
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jun , 2011
Following successful battle experience with Iron Dome, the counter-rocket missile system, along with the Stunner interceptor, being part of the future David’s Sling, Arrow II, III and Barak 8,...