Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

news, views and contacts from the global army industry

21 November 2011

Industry News MDA test-fires THAAD missile system with STSS The US Missile Defence Agency (MDA) has completed an integrated flight test of the terminal high-altitude area defence (THAAD) radar weapon system at the Pacific Missile Range Facility at... Lockheed to maintain US Army aerostat detection system Lockheed Martin has been selected by the US Army to maintain, operate and sustain its Persistent Threat Detection System... Sikorsky to overhaul RSLF Black Hawk helicopters The Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command (RSLFAC) has awarded a follow-on contract to Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS) to upgrade and extend the service life of its fleet of Black Hawk... Raytheon to develop new image processing technology The US Army has awarded a contract to Raytheon to develop a new image processing technology for the Advanced Distributed Aperture... Corporate News Modular Solution Delivers Real Time Video Surveillance over GPRS and 3G Networks Vemotion Interactive, specialists in live video transmission over low bandwidth connections including 3G and GPRS, will be providing a first glimpse of their video transmitter module at... Army Pickups Get Military Muscle in Thailand The humble pickup truck has ploughed through the desert sands of Libya in pursuit of Muammar Gaddafi's forces and patrols the high passes of... Husky 2G Honoured as US Army's Greatest Invention for 2011 Hailed by the US Army for "demonstrating significant impact to army capabilities, potential benefits outside the army and inventiveness", the South African made Husky 2G VMMD (vehicle mounted... Vemotion Interactive Selected for Six Month Pilot Project  Vemotion Interactive, specialists in live video transmission over low bandwidth connections, today announced that they have been awarded the six month pilot project by the Service des...