EADS Defence & Security (DS) provides the new "Canberra" class amphibious ships of the Royal Australian Navy with the latest technology identification systems in order to enhance flight safety and situation awareness. Defence Electronics (DE), an integrated activity of DS, has been awarded a contract by BAE Systems to deliver two MSSR 2000 I IFF (= Identification Friend or Foe) systems for the installation onboard LHD1 and LHD2 (LHD = Landing Helicopter Dock) by 2015
EADS Defence and Security (DS) will equip the Slovenian police force’s helicopter squadron with the globally unique HELLAS (Helicopter Laser Radar) obstacle warning system, which enables helicopter missions to be carried out even when visibility is extremely poor. As the company announced on Monday, Defence Electronics (DE), an integrated activity of DS, has been awarded a contract for a HELLAS system to be delivered before the end of this year, for integration into a Bell 412 helicopter
EADS Defence & Security (DS) provides the latest technology identification systems for the newly developed Low Altitude Radar of the Korean Armed Forces. According to an announcement made by the company, Defence Electronics (DE), an integrated activity of DS, has been awarded a contract by the South Korean company LIG Nex1 to deliver four MSSR 2000 I IFF (= Identification Friend or Foe) systems
Alliant Techsystems has been awarded a research and development contract for the Counter Air / Future Naval Capabilities (CA/FNC) program to develop technologies that can be incorporated into next generation air-to-air missile systems. The nearly $10-million contract was issued by the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, California
EADS Defence & Security (DS) today announced a contract for the new communications system of the German Armed Forces. EADS Defence & Security (DS) is responsible for developing highly specialized electronic components for the new communications system
EADS Defence and Security (DS) will modernize the identification systems of the Slovakian armed forces in order to avoid friendly fire and to increase air traffic security. According to an announcement made by the company, Defence Electronics (DE), an integrated activity of DS, has been awarded a contract for the upgrade of existing MSSR 2000 I IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) systems to NATO Mode 4 standard
A long range endurance aircraft which can fly low and spray bullets at terrorist targets just as an airborne crop sprayer would at plant pests has been unveiled at the Paris Air show 2009. The plane is actually a modified agricultural crop-duster but whose pesticide spraying nozzles have been modified to carry 50 caliber Gatling guns, rockets and an assortment of bombs
Aerojet, a GenCorp company, has been awarded the Large Class (LC) Stage II Technology Demonstration contract from the U.S
Defence Electronics (DE), an integrated activity of EADS Defence & Security (DS), has been awarded a contract worth approx. EUR 14 million ($19 milion ) by the Bulgarian company Promax99 covering the delivery of new technology identification (Identification Friend or Foe = IFF) systems
EADS DS has been awarded a contract worth approx. $38 million by the French procurement authority DGA for upgrading more than 1,000 IFF systems deployed by the French Air Force and Navy