Kongsberg has booked an order on Protector remote weapon stations (RWS) valued at NOK 140 millions from the French Renault Truck Defense. The order is part of the NOK 500 million framework agreement with delivery of the Protector remote weapon control system to upgrade the French Army`s Renault VAB 4x4 armored personnel carriers
Eutelsat Communications, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, announced today that it has selected Astrium to build a 48-transponder Ku-band satellite that will be located at its 70.5° East location in geostationary orbit
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif
The navies of many nations know they can count on Rheinmetall’s MASS countermeasure system to protect their fleets from enemy missile attacks. Standing for “Multi Ammunition Softkill System”, MASS is the world’s most advanced system for protecting frigates, corvettes, minesweepers and patrol boats
Raytheon Technical Services Co., Indianapolis, Ind
Israel’s "Ofeq 9" satellite was launched and successfully injected into orbit by means of a "Shavit" satellite launcher. In the next phase, the satellite will undergo several tests for validation of its serviceability and satisfactory performance
American Defense Systems, Inc. ("ADSI") , a provider of advanced transparent and opaque armor, architectural hardening and security products for Defense and Homeland Security, has received a Multiple Award Contract (MAC), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Award from the Naval Facilities Expeditionary Logistics Center (NFELC) of Port Hueneme, California
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services, Gaithersburg, is being awarded a potential $5,000,000,000, contract for contractor logistics support services in support of US SOCOM worldwide
Following a contract from the UK MOD for the supply of two vehicles for test purposes, Ocelot, the advanced new light protected patrol vehicle, will be the focus of the Force Protection display at Eurosatory . An all-new concept, Ocelot has been developed by Force Protection Europe Ltd and Ricardo plc to provide levels of survivability comparable with the Cougar family of vehicles, together with exceptional cross country mobility, flexibility and value for money
Thales today announced that it has reached the end of a decisive year-long European technical design study, called SIGAT – (Study on military frequency spectrum allocations for the Insertion into General Air Traffic of UAS). Kicking off in early 2009, SIGAT was aimed at defining and promoting a common European position on the appropriate command and control radio frequencies for future military UAS integration into the General Air Traffic within the framework of the next world Radio Communication Conference (2012)