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
Basler Vision Technologies has partnered with LuxRiot to present their combined solution for IP video surveillance management. All Basler IP megapixel camera models are supported by LuxRiot’s IP video surveillance management software
Rolls-Royce today announced it has delivered its first production Variable Area Vane Box Nozzle (VAVBN) to Pratt & Whitney for integration on the F-35B Lightning II aircraft. The VAVBN is now ready to be shipped to Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) partner Northrop Grumman for integration into the aircraft
As part of a product improvement programme, EADS Defence & Security (DS) will equip the German Armed Forces CH-53G transport helicopters with the new operations support system EUA (Einsatzuntersttzungsanlage) for mission preparation and planning.>> The system, with an order volume of around EUR 10 million, will be developed by Defence Electronics, an integrated activity of EADS DS, which is already developing self-defence and avionics systems for the CH-53 helicopter as a subcontractor of Eurocopter Deutschland
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San Fernando-Puerto Real shipyard, in Southern Spain, launched on 16th October the first of the series of four BVL patrol boats for the control of the coast that Navantia is building for the Venezuelan Navy.>> The ship was named Guaicamacuto and her godmother was Mari Carmen La Riva de Quintana