Military and Law Enforcement agencies around the world can now rely on advanced technology to identify suspects from a low-resolution photo or video surveillance. Animetrics, a developer of advanced 3D facial recognition and identity management solutions, today introduced ForensicaGPS, a revolutionary facial recognition technology
Aeroflex Test Solutions, a pioneer in assessment solutions for defense equipment, is now positioning itself in India with the launch of Aeroflex India. The new company will focus on test solutions for defense equipment such as tactical and airborne military radios, avionics systems, broadband systems for field testing of signal characterization, radar, EW/ECM and satellite and synthetic test systems that allow digital, analog, RF/microwave and power test of circuits, modules, subsystem and complete systems
A new agreement allowing the merger of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg armed forces will also amalgamate their current defense procurement plans. The Benelux Army as it is now known will come into effect this week
Marine-defense giant Atlas Elektronik is looking at new ways to target the booming Indian defense market. Atlas Elektronik is now focused on winning the torpedo upgradation program for the Indian Navy which has been using the German-made SUTs torpedoes (Surface and Underwater Torpedo)
The Indian MoD has allowed transfer of technology (TOT) as defence offsets which means international companies winning defence contracts will be able to reduce to a considerable percentage the value of direct offsets under any deal, a decision to this effect has been taken by Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC) last Monday. This and other measures such as offsets credit worth 300% of the value of technology if the vendor transfers to the government owned Defence R & D Organization (DRDO), extending by two years the period within which vendors must discharge offset obligations and extending the validity of banked...
Russia’s Rosoboronexport will display a modernized version of its T-90S tank at the Defexpo India 2012 show. This will be the first global viewing of the new tank which is said to be a substantial improvement over the existing T-90S in terms of crew protection, fire control system, ride and handling and engine power, informed sources told defenseworld
Bharat Electronics Ltd is expected to begin testing of its homegrown Software Defined Radios (SDR) within the next 3-4 months, according to Anil Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, BEL told Defenseworld.net in an exclusive interview
India's state-run defense electronics manufacturer, Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL) has bagged a nuclear power instrumentation project for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India
An Indian soldier was killed and two others were injured while parking a T-90 main battle tank in the parking bay inside DRDO's Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment campus near Avadi in Chennai, India. The routine exercise went awry after soldiers lost control of the tank which hit a building
The F-16 V version, announced within the last fortnight, is likely to enter service with some of Lockheed Martin’s (LM) international customers late this year or the next. The Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar equipped fighter is the latest iteration of the long standing F-16 fighter