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German Army to receive ROSY_L smoke protection system from Rheinmetall
Rheinmetall Defence has been awarded a contract for supply of
its rapid obscurant system land (ROSY_L) smoke protection system to
boost protection of the German Army's ground vehicles.
AIM Norway joins forces with Lockheed Martin for F-35 aircraft development
Aerospace Industrial Maintenance Norway (AIM Norway), a state
enterprise owned by the nation's Ministry of Defence (MoD), has signed a
contract worth approximately Nkr47.8m ($8.36m) with American aerospace
firm Lockheed Martin to work on the F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft.
Supacat and Navistar partner to offer joint future support to UK's protected mobility fleet
Supacat has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with
Navistar Defence to deliver collaborative future support to the UK
Ministry of Defence's (MoD) protected mobility (PM) vehicle fleet at the
recent Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) 2013 exhibition in Bedford, UK.
Thailand requests six UH-72A Lakota helicopters from US
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified
Congress of a potential $77m foreign military sale (FMS), consisting of
UH-72A Lakota multi-role helicopters and related equipment to Thailand.
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Kontron's New 3U VPX Graphics Card VX3327 Boasts
Performance of 576 GFLOPs for Superior Situational Awareness
Today at the Paris Air Show, Kontron (Hall 4 - Booth A76-B76)
introduced the VX3327, a new 3U VPX graphics card with AMD Embedded
Radeon E6760 GPU, designed to meet the latest demands in avionics and
military technology.
Offering 10x the Bandwidth, the Application-Ready
Kontron StarVX Ruggedises Mainstream Technology to Speed Deployment of
3D Reconstruction-Based Applications
Kontron's StarVX High Performance Embedded Computer (HPEC)
system brings supercomputing I/O bandwidth and performance, previously
only achieved in IT datacenters, to the battlefield. Based only on
mainstream IT technology (TCP/IP, PCIe, Intel processors ) for greater
platform support and assured longevity, the 3U VPX-based Kontron StarVX
enables military systems developers to drastically reduce the process
from design to field deployment of radar, sonar, autonomous vehicles and
other 3D reconstruction-based systems.
Defense Department Contractor Orders Custom Amplifier Module from AR Modular RF
AR Modular RF, a world-class manufacturer and solution
provider of RF amplifiers, systems and modules, has been awarded a high
volume order for a new custom amplifier module, the AR-50S.
DAHER-SOCATA Earns Airbus Most Improved Supplier Award
DAHER-SOCATA, DAHER's aerospace and defence division, has just
received the 'Most Improved Supplier Award', presented by Airbus at the
annual ceremony, which rewards the aircraft manufacturer's best
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