Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) will highlight its military trainers and special mission aircraft at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) on July 16, followed by the Farnborough International Airshow, July 19-22 in the United Kingdom. At the Royal International Air Tattoo, HBC will exhibit its AT-6 and T-6 single engine turboprop military trainers, as well as its new King Air 350i
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received a $23.5 million order from the U
Thales Australia has been awarded a follow on contract by the US Department of Defense to supply minesweeping equipment for the US Navy’s Avenger-class Mine Counter Measure Vessels (MCMVs). The contract for four ship sets with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) includes an option for a further three ship sets, and follows several highly successful contracts for Thales minesweeping systems for the US Navy
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
Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin company providing real-time supply chain and asset management solutions, today unveiled a state-of-the-art Radio Frequency system-on-a-chip (SoC) about the size of a dime that streamlines design and development processes of DASH7 RFID-based tracking devices. Savi’s new active RFID SoC combines three different microprocessor chips onto one silicon chip package, which dramatically consolidates and simplifies the integration of electrical circuitry used to process and store data on RFID tags and readers
Boeing today announced that it has received a $216 million contract from the U.S
General Dynamics European Land Systems will display the next generation EAGLE light tactical vehicle during the EUROSATORY show in Paris from 14-18 June 2010. The new generation EAGLE will display advanced survivability and payload capacity while retaining its characteristic size and mobility advantages
The newest member of Eurocopter’s military helicopter family will be shown for the first time at next week’s Eurosatory defense exhibition with the EC645’s unveiling as a highly capable, medium-sized multirole platform for armed reconnaissance, fire support, observation, airlift missions and search & rescue. The EC645 is the militarized version of Eurocopter’s EC145 helicopter, which is in widespread use worldwide for homeland security, para-military, law enforcement, search & rescue and medical evacuation missions, along with other applications
To safeguard India from the asymmetric threat of international terrorism, the Indian Government is readdressing its internal security strategy, markedly increasing the budget allocation and fast tracking procurements of homeland security and defence systems. It is within this climate that the next edition of the INDESEC Expo series, will take place in New Delhi between 6-8 September, 2010
The Office of Naval Research has awarded Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories a $2.5 million, 18-month contract to pioneer a technology that helps watchstanders manage groups of unmanned vehicles more efficiently