Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

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24 June 2014
Industry News
British troops to train on French CAESAR artillery system
The UK and French governments are reportedly in talks to allow British soldiers to train on the French Army's truck-mounted Camion Equiped'un Systemed'Artillerie (CAESAR) 155mm artillery system.
OPCW-UN completes removal of Syrian chemical weapons stockpile
The Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations (OPCW-UN) has completed the removal of Syria's declared chemical weapons stockpile.
US Army demonstrates scalable / selectable breacher capabilities
The US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has carried out the user demonstration of the scalable / selectable breacher (SSB) at Fort Polk in Louisiana, US.
Denel orders Sagem MATIS imagers for South African Badger vehicles
Denel Land Systems has awarded a contract to Sagem to deliver infrared imagers for the South African National Defence Force's (SANDF) Badger infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs).
Press Releases
ICP Electronics Announces ICP DAS's VXC-118U and VXC-148U Universal PCI 8-Port RS-232 and 8-Port RS-422/485
ICP Electronics Australia has released new VXC-118U 8-Port RS-232 and VXC-148U 8-Port RS-422/485 Universal PCI communication board from ICP DAS.
The Australian Minimum Wage Set to Increase
The Australian minimum wage is set to increase by 3% from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2014 as announced by the Fair Work Commission in its Decision resulting from the Annual Wage Review 2014.
Plasan to Create Multi-Purpose APCs for Brazil's Choque da PMESP Project
Plasan has won an important contract from the Brazilian Military Police for high-performance, multi-purpose APCs.
Otokar Participates Eurosatory 2014 with Five Different Vehicles and a Model of its Main Battle Tank
Otokar presents five tactical wheeled armoured vehicles and a model of its main battle tank ALTAY at Eurosatory 2014, held between 16 - 20 June 2014 at Paris, France.
Oxley Success in Apprentice Team of the Year Challenge 
Nine apprentices from Oxley Developments narrowly missed out on a top three position in the search for the official 'Apprentice Team of the Year' following a grueling six-month challenge against some of the countries top leading apprentice employers and training providers.
White Papers
Dismounted Commander Solution
The dismounted commander operating in the modern, complex, dangerous and high-intensive battlefield needs all available information at hand to support his time critical decision making progress,...
Ready-to-Use Command Post
The need to rapidly deploy an operations centre is becoming increasingly common, whether it's for combat, humanitarian missions, emergency response or internal...
Forward Air Controller Solution
The forward air controller (FAC) operating in the modern, complex, dangerous and high-intensive battlefield needs all the available assets to support his procedures and his communication...
Sharing Data over Challenging Military Networks
This paper describes the challenges for sharing data in deployed environments and how they are then complicated by the performance of the available military networks in ensuring a consistent...
Spectrel PTZI-1000
The Spectrel PTZI-1000 is an integrated, ruggedised, MIL-grade, ready-to-use, high-precision pan/tilt/zoom camera unit with built-in laser...