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Belgium Naval & Robotics has selected Terma as the supplier of the SCANTER 6000 radar for the Belgian and Royal Netherlands Navies Mine Countermeasures replacement programme. In January 2021, Denmark-based Terma was contracted for the supply of 12 units of the SCANTER 6000 radar for the Belgian and Dutch replacement Mine Countermeasures (rMCM) programme
Airbus, Fujitsu and Thales UK today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work on the upcoming Systems Integrator (SI) for the British Armys Land Environment Tactical Communications and Information Systems programme – known as LE TacCIS. Following the signature of the MOU, the partners have formed team ICELUS led by Airbus that will bring together a trusted collective of MOD strategic partners who have a unique breadth of expertise of defence communications networks
Israeli company Semi Conductor Devices (SCD) will lead a National Consortium for the development of next generation Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSEL). The consortium is supported by the Israeli Innovation Authority through its MAGNET Consortium program
Fincantieri said today it will sign a contract with OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matiere dArmement, the international organization for joint armament cooperation) for the construction of 2 new-generation submarines for the Italian Navy. The contract envisages an option for 2 additional units and is part of the new U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) acquisition program of the Italian Navy
Israels Rafael Advanced Defense Systems said today it completed the development of the ground-based Air Defense version of the I-Derby ER (Extended Range) air-to-air missile. During the test series concluded earlier this week in southern Israel, Rafael performed a ground launch to test the missiles command and control, navigation, and flight trajectory capabilities
Israels Rafael Advanced Systems will provide Trophy tank protection systems to Germany for equipping them on the armys Leopard 2 tanks. The contract signed between Israel's Ministry of Defense and the German Federal Ministry of Defense also includes tank equipment, interceptors, spares parts and operational and technical training
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MBDA today Launched its ‘Sky Warden counter unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) at IDEX 2021. Eric Béranger, CEO of MBDA, said in a release: “Sky Warden embodies MBDAs deep knowledge of the engagement process, systems integration, of all categories of effectors and their next evolutions, and of effects management in the air defence domain
RBSL and Rheinmetall Landsysteme have jointly awarded a contract, worth £180 million ($252.3 million), to Thales UK to supply PROTECTOR RS4 Remote Weapon Station (RWS) and Acusonic Shot Detection System – for the British Armys new Boxer vehicles