Defence Industry
AgustaWestland awarded contract by the Maryland State Police Aviation Command
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Oct , 2010
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce today that it has been awarded a contract by the Maryland State Police Aviation Command to provide six AW139 helicopters for their...
BEL Manufactured Equipment for Boeing P-8I
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Oct , 2010
Boeing received the first Indian manufactured item the Data Link II a month ahead of schedule, to be installed during the final assembly of the P-8I at its facility in Renton, Washington. Data...
Eurocopter inaugurates its new Eurocopter India subsidiary
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Oct , 2010
Eurocopter today inaugurated its new Indian subsidiary, which has been given the goals of expanding the world’s largest helicopter manufacturer’s commercial presence in this highly-promising...
DCNS wins EU funding for maritime safety R&D
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Oct , 2010
Improved maritime surveillance is a major challenge for European Union member states. In support of research in this important area, the European Commission has selected the I2C project led by...
Future Trends in Aviation
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 19 Oct , 2010
Birth and Growth of Aviation Since the Wright Brothers took their first hesitant hop just over a century ago, aeronautical science has advanced at a phenomenal pace seemingly defying all limits...
Defence Procurements : Time for Radical Reforms
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 18 Oct , 2010
Defence Procurement Procedure – 2008 (DPP-2008) came into effect on 01 September 2008 and is due for biennial review in Sep 2010, under the aegis of the Defence Procurement Board. DPP has...
Indian defence private industry should move from fringes to mainstream: Air...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Oct , 2010
“Indian private industry should move from fringes to mainstream,” observes Air Chief Marshall, PV Naik, Chief of Air Staff while speaking at the brochure release ceremony of the 5th...
INS Kalpeni Commissioned into the Indian Navy
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Oct , 2010
The Latest Fast Attack Craft of the Indian Navy, INS Kalpeni was commissioned into the Indian Navy today by Hon’ble Mr Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Chief Justice, High Court of Kerala at Naval...
Rheinmetall and Timoney’s Advanced Chassis Technology for all-terrain...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Oct , 2010
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RRMV) of Munich has entered a farreaching agreement with Timoney Technology Ltd. of Gibbstown, Ireland, to cooperate in the military logistic and tactical...
U.S. Military places $68 Million Contract with Elbit America
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Oct , 2010
Elbit Systems of America was awarded a 5-year, $68 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the US Army Contracting Command in Huntsville, Alabama, to supply the...
Going global: Rheinmetall takes over Laingsdale Engineering
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Oct , 2010
The Defence arm of the Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Group continues to expand its foothold in South Africa. Rheinmetall has agreed to buy Laingsdale Engineering (Pty) Ltd of Maitland from the...
Elbit America RPDA Computer and Tacter for U.S. Army
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Oct , 2010
Elbit Systems of America, announced it was awarded follow-on orders from the United States Army PM Battle Command and PM Mortars for Rugged Personal Digital Assistant Computers (RPDA) and...
MBDA’s New Bunker Buster Warhead
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Oct , 2010
The second test firing of the Hard and Deeply Buried Target (HARDBUT) Next Generation Multiple Warhead System (NGMWS) was carried out successfully at the Biscarrosse test range of DGA Essais de...
Indian AWACS to participate in Indo-UK Air Exercise Indradhanush
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Oct , 2010
Indo-UK Air Force Exercise named Ex-Indradhanush would be taking place at Air Force Station Kalaikunda, in West Midinapur district, West Bengal from 18 Oct 2010 till 03 Nov 2010. This would be...
Lockheed Martin F35 selected by Israeli MoD for its next generation fighter
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Oct , 2010
Following the Israeli Government decision to select the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II as the Israel Air Force’s next-generation fighter aircraft, Israeli Ministry of Defense...
Leopard 2 steals the show in South Africa
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Oct , 2010
Marking the African debut of the Leopard 2A4, Rheinmetall Defence of Germany took advantage of Africa Aerospace & Defence 2010 (AAD) in Cape Town to put the world’s finest main battle tank...
KMW delivers 20 upgraded LEOPARD 2 main battle tanks to Canada
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Oct , 2010
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has handed over the first of 20 LEOPARD 2 A4M CAN modernised battle tanks to the Canadian armed forces yesterday, October 7th 2010. The roll-out took place in the...
Impressive Parade by IAF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Oct , 2010
The Indian Air Force (IAF) celebrated its 78th anniversary today. A ceremonial Air Force Day Parade (AFDP) was held at the airbase in Hindan, near Ghaziabad commemorating the occasion. The Chief...
Beechcraft T6C military trainer is scheduled for evaluation by the IAF
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Oct , 2010
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today announced its Beechcraft T-6C military trainer is scheduled for evaluation by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in field evaluation trials beginning Oct. 11 at...
Aerospace and Defence News
By: Priya Tyagi | Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 06 Oct , 2010
IAF Mirage Upgrade by France After protracted negotiations, a deal worth $2.2 billion for the mid-life upgrade of the fleet of 51 Mirage 2000 combat aircraft acquired by the IAF in the mid...