Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

News, views and contacts from the global Army industry

07 December 2011

Industry News Cubic to support US Army NGWC expansion in Kuwait Cubic Global Tracking Solutions (CGTS) has received a contract from the US Army to provide support for the expansion of its Next Generation Wireless Communications (NGWC) solutions for yard management applications across three US bases in Kuwait. SAIC bid protest for US Army GCV contract denied The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied SAIC's bid protest against the US Army's decision to award technology development contracts for a new ground combat vehicle (GCV) to two industry teams, General Dynamics (GD) and BAE Systems. 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. Corporate News AR-50 Booster Amplifier for Radios Receive JITC Certification AR Modular RF has received additional JITC Certification on the AR-50 booster amplifier for the PRC-117G radio. 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.