What does IRU stand for?

Inertial Reference Unit

This definition appears very rarely

Other Resources:

<< Previous	Abbreviation Database Surfer		Next >>
Intercultural Reformed Theological Training (Netherlands) Internet Round Trip Time Industrial Research and Technology Unit (Northern Ireland, UK) Irrigation Type Idaho Rivers United Immune Recovery Uveitis (eyes) Incident Response Unit (UK) Indefeasible Rights of Use Individual Responsibility User Indoor Receive Unit (satellite)		Infrared Receiver Unit Innovative Research Universities Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit (healthcare) Institutional Restructuring Unit (banking) Instructional Resources Unit (various organizations) Integrated Recovery Unit Integrated Recovery Utility Interface Receptacle Unit Internal Reference Unit International Reform University

Samples in periodicals archive:

Byline: Mamta03 Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC - News) Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU(tm)) has been selected by EADS Astrium GmbH for use aboard the BepiColombo mission to Mercury.

United States :Northrop Grumman's Scalable Space Inertial Reference ...

A probe examined the role of the Air Data Inertial Reference Units (ADIRUs), which help supply information such as air speed and altitude.

Qantas behind A330 after Air France crash

The directives covered ADIRUs -- air data inertial reference units -- which feed crucial information to the cockpit to help fly planes.

Airline News - Latin America / Caribbean

The inertial reference unit (currently a Kearfott Napos, but another laser gyro-based system could be used) is actually bolted onto the trunnion, in line with the barrel axis, ready to assist fast barrel positioning and ensuring a rapid reaction to fire orders.

Mobile Mortars to Shoot and Scoot

Thales will use the GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition for DO-178B and the Ada 2005 language to build the Air Data Inertial Reference Unit (ADIRU) for the A350 XWB (Xtra Wide-Body).

Thales Aerospace Division Selects GNAT Pro for Airbus A350 XWB (Xtra ...

There have been suggestions by some that the accident may be linked with the two Qantas A330 air data inertial reference unit incidents last year (ATWOnline, March 9).

Travel Safety Update - Europe

But the agency said it was more likely the accident was caused by a glitch in an air data inertial reference unit, which feeds flight information to the Qantas aircrafts main computer.

United Kingdom: Navy base could have caused Qantas jet plunge

She said comprehensive testing of the usually highly reliable component -- known as the Air Data Inertial Reference Unit (ADIRU) -- would begin Monday in the United States.

Probe focuses on computer glitch for Qantas jet plunge