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• Land Warfare

  Textron selected for Canadian TAPV programme

  11th June 2012

  Textron Systems has announced that it has been selected by the Canadian government for the Canadian Forces Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) programme. The contract, …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory 2012: ATK advances alternative warhead design

  11th June 2012

  Following selection by the US Army for its Lethality Enhanced Ordnance (LEO) design, ATK is pitching the warhead to other users of the Guided Multiple …

• Military Logistics

  Norway seeks C-130J-30 aircraft

  11th June 2012

  The government of Norway has requested 2 C-130J-30 United States Air Force (USAF) baseline aircraft from the US government under a possible foreign military sale …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory 2012: GDELS launches 6x6 version of the Eagle

  11th June 2012

  General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has unveiled a 6x6 variant of its Eagle light tactical vehicle at the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris on 11 …

• Digital Battlespace

  Eurosatory 2012: Thales plugs battlefield communication gaps

  11th June 2012

  Thales is enhancing its battlefield communication solutions at the tactical level with the introduction of a transverse waveform capability called GeoMux, allowing warfighters at every …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory 2012: Jenoptik unveils new rangefinder

  11th June 2012

  Jenoptik has used the opening of the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris to launch a new laser rangefinder, which combines a high resolution thermal imager with …

• Defence Helicopter

  Upgraded OH-58D Kiowa Warrior delivered

  11th June 2012

  The US Army has delivered the first OH-58D Kiowa Warrior upgraded under the Wartime Replacement Aircraft (WRA) programme at a ceremony at Corpus Christi Army …

• Military Logistics

  DynCorp wins new support contract

  8th June 2012

  DynCorp has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command-Pacific to provide operations support services to Joint Special Operations …

• Defence Helicopter

  Goodrich wins US Army UH-60 helicopter contract

  8th June 2012

  Goodrich has announced that it has received an order from the US Army to provide 80 spare health and usage management system (HUMS) electronic units …

• Land Warfare

  KVH announces TACNAV order

  8th June 2012

  KVH has announced that it has received an order from the Office of the Program Manager-Saudi Arabian National Guard to modernise its military vehicles. The …

• Digital Battlespace

  Eurosatory 2012: IAI Taman launches Peripheral Situational Awareness System (O-PAS)

  8th June 2012

  IAI Tamam has launched the Optical Peripheral Situational Awareness System (O-PAS) at the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris. The O-PAS is an automatic detection, classification and …

• Land Warfare

  Eurosatory 2012: FN Herstal launches new tactical rifle

  8th June 2012

  Belgium-based arms manufacturer FN Herstal will use the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris on 11 June to unveil a tactical version of its SCAR-H precision rifle. …

• Digital Battlespace

  Eurosatory 2012: Camero unveils through-wall sensor

  8th June 2012

  Camero has launched the newest member of its through-the-wall imaging systems, the Xaver 100. The company will use the Eurosatory exhibition in Paris, France to …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Eurosatory 2012: Thales pushes complementary asset approach to ISR

  8th June 2012

  Following the launch of the company’s Spy’Arrow UAV, Thales is moving toward a complementary asset approach to ISR by integrating its Spy’ and Margot families …

• Military Logistics

  DynCorp selected for T-6 aircraft support

  7th June 2012

  DynCorp International (DI) has announced that it has been awarded a contract with the US Air Force (USAF) Materiel Command to provide support services for …