Defence Industry
Eurocopter sells five AS350 B3 helicopters in India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Feb , 2011
The acquisition of five AS350 B3 helicopters by three Indian customers was announced by Eurocopter and its Eurocopter India subsidiary at the Aero India 2011 exhibition in Bangalore. Three of...
Boeing completes Industrial Participation Programs for 1st 5 UK C-17s
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Feb , 2011
Boeing announced that it has successfully completed — ahead of schedule — its industrial participation (IP) programs for the first five C-17 Globemaster III aircraft operated by the Royal Air...
Gripen Indian Top Gun to Fly on Sunday!
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Feb , 2011
Defence and security company Saab’s contest for Indian combat aircraft followers and those with a dream to fly a fighter aircraft reaches a decisive stage with the top 5 finalists from across...
Discussions about ‘One MBDA’ during Aero India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Feb , 2011
During the Aero India exhibition in Bangalore, Peter Luff (Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology) and Laurent Collet-Billon (Délégué Général pour l’Armement) concluded their...
Boeing submits Final NewGen Tanker Proposal to US Air Force
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Feb , 2011
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today submitted its final proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-X tanker competition. The proposal offers a fleet of Boeing NewGen Tankers — 767-based, multi-mission...
CAE officially inaugurates its new aerospace and defence complex in India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Feb , 2011
CAE officially inaugurated its new aerospace and defence complex in Bangalore today in the presence of representatives of India’s airlines and defence forces, Canada’s High Commission to India,...
Boeing to Study Commercial Space Capabilities for Military Use
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Feb , 2011
Boeing has received a $900,000 study contract from the Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) Systems Directorate of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. Under the...
Diehl’s missile highlights at the Aero India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Feb , 2011
Diehl Defence is showcasing cutting-edge missile technology made in Europe. Worldwide IRIS-T is considered a top performer and today´s most advanced short-range air-to-air missile. Series...
Rolta and SELEX in Strategic Partnership for Indian Tactical Communications...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Feb , 2011
Rolta and SELEX Communications, a Finmeccanica company, today announce that they have signed a Strategic Partnership Teaming Agreement for the Indian Tactical Communication System (TCS) program,...
Pallam Raju releases CII-KPMG report on potential of Indian Aerospace and...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju released a CII-KPMG report titled ‘Unlocking the potential of the Indian Aerospace and Defence Industry’ at Aero India-2011, today. The report...
UK’s largest research and technology organisation attend Aero India 2011
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
QinetiQ is working closely with TATA Industrial Services Ltd to jointly develop new and exciting opportunities in both Indian and International Aerospace markets. QinetiQ is a leading provider...
Product Cooperation agreement signed between Centum and L-3 Aviation
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
L-3’s Aviation Products Group announced that it has signed a product cooperation agreement with the Centum Group of Bangalore, India, to provide development and manufacturing services for...
Finmeccanica scouts for industrial partnerships with Indian companies
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
Finmeccanica, the Italian group with leadership in aerospace, defence, security, energy and transport, is looking at establishing new partnerships with government and private players to expand...
Thales and AAT sign MoU to establish Flight Training Centre
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
Axis Aerospace & Technologies Pvt. Ltd (AAT) and Thales today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the creation of a Joint Venture (JV), to establish a world class...
Raytheon conducts free-flight demonstration of JSOW-C from F-16IN
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
Raytheon Company completed a series of free-flight demonstrations of the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) AGM-154-C from an F-16IN fighter aircraft. The tests were part of the Indian Air Force’s...
Aerospace and Defence News – 2
By: Priya Tyagi | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
Attack Helicopter Sale to India The US Department of Defence is asking the Congress to approve a possible $1.4 billion sale of 22 AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopters to India, prior to a...
Boeing Receives Indian P-8I Equipment
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
In the second week of December 2010, Boeing received a key sensor technology for the Indian Navy’s P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft from Bharat...
First Tata-Sikorsky Copter Cabin
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
Tata Advanced Systems Limited, which rolled out the country’s first made-in-India Sikorksy S-92 helicopter cabin from the Aerospace SEZ in Andhra Pradesh, now has plans to set up another...
DRDO’s Rustom-1 Test Flown
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
India’s ambitious Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programme received a major boost when the second flight of the Rustom-1 technology demonstrator UAV was conducted successfully at the facility of...
Eurofighter consortium seeks India as a new industrial partner
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2011
The Eurofighter Partner Companies are keen to win India as a new industrial partner for the production and further development of the world’s most advanced swing-role combat aircraft. Speaking...