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Thursday, 25 September 2014

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25 September 2014
Industry News
IS militants besiege second Iraqi base despite fresh US air strikes
Islamic State (IS) militants have reportedly encircled a second Iraqi military base in less than a week, despite being hit by more air strikes by a US-led coalition.
Alfalight to supply lasers for THAAD missile defence system
Alfalight has been awarded a contract to supply ruggedised hardware for use in the US military's terminal high-altitude area defence (THAAD) weapon system.
Iraq's AH-64E Apache purchase deal could be cancelled
The Iraqi Government's failure to sign an offer made by the US may have led to the cancellation of the $4.8bn foreign military sale (FMS) of AH-64E Apache helicopters to the national army.
BAE and Patria join forces for ADF's Land 400 Phase II programme
BAE Systems has signed a teaming agreement with Patria to bid for the Australian Army's Land 400 Phase II land-combat vehicle system (LCVS) programme.
Press Releases
Aqeri Signs Retrofit Contract in the US
Aqeri, Swedish producer of rugged computers and communication equipment for extreme environments, has signed an order worth $400,000 with a major American defence company.
Cobham Unmanned Systems – Successful Performance at M-ELROB
Cobham Unmanned Systems has received two awards at the fifth Military European Land Robot Trial 2014 (M-ELROB).
German Investment Company CMP Acquires DOLL
On 2 September 2014, the acquisition of DOLL by the renowned German investment company CMP Capital Management Partners was confirmed.
iOra to Attend Modern Day Marine in Quantico, US
iOra Software will be attending Modern Day Marine, Quantico, VA, US, from 23-25 September, Booth 29 in the Small Business Pavilion.
Security Essen 2014
The 40th Security Essen takes place next week. The 2014 edition is also a special one for TSS International, as we have been a participant of this renowned trade show for more than 20 years.
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....