{"id":1615,"date":"2025-06-05T07:41:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T05:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2025-06-08T10:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T08:42:53","slug":"tkms-to-complete-idas-submarine-launched-missile-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/?p=1615","title":{"rendered":"TKMS to complete IDAS submarine-launched missile development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The \u2018Interactive Defence and Attack System for Submarines\u2019 (IDAS) system is being developed in close cooperation between Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Diehl Defence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both companies are combining their expertise in the IDAS Consortium to develop a guided missile that can specifically engage air threats from a submerged submarine. This globally unique technology will be available to customers of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Diehl Defence and will revolutionise the protection of submarines and their crews.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe are delighted that this innovation project can now also be launched. At thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, we are contributing to a completely new capability in the field of submarine self-defence, while at the same time strengthening the safety of people and materials in challenging future deployment scenarios.\u201d<br \/>\nOliver Burkhard, CEO of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>IDAS sets new standards in maritime security. By combining an advanced guided missile and a new ejection unit, submarine crews will in future be able to defend themselves against attacks and detection attempts from the air.<\/p>\n<p>The IDAS project, which has now been commissioned, \u2018Development and qualification of a guided missile unit consisting of a guided missile and ejection device for active self-defence of submarines against attacks from the air\u2019 takes submarine defence to a new level.<\/p>\n<p>TKMS has been working on the development of IDAS in cooperation with Diehl Defence in the IDAS Consortium for nearly 20 years: While the latter is responsible for the missile\u00a0technology partly based on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saab.com\/products\/iris-t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IRIS-T<\/a>\u00a0(which it produces) the former is in charge of submarine integration with an ejection\u00a0container and the onboard system.<\/p>\n<p>IDAS is fired from a standard torpedo tube out of an ejection container the size of a standard heavyweight torpedo, which means it could easily be fitted onto any existing submarine. It features an imaging Infra-Red (IR) seeker, based on a technology that has already been extensively proven on the IRIS-T medium-range IR homing missile, and a fiber optic link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u2018Interactive Defence and Attack System for Submarines\u2019 (IDAS) system is being developed in close cooperation between Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Diehl Defence. Both companies are combining their expertise in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[335],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-naval","tag-idas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IDAS.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1709,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions\/1709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedefencenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}