Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

News, views and contacts from the global Army industry

06 December 2011

Industry News DARPA seeks speech, sketch interfaces for C2 systems The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract to Adapx to build and integrate advanced speech and sketch interfaces for command and control (C2) systems. British Army completes Crimson Eagle exercise British Army Apache AH Mk1 helicopter pilots and ground crew have completed the two-month long Crimson Eagle exercise in the US as part of the Apache Conversion to Role course. US begins departure from Pakistan's Shamsi air base The US military has begun withdrawing its troops and equipment from Pakistan's Shamsi air base under orders from the Pakistan Government after an alleged Nato cross-border airstrike that killed at least 24 soldiers. Harris equips RF-7800T with digital wireless video link Harris has integrated its RF-7800T situational awareness video receiver (SAVR) with the Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Digital Data Link (SUAS-DDL) waveform in order to receive wireless digital intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) video feeds in the battlefield. Corporate News Strategic Defence Intelligence Release New White Paper on the Defence Systems Market  Strategic Defence Intelligence, the subscription only platform for the defence industry, has announced the release of a new White Paper. Idaho Technology receives FDA clearance for the FilmArray Instrument Idaho Technology (ITI) announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a 510(k) clearance for the FilmArray instrument and the FilmArray Respiratory Panel. HESCO Barriers Used To Protect Key Infrastructure in Bangkok Flooding  HESCO is assisting the Thai government to protect some of its key infrastructure from the devastating floods, the company has announced. HESCO Releases 2012 Mil Range White Paper The Concertainer unit from HESCO is already acknowledged as the most significant development in field fortification since WW2 and the company have now developed an all-new, completely recoverable 2012 HESCO Mil range.