Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

News, views and contacts from the global Army industry

24 April 2014

Industry News Mexico requests UH-60M Black Hawk sale from US The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale (FMS) of UH-60M Black Hawk multi-mission helicopters and associated equipment to Mexico. US and Poland militaries to conduct infantry exercise amid Ukraine crisis US Army soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (173rd ABCT) have arrived in Poland to conduct a bilateral infantry exercise with the Polish military, amid the escalating crisis in Ukraine. Comtech to supply modems for US Army's satellite programmes A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has been awarded a contract to supply its SLM-5650A satellite modems to an undisclosed government systems integrator. US Army test fires M829E4 fifth-generation tank cartridge The US Army has successfully completed test firing of the first fifth-generation tank cartridge M829E4 from an Abrams main battle tank (MBT) at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, US. Press Releases SPINNER Offers Success with Precision Telephony, radio and internet using satellites - the ever increasing uses in the SatCom industry combined with the increasing demands on transmission capacity and operating conditions have led to a considerable growth in available dual channel rotary joints in the past few years. Latest civil nuclear safety simulation guidance released A new white paper discussing the importance of safety training in civil nuclear facilities has been released by Argon Electronics, a global leader in CBRN and Hazmat simulation and training equipment. 10.1in Intel Bay Trail Powered Rugged Tablet PC for the Defence Industry Winmate has had an impressive history of making successful rugged and embedded products, and just recently the company started concentrating more on the industrial grade rugged tablet PC market, as there is a trend of continual growth in this market. FN Herstal to Attend IDEB 2014 FN Herstal will be attending the 2014 International Defence Exhibition Bratislava (IDEB) from 14 to 16 May at the Incheba Expo centre. Operation American Dream Again Gives Veterans Chance to Be Their Own Boss Military veterans with entrepreneurial dreams are invited to compete for start-up money to open their own business. White Papers Gichner Electronic Equipment Shelters Gichner Systems Group's turn-key electronics enclosures provide users with a secure, transportable and scalable environment for housing computer systems, communications equipment, and... Antenna Solutions for Emergency Response in Malaysia The ability to successfully respond and manage an emergency situation is heavily reliant on the communication system in... Ruggedised Electro-Optical Cameras for Naval and Maritime Applications For harbour perimeter protection there is a need to prevent unlawful activities with long-range cameras to identify if approaching vessels or humans are friend or... AAR Mobility Systems Pallets AAR Mobility Systems has been providing 463L system Cargo Pallets to the United States armed forces since the early 1960's and continues to be the world leader in the design and production of... AAR Mobility Systems Shelters AAR Mobility Systems manufactures a variety of shelters for military operations and humanitarian...