Daily News - Day 1
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On Stand 1732, specialist engineering company Hobson Industries is promoting its ‘Asset Managed’ Land Rover, which it describes as ‘the green machine’.10 September, 2007
Cummins diesels power to new success
US company Cummins has extended its success in Europe with an additional order for 400 Darlington-built B-series engines to repower FV432 Mk 2 armoured personnel carriers. Orders for an initial 500 engines have now been increased to 900 units. The British Army vehicles will be converted to the enhanced FV432 Mk 3 with the B-series 186kW (250hp) engines, which will substantially improve reliability and durability.10 September, 2007
Low maintenance platform
GKN Aerospace (Stand 624) has delivered the first of six maintenance platforms for the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer programme to prime contractor BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions.
10 September, 2007
Innovative ballistic armour showcased
Plasan Sasa develops, manufactures and assembles add-on armour protection kits for military and commercial vehicles, fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, as well as personnel protection armour.10 September, 2007
Protecting armed forces
The demonstrations mounted by the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) have become one of the highlights at major exhibitions and once again its stand in the UK Pavilion enables visitors to see equipment in use. Divided into four quadrants, the overall focus of the DESO stand 2123 is ‘Protecting the Force’, and within this theme, each of four distinct quadrants is displaying a separate aspect of force protection.10 September, 2007
DAGR strikes with precision
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (Stand 2291) has developed a semi-active laser guidance kit that adapts 2.75-inch/70mm rockets to provide guided-rocket performance comparable to that of the precision-strike laser-guided Hellfire II missile.10 September, 2007
A breakthrough in battlefield communications
Cellular communications systems offer a new means of providing secure battlefield communications and on stand 2246, Altobridge, a pioneer of advanced cellular solutions for applications in the civil sector, is showcasing a revolutionary, ruggedised manpack cellular network.
10 September, 2007
Float bridge contract signed
Mabey Bridge of the US has been awarded a USD28m
fixed-price, sole-source contract from the US Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command for a logistics support float bridge piers and ramps. Work will be performed in Lydney, UK (70 per cent), Houston, Texas (15 per cent), and Gävle, Sweden (15 per cent), and is expected to be completed by 10 March 2008.
10 September, 2007
New aids to combat terrorism
A global supplier of video-centric microwave radio and satellite transmission products, Vislink’s Defence, Law Enforcement and Security (DLES) business division is demonstrating its communication and video surveillance range on Stand 364. DLES was established earlier this year to integrate a combination of leading-edge technologies from companies within the group, including Advent Communications, Link Research and MRC Communications.10 September, 2007
ATR chassis is liquid cool
On Elma-Mektron’s Stand 1767 is a functioning demonstration of its new dual-wall, liquid-cooled air transport rack (ATR) chassis, developed from ATR chassis is liquid cool official online show daily 32 dsei.janes.com its field-proven air-cooled design, which is in service on numerous fighting platforms.10 September, 2007