Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday, 3 October 2014

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03 October 2014
Industry News
AeroVironment to supply Raven and Puma spare parts to US Army
AeroVironment has been awarded a series of contracts for the supply of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) spare parts to the US Army.
Ukrainian soldiers and rebels fight for Donetsk airport
Ukrainian security forces and pro-Russia rebels are fighting for control of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine.
UAE requests HIMARS launchers from US
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale (FMS) of high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) launchers and associated equipment to the UAE.
US to supply additional UH-72A Lakota helicopters to Thailand
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale (FMS) of UH-72A Lakota helicopters and associated equipment to Thailand.
Press Releases
Aqeri Receives Order from Swedish Defence Authority
Aqeri, Swedish producer of rugged computers and communication equipment for extreme environments, has received an order worth SEK1.7m ($250,000) from a Swedish defence authority.
Backplane Systems Releases Neousys Technology's NUVO-3100VTC Ultra Compact Fanless In-Vehicle PoE Controller
Backplane Systems has launched Neousys Technology's Intel® 3rd Generation Core™ i7/i5 Fanless In-Vehicle Controller with 4×PoE+ ports, dual SATA and configurable CPU power mode, the NUVO-3100VTC.
Hesco Armor - Protecting the Protectors 
HESCO® products have been protecting the brave servicemen and women of the United States military for more than 20 years, and now, Hesco brings that protection to the heroes of law enforcement after Hesco Bastion, Inc. completed the purchase of a controlling interest in Reed Composite Solutions (RCS), a specialist manufacturer of ballistic resistant body armor.
MilDef to Attend 2014 Future Forces Exhibition 
MilDef will be attending the 2014 Future Forces exhibition from 15 - 17 October 2014 at the PVA Expo centre in Prague, the Czech Republic.
ICP Electronics Australia Announces ICP DAS's Industrial 5-Port and 8-Port Unmanaged IP67 Ethernet Switch with Optional PoE Functionality
ICP Electronics Australia announces ICP DAS's NS-205/8PSE-IP67 and the NS-205/8-IP67 Series of IP67 unmanaged ethernetswitches designed for industrial applications in harsh environments.
White Papers
What Makes Our Boot Better?
Technical performance - this is more than just a tagline to us. It is our most important core...
Big Data over Limited Networks
This paper examines the emergence of Big Data repositories and the particular problems that are encountered when these data sources need to be transmitted over limited military...
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...
Speed Up Data Transfer Case Study: Australian Department of Defence
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has undertaken field trials to deploy Microsoft SharePoint 2010 into their tactical...
ATR COTS Platform
Derived from successfully deployed ground mobile and fixed-wing fast jet and UAV applications, Elma Electronic's aluminium ½ ATR to ARINC 404A is ideally suited to the exacting demands of Open VPX....