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NATO non-lethal technology exercise

Land October 13, 2016

Running from 19th to 30th September, a recent NATO sponsored exercise has examined the use and effectiveness of non-lethal weapons in land operations. New and complex security situations arising from fighters operating amongst civilians require new responsive technologies and NATO challenged member and partner countries to help provide solutions. The NNTEX-16L exercise ...

Farnborough deals boost aerospace and defence sector

Air August 3, 2016

Over $124Bn of orders and options for aircraft, engines and supply chain solutions were confirmed at last month’s Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) in Hampshire, it has been revealed. International co-operation was the order of the day, allaying fears that Britain’s recent referendum vote to exit the EU would see a downturn ...

Selex ES to supply Canadian nationwide weather radar system

Homeland July 18, 2016

Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s German subsidiary Selex ES has been awarded a contract from Public Works and Government Services Canada to supply Environment and Climate Change Canada with a weather radar systems network. The contract requires supply, delivery and installation of 20 weather radar systems with associated infrastructure, with options for up to an additional 13 radars, including services such as documentation as well as related training ...

Insitu UAVs to incorporate Sentient’s ViDAR

Air June 22, 2016

Sentient Vision Systems has signed an exclusive global distribution agreement with Insitu for the ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) software for unmanned systems within the tactical UAS weight class. Insitu will incorporate the ViDAR payload into its fleet of unmanned systems, beginning with its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft. The ViDAR software is built into the ScanEagle payload by Hood Technologies. ViDAR is a ...