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News Images:
GDLS
gets additional $358 million
for More M1A1/A2 Retrofits
Qinetiq is developing a wide area, high
resolution sensor capable of simultaneously tracking large numbers of
moving vehicles in dense urban area.
Raytheon's new personal networking
communicator demonstrated advanced voice, data and video
communications during recent Land warrior tests.
DRS
To Develop Miniature EO/IR Payload for FCS Class I UAV
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News Flash
Defense Update - December 1st, 2006
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Upcoming events |
27 - 30 / 11
Defense Logistics 2006 (Washington DC) |
31 / 11 - 1 / 12
Exponaval
Naval Exhibition (Valparaiso, Chile) |
4 - 6 / 12
Peacekeeping Europe (Brussels, Belgium) |
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5 - 6 / 12
Network Enabled Capabilities
(Brussels, Belgium) |
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4-7 / 12
I/ITSEC (Orlando, FL. USA) |
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6 - 8 / 11UDT
Pacific (San Diego, CA. USA) |
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click here for the full
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2007 exhibitions and conference
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VT Group & Lockheed
Martin
Win UK Training
Program |
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The Ministry of Defense selected Ascent, a joint venture of
Lockheed Martin and VT Group, as the preferred bidder for the UK
Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS), providing military
flying training to the UK Armed Forces for the next 25 years.
The group will train all new UK military aircrew across the
Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and the Army Air Corps, starting
from aircrew selection up to the point the students are ready to
fly in their operational aircraft. UKMFTS is considered the
first step in a multi-billion pound program to overhaul military
flying training. |
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Goodrich to develop Mini-IR Camera for Special Forces' UAV |
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Goodrich will develop a miniature ShortWave InfraRed (SWIR)
sensor to fit the
Spectre-Finder initiative, an air-launched mini UAV which
will provide off-board sensing in support of future Air Force
Special Operations Command concepts of operation. The camera to
be used in the new payload will include a 640x512 indium gallium
arsenide (InGaAs) sensor, custom dual field-of-view lens and
laser pointer for use in day or night operation allowing
reliable imaging and performance in any weather or environmental
conditions. Goodrich's Sensors Unlimited, Inc. (SUI) team has
pioneered the design and production of shortwave infrared
detectors, arrays, cameras and systems utilizing advanced InGaAs
imaging technology for industrial, commercial, military,
agricultural and scientific markets. |
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DARPA to fund
QINETIQ's Wide-Area Imaging Sensor |
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QinetiQ will develop a lensless
imaging sensor for the Large Area Coverage Optical Search While
Track and Engage (LACOSTE) program pursued by the U.S. Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Qinetiq secured a
two-year US$5 million research funding from DARPA to support the
program. The new sensor will provide persistent tactical
surveillance and precision tracking capabilities. |
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GDLS Awarded More M1A1/A2 Retrofits |
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In addition to the contract for the modernization
of 180 M1A2 SEP announced
Nov. 29, 2006, General
Dynamics Land Systems was awarded additional US$353 million for
the modernization of 350 M1A1 tanks into
M1A1 Abrams integrated
management (AIM) vehicles, to be completed by Dec. 31, 2010.
An option for 50 additional tanks was also included in the
contract. Under a parallel order, GDLS received an order amounting about
40% of a US$48 million order for loader's thermal weapon sights
for the M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams Tanks. These sights will be part of
the Tank Urban Survivability
Kits (TUSK) currently being installed on U.S. Army Abrams
M1A1 and A2 tanks. |
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India, Indonesia Join Forces to Support Russian Made Arms |
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Indonesia and India are planning to jointly produce
military equipment and maintain their common Russian-made
hardware, with a bill on the cooperation set to be deliberated
soon. Indonesia has agreed to buy Russian weapons worth US$1 billion
during the next five years, with the first shipment not expected
until next year. Indonesia has relied heavily in the past on the
United States for its weapons and military equipment. That
changed when the U.S. slapped an embargo on the country in 1992
after soldiers committed human rights abuses in East Timor.
(Jakarta
Post)
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