The New Zealand Ministry of Defence has selected Kelvin Hughes to supply SharpEye radars and an Agile Tracker as part of Lockheed Martin prime contract for the Frigate Systems Upgrade project. Kelvin Hughes will be supplying their S-Band solid state upmast 2D navigation and surveillance radar SharpEyeTM, for two ship sets along with their tactical Naval MantaDigitalTM display software and processors
The US is set to announce the setting up of a Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center(CTIIC), a new department designed to protect US government and commercial interests from digital attacks. The CTIIC is said to be the outcome of President Obama pledge to bolster America's digital security in his most recent state of the union address, US media outlet, Engadet reported
General Dynamics announced today that its four-channel Digital Modular Radios (DMR) are being upgraded with high-frequency dynamic routing (HFDR) software to turn the radio's four channels into eight virtual channels. In addition to HFDR, the new high-frequency virtual channel exploitation software expands the DMR's communications capacity to 16 virtual channels when operating in the high frequency (HF) line-of-sight and ultra-high frequency (UHF) satellite communications frequencies
The Indian Army will be using proprietary Windows source code of Microsoft with an aim to develop Secure Operating System. “Microsoft has agreed to give the source code
Airbus Helicopters has delivered 471 helicopters from the companys civil, parapublic and military product lines and booked 402 net orders last year. In addition, the backlog was adjusted to include a reduction of 33 NH90s
The Israeli Air Force is likely to upgrade its old Hercules transport planes in a bid to modernize their avionic systems suitable for modern warfare, The Jerusalem Post reported last Saturday. The Hercules transport planes first came into service 40 years ago
Airbus Helicopters has upgraded the AS365 Dauphin rotorcraft full-flight simulator to provide training in both day and night search and rescue (SAR) operations. The upgrade was made by Airbus Helicopters Southeast Asia at its Seletar Aerospace Park facility, by adding a CMA9000 flight management system into the AS365 motion-based flight simulator
The US and the UK will be launching cyber attacks against one another to test mutual defenses following last weeks hacking of social media accounts of the US militarys central command (CENTCOM) allegedly by ISIS sympathizers. Both the nations are looking to increase sharing of information about threats and to work out how to best protect them and create a system that lets hostile states and organization know they shouldn't attack, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said in an interview published by the BBC on Friday
Ricoh Americas Corporation has launched RICOH NV-10A digital binoculars on Thursday to provide a crisp, clear image even at night, for marine, military, law enforcement, homeland security and other professionals in their work. RICOH NV-10A combine advanced PENTAX optics and Ricoh image processing, enabling enhanced binoculars to be water resistant, dustproof and include GPS location and digital compass
Elbit Systems announced today that it was awarded $117 million worth contract for the supply of Command, Control, Computer, Communications and Intelligence (C4I) systems and communications systems to Israeli Ministry of Defense. Most of the contracts will be performed over six-year period