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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 ...

CASG delivers three new Chinooks ahead of schedule

Air July 11, 2016

In a major boost to the Australian Army’s medium-lift helicopter capability, the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) of the Australian Department of Defence has delivered three additional CH-47F Chinooks two and half months ahead of schedule. The addition of three CH-47Fs to the existing fleet of seven significantly expands the Army’s battlefield capability in the areas of air mobile, air ...

ST Marine celebrates interim delivery of RNOV Khassab

Maritime July 10, 2016

Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), the marine arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), recently held the Interim Acceptance ceremony for Patrol Vessel (PV) RNOV Khassab. This is the final in a series of four vessels designed and built for the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO). The Guest of Honour was the Consul General for the Oman Consulate ...

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 ...