Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday 23 August 2012

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23 August 2012
Industry News
US Army further extends WWSS contract with Globecomm
Globecomm Systems has been awarded a third period of performance completion date extension for the US Army's Worldwide Satellite Systems (WWSS) indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.
Russian Army conducts NONA-M1120mm mortar live firing drills
Russian Air Assault Brigade (VDV) personnel have conducted live-firing drills with the newly inducted 2B23 NONA-M1120mm semi-automatic mortars in the Southern military district, the district's spokesman colonel Igor Gorbul has revealed.
US Army awards JLTV EMD contract to AM General
AM General's blast resistant vehicle-off-road (BRV-O) has been selected by the US Army and Marine Corps' for the engineering, manufacturing and development (EMD) phase of their Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) programme.
Kongsberg receives US Army M153 CROWS RWS contract
The US Army has selected Kongsberg for the next phase of its Protector M153 CROWS Remote Weapon Stations (RWS) programme and has awarded a new framework agreement valued up to $970m for a period of five years.
Corporate News
Vectronix to Provide US Army with Unique Handheld Precision Targeting Systems
Vectronix will provide the handheld precision targeting solutions to support the Handheld Precision Targeting Devices (HHPTD) solicitation awarded on July 3rd, 2012.
Mil-Std-1553, ARINC429 and Other Protocols PC-104+ Board
Multi-Standard PC-104+ card for avionics interfaces including Mil-Std-1553, H009, WB-194, ARINC 429, digital and avionics discrete I/Os, RS-485 and others.
AUVSI: SELEX Galileo's UAS Mission System Comes to the US
After its successful demonstration at last month's Farnborough Airshow in Britain, the skyISTAR mission system for unmanned aircraft, under development by Finmeccanica company SELEX Galileo, is now being presented for the first time to the US market.
SELEX GALILEO Vixen 500E AESA Radar enters Operational Service with US Customs and Border Protection
Following the successful completion of Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) flight trials in the United States, the SELEX Galileo Vixen 500E active electronically scanned array (AESA) Air Intercept Radar and Mission Management System (MMS) has entered service with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on their Cessna Citation C-550 jet.