Saab and Ashok Leyland have joined forces to compete for the Indian Army Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SRSAM) air defence programme, with a new solution that combines the Saab BAMSE missile system with Ashok high-mobility vehicles. The Saab BAMSE SRSAM is an all-weather, all-target, air defence missile system that can be deployed to protect fixed and mobile assets
Lockheed Martin has won a $60 million contract to equip the UKs Apache AH Mk-1 fleet with Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system. The contract awarded by AgustaWestland, will provide in-country repairs, spares and technical services, as well as integrated logistics, engineering and depot repair support for the M-TADS/PNVS
Rockwell Collins will showcase its next-generation radios in addition to MultiScan ThreatTrack weather radar, the EVS-3000 enhanced vision system and the HeliSure family of products for helicopters at the Singapore Airshow 2014 taking place Feb. 11-16
With Indias Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle program gone cold and no word on the status of the project, contender TATA Motors will be unveiling for the first time a brand new specialty vehicle, the Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP) at Defexpo 2014. The vehicle platform, developed jointly with the DRDOs Vehicle Research & Development Establishment (VRDE), is a mobility platform featuring a Norwegian-built Kongsberg MCT-30-R medium-calibre remote turret sporting a US-built ATK 30mm/40mm Mk44 Bushmaster automatic cannon as a primary weapon and a secondary FN Herstal M240 7
Saab has been selected to supply a Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system – to provide precise surveillance during the training at US Army Joint Base Lewis – McChord (JBLM), Washington. JBLM will be the fourth US military installation to utilize Saab WAM for surveillance of flights in Special Use Airspace, joining US Naval Air Station Patuxent River, US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms and US Army Yuma Proving Grounds
Kelvin Hughes has won a contract by VisSim to supply 11 SharpEyeT radar sets for the protection of offshore facilities in Azerbaijan. As part of VisSim's Marine Asset Protection and Surveillance System, Kelvin Hughes will be providing 10 SBS-800-1 (3
Saab will be displaying a series of products covering the land, naval, air and civil security domains at Defexpo 2014, 6-9 February in New Delhi, India. In the Land Domain, Saab will be showcasing the RBS 70 NG, a versatile, unjammable and man-portable missile system developed for all combat situations, the BAMSE SRSAM System a unique unjammable, all-weather Automatic Command to Line-of-Sight missile system, and the Carl Gustaf M3 Weapon System
Raytheon and the French Air Force successfully completed a demonstration of a penetrator variant of a Paveway GBU-50 from a Mirage 2000D multirole fighter jet. "Raytheon is committed to delivering GBU-50's unique capabilities to our French customer,” said Mike Jarrett, vice president of Air Warfare Systems
Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated the AGM-114L Longbow missile's ability to counter littoral threats. The demonstration was done in the US Army Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), which involved firing of multiple Longbow missiles from a launch fixture provided by the navy aboard a 65ft surface craft
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) recently completed development of the 30mm complex anti-aircraft weapon that improves engagement capability. DAPA installed a ground-to-air guided missile to the existing self-reliance antiaircraft gun, BIHO, and mass production would be started next year to increase our military strength in 2015