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Airbus has signed contracts with the Ministries of Defence of the Czech Republic and the Netherlands to provide satellite communications for a 15-year period. The Armed Forces of the Czech Republic and The Netherlands will respectively utilise two and three channels of the Airbus Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) military communications payload hosted on-board the EUTELSAT 36D […]

INVISIO announced yesterday that it had received an order worth SEK 40 million (€3.8 million) for communication and hearing protection systems from the US Department of Defense (DoD). Deliveries are due to be completed in 2022. MC

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has announced that they have been awarded a contract to supply several dozen mobile configuration DRONEGUARD COMJAM systems to an undisclosed customer in Asia. The DRONEGUARD COMJAM system is a Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (C-UAV) detection and jamming system. The system consists of two primary operating components, omnidirectional and directional radio frequency […]

MES Training and Simulation is part of the team that has been awarded a US$950,000,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the maturation, demonstration and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software and algorithm development to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), the company writes in a press release. […]

Motorola Solutions has announced their acquisition of Barrett Communications, a radio communications provider which primarily develops HF and VHF radio systems for customers in the civil security, border protection and coast guard industries. According to Motorola Solutions, the acquisition expands its portfolio and extends its reach into international markets. GWH

Hensoldt will deliver its latest-technology Identification-Friend-or-Foe (IFF) products to Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Elta awarded Hensoldt several contracts worth approximately €10M to deliver a number of MSSR 2000 ID and MSR1000I secondary radars including test equipment, Hensoldt writes in a press release. The IFF systems work according to the latest […]

Orolia – a company specialising in Positioning, Navigation & Timing (PNT) and related activities -has been acquired by Safran Electronics & Defense, the company writes in a press release. Orolia employs more than 400 people in Europe and North America and has revenues of around €100M. Its portfolio includes: atomic clocks time servers simulation and […]

The Norwegian procurement agency Forsvarsmateriell (FMA) has awarded Hensoldt a contract to supply several MSSR 2000 ID secondary radars and LTR400 DNG transponders, including cryptography and test equipment and associated services. According to Hensoldt, the contract for the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) products has a volume of approximately €15M. Known as IFF systems, the […]

Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) has delivered its 1000th AN/ARC-238 software-defined radio to Lockheed Martin for integration on F-16 aircraft. The AN/ARC-238 consists of two airborne radios from the SOVERON radio family, namely the R&S MR6000R/L radios. These are fully qualified on the F-16, R&S writes in a press release. AN/ARC-238 is the US Government designation […]

Senop Oy has received a purchase order from the Finnish Defence Forces Logistic Command for deliveries of laser sights and image intensifiers, the company writes in a press release. The order is in continuation of procurement contracts awarded in 2020 and 2021. The order value is more than €24 M excluding VAT and delivery of […]

Galvion has announced the introduction of the Nerv Centr® hub application.  Developed to support their recently launched man-worn power and data capabilities, the hub application offers users the ability to monitor real-time power usage in order to more effectively plan for future missions, Galvion writes in a press release. On the battlefield, radios, NVGs, GPS, […]

Allen-Vanguard has announced the launch of an Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) plug-in for the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) platform. The application is to unify the command and control (C2) of all their ECM products and simplify the training, operational and maintenance burden for mission commanders, Allen-Vanguard writes in a press release. The ATAK ECM plug-in […]

At AUVSI Xponential in Orlando, Florida, Teledyne FLIR has unveiled the HADRON 640R, a camera that combines a 640×512 pixel resolution radiometric boson thermal imager and a 64 MP optical camera in a Size, Weight and Power Consumption optimised design. As Teledyne writes, the design of this camera system has been optimised for integration with: […]

Assac Networks – an Israeli company specialising in cyber solutions for the complete protection of mobile devices and secure communications for government agencies, defence and commercial organisations – has announced that it has been awarded contracts for the supply and installation of its ShieldiT system in three African countries, the company writes in a press […]

In a field test in the presence of experts from the participating nations, EDA presented the interim status and the working principles for the European Terrain Database. According to the European Defence Agency (EDA), a large number of images are taken for the database with several cameras in different spectral ranges (visible, long-wave infrared, short-wave […]

Software Defined Radios (SDR) have been used to demonstrate the interoperability of military tactical communications based on the High Data Waveform (HDR WF) at Radmor Laboratories in Poland. The OCCAR-led European Secure Software Defined Radio (ESSOR) project aims to break the old paradigm whereby radios from different manufacturers cannot exchange voice or data communications, according […]

Teledyne FLIR has announced the FLIR RS6780 long-range radiometric infrared camera system, designed for range tracking, target signature, outdoor testing, and science applications in all conditions, the company writes in a press release. Featuring continuous zoom, the camera includes an integrated motorised three-position filter wheel and optional factory calibrations to support thermography applications up to […]

Tesat-Spacecom, a provider of optical communications technologies for space, is expanding its manufacturing facility in the US to support its US Government and commercial customers, the company has announced. Tesat’s Optical Communication Terminals (OCT) have achieved more than 500,000 hours of operation in space, the company said. OCT are miniaturised systems for high data rate […]

A SOYUS VS-6 from Arianespace launched the No. 27 and 28 satellites for the European navigation system GALILEO into space on 5 December 2021 from the European spaceport in French Guiana. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the two satellites have been parked in an intermediate orbit where, in the so-called launch and early […]

As part of its digitisation strategy, Rheinmetall to take up a 25.1 per cent stake in 4iG, a Hungarian digitisation service provider and IT specialist. An agreement to this effect has now been signed by Rheinmetall and the majority shareholder, Rheinmetall writes in a press release. According to the company, the cooperation is designed to […]

The NATO Communications and Information Agency is seeking to establish a framework agreement in support of the implementation of cyber security capabilities across NATO locations, the agency writes in a press release. The NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is run be the agency, aims to establish an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity framework with up […]