LAAD 2015: Orbital ATK Presents Solutions for Brazilian Army
At LAAD 2015, Orbital ATK presents two solutions for the Brazilian Army: The Precision Guidance Kit (PGK) and the 30 mm MK44 canon.ATK and the US Army just recently signed a U$120 million Precision...
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LAAD 2015: Xenics Solution for Long-Range Monitoring
Xenics presents its new Stirling-cooled XCO-640 Mid-Wave Infrared (IR) core for long-range monitoring in highly demanding perimeter control, law enforcement and homeland security applications. The new...
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LAAD 2015: The Iveco Next Generation Vehicle of the Brazilian Army
The VBTP, known as the GUARANI, is a new family of 18t 6x6 (based on a ballistic steel monocoque hull design) armoured, amphibious vehicles. It uses an Iveco-FPT 9-litre, 281 kW (383 HP) bi-fuel...
View ArticleLAAD 2015: Rockwell Collins Selected for Argentine Air Force C-130 Upgrade
Rockwell Collins’ Flight2 avionics system has been selected for the Argentine Air Force (AAF) C-130 HERCULES upgrade program. Work began in late 2014 with prime contractor L-3 Platform Integration to...
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LAAD 2015: Bell Helicopter, Textron Aviation Highlight Broad Product Offerings
Bell Helicopter and Textron Aviation are jointly participating at LAAD and showing their broad range of aerospace, special mission and defense capabilities. Bell Helicopter has four models on display,...
View ArticleLAAD 2015: Finmeccanica-OTO Melara Details Involvement in Brazil
On Wednesday 15 April at LAAD 2015, OTO Melara presented its naval solution for the needs of the Brazil Navy.OTO Melara builds the 76/62 Super Rapid Multi Feeding (SRMF) guns (also on GOWIND class...
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LAAD 2015: RUAG Unveils 120mm RUAG COBRA Mortar System
At IDEX 2015, RUAG Defence, the leading Swiss technology group and partner for international armed forces, proudly launched its latest innovation the 120mm Mortar System COBRA. Cobras possess agility,...
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LAAD 2015: Seen and Heard on Day 2
Mistral Security of Israel is showing its equipment (DNS399 NAV, DNS300 SONAR & EDGE) for combat drivers. The DNS300 Sonar is a hand-held sonar solution offering coverage for all ranges. It is...
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LAAD 2015: Photographic Recap of Day 3
LAAD 2015: LAAD by numbersLAAD in Brazil is one of the major shows (together with FIDAE in Chile) in Latin America. This year more than 600 exhibitors (189 from Brazil) from 45 countries around the...
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LAAD 2015: CONTROP with a New Comprehensive Airborne Surveillance Mission...
CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd. of Israel is a world leader in EO/IR defense and homeland security solutions and unveiled its recently developed and certified A-SMS Airborne – Surveillance Mission...
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LAAD 2015: Air Operations Management Cooperation
Odebrecht Defense and Technology, its subsidiary Mectron and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have recently agreed on a partnership to jointly offer the Brazilian Air Force an Air Operations and Air...
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LAAD 2015: Simulation for the Brazilian Navy
While simulation is on everybody`s mind in Brazil, the Marinha do Brazil CASNAV (centro de analyses de sitemas navais) is bringing more innovation than ever with its new proof of concept simulator....
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LAAD 2015: Rockwell Collins and CIAC Sign Cooperation Agreement for Colombia
On 16 April, Rockwell Collins and CIAC have signed a cooperation agreement for repair service of Rockwell Collins’ avionics systems for Colombian Military and National Police aircraft. CIAC will be...
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2015 US Navy League Exposition Report: The US Navy “Gets It”
What a difference a year makes. At the 2014 iteration of the US Navy League’s annual event there was much hand wringing and looking in the community’s rear view mirror, about the service’s long-range...
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LAAD 2015: RUAG - Always at the Forefront of Live Training Technology
RUAG Defence, the Swiss specialist in Simulation and Training technology, used last year's I/ITSEC to display its latest developments in mobile training solutions. The same is being done at LAAD...
View ArticleRecurring Military and Technological Abbreviations and Acronyms
AESA - Active Electronically Scanned ArrayAEV - Armoured Engineer VehicleAEW - Airborne Early WarningAEW&C - Airborne Early Warning and ControlAFB - Air Force BaseAFV - Armoured Fighting VehicleAPC...
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Acceptance Tests for Rheinmetall LEOPARD 2 simulators Passed for the...
Within 15 months after contract award, Rheinmetall has produced state-of-the-art driving simulator and gunnery simulator systems for training Indonesian LEOPARD 2 personnel. The order is worth several...
View ArticleSaab Details Future Market Outlook and New Radar
On the Saab media trip 2015, Jerker Ahlqvist, Vice President Head of GRIPEN business area Aeronautics gave an overview of Saab’s future market activities. Central and Eastern Europe is one of the...
View ArticleITEC 2015: Alenia unveils M-345 Ground Based Training Demonstrator Device
Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, chose ITEC 2015 in Prague to present the M-345 Ground Based Training Demonstrator Device (GDD) for the first time.An advanced flight simulator, the GDD...
View ArticleITEC 2015: Presagis releases M&S Suite 14
The latest iteration of Presagis’ core product M&S Suite 14, is on view at ITEC in Prague this week.Additional and improved functionality offers systems integrators and training providers the...
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