Safran has been chosen to provide the navigation systems for Griffon armored vehicles as part of Frances Scorpion program. This program is designed to enhance the front-line fighting capabilities of the French army, including the delivery of 1,668 Griffon multirole armored vehicles (VBMR) between 2018 and 2033, the company said in a statement Monday
Thales has unveiled a new tactical software-defined radio system SYNAPS, to support battle space digitisation and C4I systems at on-going Eurosatory exhibition in Paris. SYNAPS is a broadband-based system which aims to improve on the current radios deployed by armed forces, speeding up response times in the field for group communications, and guaranteeing security and connectivity, the company said in a statement Monday
Russian Helicopters plan to reduce the use of Microsoft Solutions and by opting to use Astra Linux operating system to minimize dependence on foreign software. Russian Helicopters directs funding for the development of domestic engineering capacity in order to move on Russian developments in the field of IT and free software, Rostec said in a statement Wednesday
The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) introduced new combat uniform that utilizes modern digital pixel technology in comfortable-to-wear fabric. The uniforms were introduced to the public for the first time in conjunction with the Air Force's 58th Anniversary march-past ceremony at the Kuantan Air Base today, Bernama reported
Leonardo-Finmeccanica will start delivering AgustaWestland AW101 Norwegian All-Weather SAR helicopters in March 2017 and will complete by 2020. The company made the announcement after it unveiled the new SAR helicopter at its Yeovil facility in south-west England Wednesday
General Dynamics has delivered 30 new two-channel Manpack networking radios to the US Army for evaluation. The digital radios are the first to be delivered by General Dynamics under the Army's production contract awarded in March, the company said in a statement Thursday
Elbit Systems announced today that it was awarded contracts from a European country, for the supply of advanced tactical communications systems, for a total amount of an approximately $40 million. The contracts will be performed over a one-year period
Lockheed Martin will demonstrate the value of its flexible GPS III satellite design over the next 26 months, as part of the US Air Force's GPS III Space Vehicles 11+ Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment. On May 5, the Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $5 million contract for Phase 1 of this procurement for future GPS III satellites
The US Navy awarded a contract modification to General Dynamics Mission Systems to build and deliver more than 30 new AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios (DMR) for new surface vessels and submarines. The software-defined radios are a mission critical communications hub for Navy vessels and submarines
The US Navy plans to deploy AeroVironments Blackwing, a small, tube-launched unmanned aircraft system that deploys from under the surface of the sea, on manned submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles. Blackwing builds on AeroVironments extensive operational experience with small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and its Switchblade Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS) to provide the Navy with a low cost, submarine launched unmanned aircraft system optimized for Anti-Access/Aerial Denial (A2/AD) environments