Defence Industry
US and Indian scientists share cutting-edge forensic expertise
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Aug , 2011
The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday, August 26, concluded a two-week seminar with 20 top Indian forensic scientists, with...
Eurofighter Typhoon on QRA interception training with new Lufthansa A380
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Aug , 2011
After Vienna’s Mayor Dr. Häupl christened the new Lufthansa A380 “Wien” at the hub of Austrian Airlines, two Austrian Eurofighters conducted a QRA training interception of the new Airbus on its...
Joint venture between German HDW and French DCNS shipyard ruled out
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Aug , 2011
In response to persistent speculation about the formation of a joint venture by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and the French shipyards group DCNS or a merger of the two companies, ThyssenKrupp AG...
Thales and Dassault to upgrade IAF Mirage 2000 fleet
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Jul , 2011
Thales and Dassault Aviation signed a contract for the upgrade of the Indian Air Force’s Mirage 2000 fleet. Based on the integration of latest generation equipment and systems, the upgrade will...
Boeing Vice President Dennis Swanson to Grow Defense Business in India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Jul , 2011
Dennis Swanson to enhance customer focus and industry relationships, pursue new sales opportunities The Boeing Company announced that Dennis D. Swanson has been named International Business...
Sikorsky Delivers 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK Helicopter to U.S. Army
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jul , 2011
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the delivery of the 300th UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopter to the U.S. Army. Sikorsky is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company. “The war-fighter has...
Boeing P-8A Poseidon Production Aircraft Completes 1st Flight
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Jul , 2011
The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon production aircraft completed its first flight on July 7, taking off from Renton Field and landing three hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle. The P-8A is the...
2nd Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Sends 1st Signals from Space
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Jul , 2011
Navigation satellite begins post-launch operational tests Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from the second of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites it is building for...
BPC Dixmude in Toulon for combat system integration and testing
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jul , 2011
BPC Dixmude – the third Mistral/BPC-type force projection & command vessel for the French Navy – arrived in Toulon after sailing from Saint-Nazaire on 6 July. Over the coming six months, DCNS...
Refurbished Boeing 737 Paint Hangar Opens to Meet Rate Increase
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Jul , 2011
Boeing has opened a new paint hangar near its Renton, Wash., facility that will help increase its Next-Generation 737 production capacity. The 737 program currently produces 31.5 airplanes per...
DCNS delivers MU90 torpedo simulator to German Navy
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
DCNS has successfully delivered the SIMOPE (SIMulateur OPErationnel) MU90 torpedo simulator to the German Navy. SIMOPE is designed to prepare and simulate operational launch scenarios with the...
Israeli Carrier Israir receives its first ATR 72-500
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
The Israeli airline Israir has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-500, of a total order of two. The aircraft, equipped with PW 127M engines, is configured to transport 72 passengers. It will be...
Boeing EA-18G Growlers Complete 1st Combat Deployment
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
EA-18G Growlers operated by U.S. Navy electronic attack squadron VAQ-132 safely returned to their home base at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., on July 9, after completing an eight-month...
French Defence Procurement Agency awards Thales contract to equip Mirage...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jul , 2011
Thales has been awarded a contract to supply more than 100 of its GNSS 1000-S GPS receivers to upgrade France’s fleet of Mirage 2000D aircraft within the framework of the French Army’s Global...
EADS broadens its technology licensing reach with new European, Indian...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jul , 2011
Five agreements signed by EADS have extended the scope of the company’s technology licensing outreach with new industrial partners in India and Europe. These accords were inked during last...
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...
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...